Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age
By Tom Peters

Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+: Your Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress in the 21st Century
By John Lucht

A Recommended for the UCWBG Personal and Professional Workshop Rights of Passage Workshop to be held on September 17, 2003

Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance : New Developments in Cash and Synthetic Securitization
by Janet Tavakoli

A GSB Business Book Roundtable Selection for August 25, 2003

Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Recommended by Irene Marquez '80

LeaderShock ...and How to Triumph Over It: Eight Revolutionary Rules for Becoming a Powerful and Exhilarated Leader
by Greg Hicks

Recommended by Susan Matson '82 . . .This book speaks to directly to everyone who feels overwhelmed by too much to do, too much information, too many agendas to manage, etc. in their careers and/or in their lives. LeaderShock is Greg Hick's name for this feeling, and the book offers a straightforward set of tactics for overcoming it.

We gave this book to a senior client team we worked with recently, and they loved it. Several of them told us it was the most practical and usable business book they'd read in quite a while. It's a quick read, but you'll go back to it time and again to remind yourself of the strategies it recommends for taking charge of your life.

Writing A Women's Life
by Carolyn Heilbrun

Recommended by Kathy Flanagan '82 . . . Noteworthy feminist scholar Carolyn Heilbrun, will be interviewed by me as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival from 1-2 p.m. at the Newberry Library on November 9. Heibrun's milestone work, Writing a Woman's Life, describes the dilemma that women face in not having effective role models in the world of literature or civic life. She argued that historically even prominent women denied the strategy and power of their careers in order to make their life seem more conventional.       If you are interested in attending, purchase tickets at chfestival.org or call 312-494-9509.

Health Care Self-Defense
by M. D. Messina

Amazon.com..."Written by a health care consumer, for other health care consumers, Health Care Self Defense is a one of a kind book. The contents are an Action Plan for consumers who don't want the details of disease but want to learn how to utilize the health care system more efficiently Required reading before your next doctor's appointment..."Editorial Reviews.

Recommended by Michele Dreczynski '90..."A great book for your older parents to read before their next doctor's appointment."

Networlding: Building Relationships and Opportunities for Success
by Melissa Giovagnoli, Jocelyn Carter-Miller

from Amazon.com..."[A] straightforward approach for identifying and prioritizing values, creating a personal charter and setting goals for the coming year" Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2000

First Things First
by Stephen R. Covey

Covey applies the proven wisdom of his bestseller, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, in implementing time management principles to life values. Covey shows us why we feel a gap between how we spend out time and what’s deeply important to us: how to determine if what you’re doing is really important and how to lead your life, not just manage your time.

Staying Home: From Full-time Professional to Full-time Parent
by Darcie Sanders and Martha M. Bullen

This practical guide helps women through the emotional transition from working-world career to stay-at-home parent. Seasoned with plenty of practical advice, this reassuring guide explores every fact of the transition from making the decision to feeling comfortable at home.

Success on Our Own Terms
by Virginia O’Brien

O’Brien presents a vivid portrait of the great strides women have taken in their corporate careers and why merely looking at the current number of women CEOs is not an accurate indication of women’s increasing presence and importance in the work force. Incorporating the voices and energy of a broad group of women, O’Brien reveals three fundamental similarities that many successful women share: achieving their goals, balancing work and life, and "making a difference".

When Money Isn’t Enough: How Women Are Finding The Soul
of Success
by Connie Glaser and Barbara Smalley

The book’s premise: affluence is not delivering the kind of meaning and satisfaction it promised. Glaser and Smalley present profiles and interviews with women across the country who have found success on their own terms and offer these empowered people as updated role models.

When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Ourselves
by Joan K. Peters

Peters makes the case that, given sensible working conditions, a mother’s employment means a richer parenting experience, stronger marriages, and more balanced children. Peters provides hands-on, practical strategies to help mothers balance work, family and self.

When Work Doesn’t Work Anymore: Women, Work and Identity
by Elizabeth Perle McKenna

McKenna shatters the myth of having it all, and shows that a life out of balance is never a path to success. McKenna encourages women to reassess and change a work culture to seek a balance between professional and private spheres and to strive for more integrated lives by recognizing the importance of building lives around personal value systems.

Sequencing
by Arlene R. Cardozo

Originally published in 1978, this book presented the ground breaking thought of having it all but not all at once.