Our Favorite Books
Our AdvancED Bookcase is filled with our favorite books to further your education and skills in entrepreneurship and personal development. We have also added a few titles for youth if your organization serves this audience. Enjoy!
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New Book Highlight!
"Embrace the Power of You" is written by Tricia Montalvo Timm.
Throughout the book, you will find places to pause for self-reflection as well as activities and exercises to help you take significant steps on your own journey towards self-acceptance. I’ve also shared stories from some top executives and other business leaders to inspire hope as you embrace what it means to be you. You may feel alone right now, but I will be with you every step of the way as you learn to embrace the real you and allow it to shine in and out of the workplace. Learn more about the book and order a copy here. |
Why this book? Why Now?
I met Tricia in April 2023 because we partnered on a panel for the Santa Clara County Women's Leadership and Policy Summit. As a panelist, Tricia shared her journey as a board director, venture investor, speaker and author. She is a first-generation Latina who rose through the ranks of Silicon Valley advising high-tech companies big and small, culminating in the sale of data analytics software company Looker to Google for $2.6 billion. Tricia is one of the few Latinas to have attained the triple achievement of reaching the C-suite, joining the boardroom and cracking the venture capital ceiling. Tricia’s industry recognitions include the 2020 Women of Influence and Latino Business Leadership awards from Silicon Valley Business Journal and the title of Diversity Champion from the SVBJ Corporate Counsel Awards.
With her new book, "Embrace the Power of You", she hopes to inspire anyone who has ever felt like an “other” in the workplace to embrace their true selves, own their identity and achieve success and fulfillment in their life and career.
Now, more than ever, we all need to be inspired to be our true, authentic selves. How else can the world benefit from all of our strengths and gifts as we work together to rebuild a society that is just and equitable for us all.
I met Tricia in April 2023 because we partnered on a panel for the Santa Clara County Women's Leadership and Policy Summit. As a panelist, Tricia shared her journey as a board director, venture investor, speaker and author. She is a first-generation Latina who rose through the ranks of Silicon Valley advising high-tech companies big and small, culminating in the sale of data analytics software company Looker to Google for $2.6 billion. Tricia is one of the few Latinas to have attained the triple achievement of reaching the C-suite, joining the boardroom and cracking the venture capital ceiling. Tricia’s industry recognitions include the 2020 Women of Influence and Latino Business Leadership awards from Silicon Valley Business Journal and the title of Diversity Champion from the SVBJ Corporate Counsel Awards.
With her new book, "Embrace the Power of You", she hopes to inspire anyone who has ever felt like an “other” in the workplace to embrace their true selves, own their identity and achieve success and fulfillment in their life and career.
Now, more than ever, we all need to be inspired to be our true, authentic selves. How else can the world benefit from all of our strengths and gifts as we work together to rebuild a society that is just and equitable for us all.
The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home Michael Tubbs A New Earth:
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Eckhart Tolle Blink: The Power of Thinking
Without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Anthony Abraham Jack HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
Harvard Business Review The New Grad's Guide to Workplace Success: How to Learn, Grow, and Prosper Early in Your Career
Kadar Lewis Ed.D. |
Educating Mindfully: Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness A Collaborative Project of Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully What Happy Women Know:
How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Change Women's Lives for the Better Drs. Dan Baker & Cathy Greenberg The Checklist Manifesto:
How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Master My Money: 16 Steps to Solve Your Money Problems & Create a Foundation for Financial Freedom
Dr. Dominique' N. Reese Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Brené Brown Be a Parent Champion: A Guide to Becoming a Partner with Your Child's School
Tovi C. Scruggs |
Embrace the Power of You: Owning Your Identity at Work Tricia Montalvo Timm Rest: Why You Get More
Done When You Work Less Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Becoming
Michelle Obama Present Over Perfect:
Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Shauna Niequist Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow
Don Clifton You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
Jen Sincero |
Our Favorite Books for Youth
If you are a practitioner, educator, or a leader of an organization that supports youth, consider adding one of the following books to your book list for kids. They will offer insights on the benefits of mindfulness, meditation, growth mindset, SMART goal-setting, social emotional wellness, and more.
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Marlon Bundo & Jill Twiss |
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