36 Books like HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need

The Proximity Principle

by Ken Coleman • 2019

The fastest route to the career you want is getting close to the people already doing it.

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🧭 Career Transitions 🔍 Job Search Strategies 🕸️ Networking Advice 🚀 Career Acceleration 🎓 Early Career Professionals

The Proximity Principle 95%

The fastest route to the career you want is getting close to the people already doing it.

by Ken Coleman 2019

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3k+ ratings

🧭 Career Transitions 🔍 Job Search Strategies 🕸️ Networking Advice 🚀 Career Acceleration 🎓 Early Career Professionals

What You're Really Meant To Do

by Robert Steven Kaplan • 2013

Stop searching for the right career. Build one from your own story, strengths, and blind spots.

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🛤️ Career Development 🎯 Executive Coaching 🪞 Self-Assessment 🔄 Feedback Loops 🏢 Ownership Mindset

What You're Really Meant To Do 95%

Stop searching for the right career. Build one from your own story, strengths, and blind spots.

by Robert Steven Kaplan 2013

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1k+ ratings

🛤️ Career Development 🎯 Executive Coaching 🪞 Self-Assessment 🔄 Feedback Loops 🏢 Ownership Mindset

Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why

by Donald Asher • 2007

Promotions bet on your next act, not your past. How to get the timing right.

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🪜 Career Advancement 🗳️ Workplace Politics 🤝 Strategic Networking 🧭 Managing Up 📢 Self-Promotion

Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why Summary

Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why 95%

Promotions bet on your next act, not your past. How to get the timing right.

by Donald Asher 2007

3.95

611 ratings

🪜 Career Advancement 🗳️ Workplace Politics 🤝 Strategic Networking 🧭 Managing Up 📢 Self-Promotion

Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 2017

The gap between being empowered and getting results: learn to diagnose your needs and ask.

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🪜 Managing Up 📈 Career Development 🧠 Overcoming Self-Doubt 🎯 Skill Acquisition 🤝 Asking For Help

Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager Summary

Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager 95%

The gap between being empowered and getting results: learn to diagnose your needs and ask.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 2017

4.23

557 ratings

🪜 Managing Up 📈 Career Development 🧠 Overcoming Self-Doubt 🎯 Skill Acquisition 🤝 Asking For Help

The Long View

by Brian Fetherstonhaugh • 2016

Career advice assumes a ten-year race. A forty-five-year career runs on different fuel.

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🗺️ Career Planning 🎨 Career Design 🧗 Career Resilience 🛠️ Skill Development ⏳ Time Management

The Long View 95%

Career advice assumes a ten-year race. A forty-five-year career runs on different fuel.

by Brian Fetherstonhaugh 2016

3.75

298 ratings

🗺️ Career Planning 🎨 Career Design 🧗 Career Resilience 🛠️ Skill Development ⏳ Time Management

The Unspoken Rules

by Gorick Ng • 2021

Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.

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🌱 Early Career 🏢 Workplace Dynamics 🧭 Career Navigation 💼 Professional Presence 🔄 Feedback Culture

The Unspoken Rules 95%

Your boss is always asking three questions about you. The answers determine your career.

by Gorick Ng 2021

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1k+ ratings

🌱 Early Career 🏢 Workplace Dynamics 🧭 Career Navigation 💼 Professional Presence 🔄 Feedback Culture

Reinventing You

by Dorie Clark • 2013

People have already decided who you are. Here is how you rewrite that story.

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🌀 Career Transitions 🏷️ Personal Branding 👥 Mentorship Strategies 🤝 Strategic Networking 💡 Thought Leadership

Reinventing You 95%

People have already decided who you are. Here is how you rewrite that story.

by Dorie Clark 2013

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1k+ ratings

🌀 Career Transitions 🏷️ Personal Branding 👥 Mentorship Strategies 🤝 Strategic Networking 💡 Thought Leadership

Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 2005

Don't wait for a great manager. Diagnose yourself, then ask for exactly the support you need.

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🧭 Professional Growth 💼 Workplace Effectiveness 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🧠 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Situational Leadership

Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager 95%

Don't wait for a great manager. Diagnose yourself, then ask for exactly the support you need.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 2005

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3k+ ratings

🧭 Professional Growth 💼 Workplace Effectiveness 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🧠 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Situational Leadership

Great on the Job

by Jodi Glickman • 2011

The workplace scripts nobody teaches: asking for help, raising red flags, managing up.

