Bringing Out the Best in People
How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, Third Edition

By: Aubrey C. Daniels

Publisher: McGraw Hill
ISBN: 9781259644900
Publication Date: June 1, 2016

Aubrey C. Daniels, Ph.D. is the Founder and Chairman of Aubrey Daniels International, and Founder of the Aubrey Daniels Institute. He and his consultancy have applied their proven behavioral performance management approach in hundreds of organizations worldwide.

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is work killing you
Is Work Killing You?
A Doctor’s Prescription for Treating Workplace Stress

By: David Posen, MD

Publisher: House of Anansi Press
ISBN: 9781770892750
Publication Date: February 2, 2013

David Posen, M.D., is a physician, popular speaker, and the bestselling author of The Little Book of Stress Relief. His previous books also include Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough and the classic, Always Change a Losing Game. His writing has appeared in Canadian Living, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, USA Weekend, and his TV and radio appearances have aired nation-wide.

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Metaphors we live by
Metaphors We Live By

By: George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 878-0-226-46801-3
Publication Date: April 15, 2003

George Lakoff is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of, among other books, Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things and Moral Politics, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Mark Johnson is the Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is the author of The Body in the Mind and Moral Imagination, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Johnson and Lakoff have also coauthored Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought.

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Practical wisdom
Practical Wisdom
The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

By: Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 9781594485435
Publication Date: November 1, 2011

Barry Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Paradox of Choice. A frequent lecturer at conferences (TED, Gel, etc) around the world, he is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College, specializing in Psychology and Economics.

Kenneth Sharpe is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College where he teaches political philosophy, ethics, and political economy. His most recent book is Drug War Politics: The Price of Denial.

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Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions

By: Dan Ariely

Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061353246
Publication Date: April 27, 2010

Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and is the founder of the Center for Advanced Hindsight.

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Quiet
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

By: Susan Cain

Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 9780307352156
Publication Date: January 15, 2013

Susan Cain is a renowned speaker and the author of the award-winning books Quiet PowerQuiet Journal, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Translated into more than forty languages, Quiet has appeared on many “best of” lists, spent more than seven years on the New York Times bestseller list, and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine, which also named Cain one of its Most Creative People in Business.

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The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Publisher: Penguin Canada
ISBN: 0143189441
Publication Date: July 28, 2015

Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., is the James McGill professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University.

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