A new edition of Devora Zack's classic bestseller (over 120,000 sold in 15 languages) on networking techniques that leverage the strengths of the mingling-averse, updated throughout, with two new chapters.


An international bestseller, Devora Zack's book flipped networking on its head, challenging the narrative that most books on networking recommended, which offered little or even bad advice for the 25 percent of the population who are introverts. In contrast, Zack tells introverts that they do not need to mimic extroverted networking styles, and instead shows how introverts' natural traits can actually be highly successful networking strategies. This new edition integrates real life examples shared by readers of the first edition to enrich the narrative. It also updates the interactive survey from the first edition and includes revisions to consider digital networking and tools, such as Instagram, which didn't exist when the first edition was published, asking questions such as “What is the role, if any, of Emojis? What about the emergence of virtual conferences?” The second edition will also discuss sensitivity to generational differences to accommodate the growth of millennials in the workforce, working with older workers and how to strengthen their relationships.

This balanced guide to agility gets past the hype and frustration to help frustrated leaders transform their agile transformations.


Agile transformations are supposed to make organizations modern, competitive, and relevant. But in the rush to jump on this latest bandwagon, many leaders make the mistake of adapting superficial versions of Agile techniques, only to find that their organizations are just marginally better versions of their previous selves. Jesse Fewell's book cuts through the “quick fix” hype of Agile theory and uses decades of Agile coaching experience to unpack the mistakes that hold organizations back. He identifies the seven common leadership moves that can be used to unblock stalled Agile transformations. Once you understand these moves, you'll be able to do the hard work of building a wholeheartedly Agile organization: your transformation will go more than skin deep. Based on case studies from the field, this book unapologetically engages with the messiness of organizational culture and process change and will help you navigate those challenges in a way that works for your own people.

What if you could transform your company from the inside out? Biased, male-dominated corporate cultures have forced far too many women out of the companies they've aspired to work for. Dig Your Heels In is a first of its kind playbook that empowers women to disrupt the corporate achievement game and be catalysts for positive change.

Dig Your Heels In is a playbook that empowers women to win at the corporate achievement game and be a catalyst for positive progress. It tackles the critical need to engage, advance and retain women in the workplace, for the financial success of the business and for the benefit of their women employees.

This is the first book of its kind to truly arm women to hold their ground and play the long game, staying and advancing in corporate careers. If the reader Digs Her Heels In at the company that pays her paycheck today, she can transform the company into the one that she deserves, for herself and for future generations of women entering the workforce.

Dig Your Heels In is the roadmap that shows women how increasing their breadth of experience gives them more power to identify opportunities for and effect innovative and equitable change. This book is critical for women from the entry level to the executive level. Dig Your Heels In is also a critical resource for leaders in the C-suite and those leading Human Resources, Talent Management and on the front lines of recruitment who can drive enterprise wide changes to build programs that strengthen engagement and retention. Every reader will learn the ten big bold moves to achieve the career they desire and build the company and culture they deserve.

This approach to remote facilitation makes virtual meetings powerful means of collaboration using proven techniques to accommodate a diversity of cultures, locations, and personalities.


Many people struggle with remote meetings: a cocktail of factors, such as technical barriers and invisible group norms, increase the uncertainty and risk of the already vulnerable task of collaborating and sharing ideas. When remote meetings go badly, they go really badly. Few things feel as lonely and intimidating as speaking to a screen with unreadable faces staring back in silence. This book will help you improve the quality of your remote meetings. With a little awareness, some planning, and some practice, you can make your remote meetings an effective, engaging, and powerful mechanism for collaboration within your organization. This little guide is chock-full of practical, down-to-earth remote facilitation techniques built to accommodate all cultures and personality types. Apply a few of them judiciously and you'll be surprised to be hearing more from your far-flung employees than you ever heard even from your in-person team.

“Eileen delivers a new perspective on the burnout crisis with humor, good sense, and unique ideas on how to manage our brains. I owe my daily well-being to her. Keep this book at your side to help you glide through your workday.” -Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, author of The Discomfort Zone


It's official. For the first time, the World Health Organization has classified burnout as a health problem. Renowned motivational speaker Eileen McDargh proposes that to tackle it, we must learn to break out of energy-draining thoughts and behaviors.

Resilience, she argues, is strictly a matter of energy management-by better managing your energy, you can both build resiliency and overcome burnout. Breakthrough happens when our energy is consciously distributed to what matters most in our lives. So after a short survey that will tell you where you fit in a burnout and resiliency profile, McDargh helps pinpoint the causes of your burnout and examine the energy demands that keep you from refueling and recharging. She provides an in-depth energy analysis and gives you the keys to master the four dimensions that can give you a resilience breakthrough: head, heart, hands, and humor.

McDargh guides the reader through the process of identifying energy drains and implementing strategies for handling them, whatever phase of life you are in. Her intention is to help you not only to successfully manage work and life demands but also make even larger strides in understanding how to put together a life by design and not by default.

Leaders as Teachers chronicles Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) 8-year journey to create and deploy a leadership development program that relies on all top leaders (even its CEO) to train other leaders. The initiative produced dramatic results including; measurable business results; a stronger, more supportive learning environment; improved communications and strengthened organizational culture; a more adaptive, change receptive leadership team; and direct cost saving. The book includes complete implementation guidance including detailed plans, worksheets, exercises, complete sample training outlines, and other useful tools.

This book shows how any college student can land the position they want by creating relationships with professionals in the industries they're interested in by using the author's proven Career Launch Method.

It's tough to find an internship or job that you really want during the best of times, and these are not the best of times.

Did you know only 20% of jobs and internships are posted online? This means 80% of positions are filled in what Sean O'Keefe and others calls the hidden job market. And while the success rate of applying to online job postings is less than 2%, if you develop an internal advocate at the organizations you're interested in, you are 12 times more likely to land a position.

O'Keefe, in partnership with The Career Leadership Collective, is now sharing his proven, 8-step, Career Launch Method™ that will help ANY student explore career options and land the internships and jobs they want by creating professional relationships from scratch. This book demystifies the concept of intentional, proactive relationship-building by teaching all the practical micro-steps needed to succeed. O'Keefe teaches you how to "play the student card" to turn your student status into a powerful advantage.

Launch Your Career features first-person stories of students from all backgrounds and programs of study who have used the Career Launch Method™ to earn jobs or internships at all types of companies, non-profits, government agencies, social enterprises, and institutions across the country and around the world.

Thousands of students have reported that the Career Launch Method™ increased their self-
confidence and helped them become more courageous, not only in their job search, but in all areas of life.

The book includes the Career Launch Readiness Assessment™ which helps students evaluate their competency in five key areas: career exploration, personal brand, networking, job searching, and personal growth. This book will become a go-to resource for students looking to find internships and jobs, as well as a needed resource for colleges looking to increase retention rates and student's ROI.