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🗣️ Workplace Communication 🌱 Early Career Advice ⬆️ Managing Up 📢 Self-Advocacy 🔄 Feedback Skills

Great on the Job 95%

The workplace scripts nobody teaches: asking for help, raising red flags, managing up.

by Jodi Glickman 2011

3.69

299 ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 🌱 Early Career Advice ⬆️ Managing Up 📢 Self-Advocacy 🔄 Feedback Skills

Invaluable

by Maya Grossman • 2020

Ten skills that move you from task-completer to indispensable; no networking or luck required.

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177

🚀 Career Advancement 🎯 Personal Accountability 🧠 Strategic Thinking ✅ Prioritization 📚 Lifelong Learning

Invaluable 95%

Ten skills that move you from task-completer to indispensable; no networking or luck required.

by Maya Grossman 2020

4.05

177 ratings

🚀 Career Advancement 🎯 Personal Accountability 🧠 Strategic Thinking ✅ Prioritization 📚 Lifelong Learning

Get Momentum

by Jason W. Womack • 2016

Deadlines sneak up because you only touch what's due now. The rules for getting weeks ahead.

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🎯 Goal Setting ⏰ Time Management ⚙️ Productivity Systems 👥 Mentorship 📋 Accountability

Get Momentum 94%

Deadlines sneak up because you only touch what's due now. The rules for getting weeks ahead.

by Jason W. Womack 2016

3.51

152 ratings

🎯 Goal Setting ⏰ Time Management ⚙️ Productivity Systems 👥 Mentorship 📋 Accountability

Mentoring 101

by John C. Maxwell • 2008

Identify future leaders, earn their trust, and prepare them to outshine you.

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🧑‍🏫 Mentoring Relationships 🌱 People Development 🤝 Trust Building 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🙏 Servant Leadership

Mentoring 101 94%

Identify future leaders, earn their trust, and prepare them to outshine you.

by John C. Maxwell 2008

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Mentoring Relationships 🌱 People Development 🤝 Trust Building 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🙏 Servant Leadership

Catalyst

by Chandramouli Venkatesan • 2018

Most careers stall after the first half. A method for converting time into genuine growth.

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🚀 Career Development 📚 Experiential Learning 🎯 Attention Management 🪜 Career Stages 🏛️ Values-Based Leadership

Catalyst 94%

Most careers stall after the first half. A method for converting time into genuine growth.

by Chandramouli Venkatesan 2018

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2k+ ratings

🚀 Career Development 📚 Experiential Learning 🎯 Attention Management 🪜 Career Stages 🏛️ Values-Based Leadership

101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School

by Chris Haroun • 2015

The MBA skips people, politics, and burnout. These 101 lessons don't.

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🛤️ Career Development 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🤝 Networking Strategy ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🏢 Corporate Politics

101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School Summary

101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School 94%

The MBA skips people, politics, and burnout. These 101 lessons don't.

by Chris Haroun 2015

3.83

207 ratings

🛤️ Career Development 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🤝 Networking Strategy ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🏢 Corporate Politics

Strategize to Win

by Carla A. Harris • 2014

Great work opens the door. Relationships walk you through it. How to build both.

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433

🧭 Career Strategy 🏢 Workplace Politics 🎤 Professional Presence 💬 Communication Skills 🔄 Career Transitions

Strategize to Win 94%

Great work opens the door. Relationships walk you through it. How to build both.

by Carla A. Harris 2014

3.99

433 ratings

🧭 Career Strategy 🏢 Workplace Politics 🎤 Professional Presence 💬 Communication Skills 🔄 Career Transitions

The Pursuit of Excellence

by Ryan Hawk • 2022

What separates elite performers from everyone else: a small set of daily actions, not talent.

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🏗️ Leadership Development 🚀 High Performance 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

The Pursuit of Excellence 94%

What separates elite performers from everyone else: a small set of daily actions, not talent.

by Ryan Hawk 2022

4.17

305 ratings

🏗️ Leadership Development 🚀 High Performance 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

Do More Great Work

by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2010

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

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🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation ✅ Goal Selection 📋 Action Planning

Do More Great Work 94%

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

by Michael Bungay Stanier 2010

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1k+ ratings

🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation ✅ Goal Selection 📋 Action Planning

Small Actions

by Eric Sim • 2021

Small actions, stacked skills, side gigs: the playbook for a career only you can do.

