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Twenty-five books Jodie puts in leaders’ hands — and why. Not the bestseller list. The shelf she actually reaches for, grouped by the work you’re doing.

Every purchase gives back. Each book links to both Bookshop.org and Amazon — and Jodie donates 100% of net proceeds to Giving Grace. A book you were going to read anyway, doing a little more.

Leading at Altitude

For the move from functional expert to enterprise leader — Level Up.
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith

Names the whole Level Up problem: what earned the seat won’t keep it.

The First 90 Days
Michael Watkins

For stepping into a bigger seat without stumbling in it.

The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni

Organizational health beats organizational smarts.

Multipliers
Liz Wiseman

Whether you make the room smarter or smaller.

Leadership on the Line
Heifetz & Linsky

Staying yourself through the dangers of leading change.

Women & Power

Already whole, already enough — the work is freeing, not fixing. Level the Field.
How Women Rise
Helgesen & Goldsmith

The twelve habits that hold proven women back.

Playing Big
Tara Mohr

On voice, visibility, and the inner critic.

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office
Lois Frankel

The unconscious habits that quietly cap a career.

The Confidence Code
Kay & Shipman

Where real confidence comes from — and where it doesn’t.

What Works
Iris Bohnet

Leveling the field by design, not by willpower.

Identity & Change

The lens underneath all of it — who you are and how you lead.
Immunity to Change
Kegan & Lahey

Why the beliefs that made you succeed become the ceiling.

Mindset
Carol Dweck

Fixed or growth — and which one you’re leading from.

Think Again
Adam Grant

The discipline of knowing what you no longer know.

Dare to Lead
Brené Brown

Courage over comfort, in the room that counts.

Transitions
William Bridges

The inner work underneath every outer change.

Story & Voice

Executive identity and the story of origin — Level Set.
Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker · HBR

The shortest, sharpest career book ever written.

Storyworthy
Matthew Dicks

How to find and tell the story only you can tell.

Executive Presence
Sylvia Ann Hewlett

The missing link between merit and the next seat.

Quiet
Susan Cain

Power that doesn’t look like the stereotype.

Let Your Life Speak
Parker Palmer

Listening for the leadership you’re actually built for.

Classic Reads

The ones that shaped how she thinks — and still hold up.
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl

Meaning as the thing that holds when everything else gives.

Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman

Why EQ outruns IQ in the corner office.

Good to Great
Jim Collins

Level 5 leadership, and the quiet discipline behind it.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey

Still the operating system underneath the rest.

Drive
Daniel Pink

The surprising truth about what actually moves people.

A living list — it changes as Jodie reads. Prefer a shorter version? The Library shelf shows a handful by topic.