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🧭 Career Development 🧱 Skill Stacking 🏷️ Personal Branding 🤝 Social Capital 💼 Intrapreneurship

Small Actions 94%

Small actions, stacked skills, side gigs: the playbook for a career only you can do.

by Eric Sim 2021

4.25

68 ratings

🧭 Career Development 🧱 Skill Stacking 🏷️ Personal Branding 🤝 Social Capital 💼 Intrapreneurship

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear

by Caitlin Friedman • 2008

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

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👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion 🤝 Networking 💰 Salary Negotiation

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear Summary

The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear 94%

A career playbook for women: chart your course, negotiate your salary, and build a real network.

by Caitlin Friedman 2008

3.34

146 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧭 Career Planning 📣 Self-Promotion 🤝 Networking 💰 Salary Negotiation

Mojo

by Marshall Goldsmith • 2009

Your best self at work vanished. The cause is misalignment, not burnout. Four questions restore it.

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🎯 Executive Coaching 💼 Meaning At Work ⚡ Overcoming Inertia 😊 Positive Psychology 🏆 Reputation Building

Mojo 94%

Your best self at work vanished. The cause is misalignment, not burnout. Four questions restore it.

by Marshall Goldsmith 2009

3.89

2k+ ratings

🎯 Executive Coaching 💼 Meaning At Work ⚡ Overcoming Inertia 😊 Positive Psychology 🏆 Reputation Building

Brazen Careerist

by Penelope Trunk • 2007

Cold-calling, managing up, and why your twenties demand risk: career rules for the impatient.

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🎯 Career Strategy 🌱 Early Career 🔍 Job Hunting 💰 Salary Negotiation 📈 Managing Up

Brazen Careerist 94%

Cold-calling, managing up, and why your twenties demand risk: career rules for the impatient.

by Penelope Trunk 2007

3.41

236 ratings

🎯 Career Strategy 🌱 Early Career 🔍 Job Hunting 💰 Salary Negotiation 📈 Managing Up

This Working Life

by Lisa Leong • 2022

Your strengths are your only real job security. Design a career around them, not a title.

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🧭 Career Development 💪 Strengths-Based Work ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 🧪 Failure Reframing 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

This Working Life 94%

Your strengths are your only real job security. Design a career around them, not a title.

by Lisa Leong 2022

3.76

290 ratings

🧭 Career Development 💪 Strengths-Based Work ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 🧪 Failure Reframing 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

The Clever Connector

by Ali Scarlett • 2020

The networking rules that work when you have no name, no money, and no connections yet.

3.89

🧵 Professional Networking 📈 Career Advancement 🏷️ Personal Branding 🧭 Mentorship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Clever Connector 94%

The networking rules that work when you have no name, no money, and no connections yet.

by Ali Scarlett 2020

3.89

28 ratings

🧵 Professional Networking 📈 Career Advancement 🏷️ Personal Branding 🧭 Mentorship 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Get Better at Getting Better

by Chandramouli Venkatesan • 2019

Talent and effort have limits. Your personal system for improvement does not. Here is the blueprint.

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306

🚀 Career Acceleration 🔄 Personal Kaizen 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🗺️ Strategic Thinking 🧭 Managing Up

Get Better at Getting Better 94%

Talent and effort have limits. Your personal system for improvement does not. Here is the blueprint.

by Chandramouli Venkatesan 2019

4.24

306 ratings

🚀 Career Acceleration 🔄 Personal Kaizen 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🗺️ Strategic Thinking 🧭 Managing Up

Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO

by Beverly E. Jones • 2016

Lead before the title, bounce back faster, and make your work impossible to ignore.

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💼 Career Development 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🎯 Personal Branding 👔 Executive Presence 🤝 Career Networking

Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO Summary

Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO 94%

Lead before the title, bounce back faster, and make your work impossible to ignore.

by Beverly E. Jones 2016

3.76

304 ratings

💼 Career Development 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🎯 Personal Branding 👔 Executive Presence 🤝 Career Networking

I Wish Someone Had Told Me...

by Dana Perino • 2025

The secrets of a meaningful career, from saving early to the habit that outranks talent.

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775

💼 Career Advice 📈 Professional Development 🧑‍🎓 Early Career 💰 Financial Literacy 🧘 Resilience Training

I Wish Someone Had Told Me... 94%

The secrets of a meaningful career, from saving early to the habit that outranks talent.

by Dana Perino 2025

3.99

775 ratings

💼 Career Advice 📈 Professional Development 🧑‍🎓 Early Career 💰 Financial Literacy 🧘 Resilience Training

Rise

by Patty Azzarello • 2012

Hard work won't get you promoted. Three moves to stand out, lead, and love your life.

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🚀 Career Advancement 🌱 Leadership Development 📊 Prioritization 🤝 Delegation Skills 🏷️ Personal Branding

Rise 94%

Hard work won't get you promoted. Three moves to stand out, lead, and love your life.

by Patty Azzarello 2012

4.42

1k+ ratings

🚀 Career Advancement 🌱 Leadership Development 📊 Prioritization 🤝 Delegation Skills 🏷️ Personal Branding

Swim!

by Walter Bond • 2019

Six principles borrowed from sharks that turn managers into leaders, and takers into contributors.

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🦈 Leadership Fables 🐟 Mentorship Dynamics 👥 People Management 💪 Resilience At Work 🤝 Team Dynamics

Swim! 94%

Six principles borrowed from sharks that turn managers into leaders, and takers into contributors.

by Walter Bond 2019

4.19

178 ratings

🦈 Leadership Fables 🐟 Mentorship Dynamics 👥 People Management 💪 Resilience At Work 🤝 Team Dynamics

Welcome to Management

by Ryan Hawk • 2020

Your first management role: the skills that earned it aren't the ones that sustain it.

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🆕 First-Time Managers 🧭 Self-Leadership 🏛️ Team Culture 👥 Hiring And Firing 🎯 Coaching Skills

Welcome to Management 94%

Your first management role: the skills that earned it aren't the ones that sustain it.

by Ryan Hawk 2020

4.00

494 ratings

🆕 First-Time Managers 🧭 Self-Leadership 🏛️ Team Culture 👥 Hiring And Firing 🎯 Coaching Skills

Never Search Alone

by Phyl Terry • 2022

The job search is emotional, not logistical. A council of peers solves what resumes cannot.

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🔍 Job Search Strategies 🔄 Career Transitions 👥 Peer Accountability 🪞 Self-Awareness At Work 🤝 Negotiation Skills

Never Search Alone 94%

The job search is emotional, not logistical. A council of peers solves what resumes cannot.

by Phyl Terry 2022

4.09

606 ratings

🔍 Job Search Strategies 🔄 Career Transitions 👥 Peer Accountability 🪞 Self-Awareness At Work 🤝 Negotiation Skills

Unlocking Potential

by Michael K. Simpson • 2014

The gap between your team's performance and its potential comes down to seven coaching skills.

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🗣️ Coaching Frameworks 🏢 Org Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Goal Setting

Unlocking Potential 94%

The gap between your team's performance and its potential comes down to seven coaching skills.

by Michael K. Simpson 2014

3.72

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Coaching Frameworks 🏢 Org Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Goal Setting

The Tao Of Coaching

by Max Landsberg • 1997

Stop giving answers and start asking questions: a structured approach to coaching anyone at work.

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895

🏢 Workplace Coaching 🧱 Coaching Frameworks ❓ Socratic Questioning 🔄 Feedback Culture 📈 Performance Coaching

The Tao Of Coaching 94%

Stop giving answers and start asking questions: a structured approach to coaching anyone at work.

by Max Landsberg 1997

3.75

895 ratings

🏢 Workplace Coaching 🧱 Coaching Frameworks ❓ Socratic Questioning 🔄 Feedback Culture 📈 Performance Coaching

The Startup of You

by Reid Hoffman • 2012

The ladder is gone. Here are the three plans and one network that replace it.

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🧭 Career Management 🕸️ Professional Networking 🔄 Lean Methodology 🏹 Competitive Advantage 🚀 Self-Directed Career

The Startup of You 94%

The ladder is gone. Here are the three plans and one network that replace it.

by Reid Hoffman 2012

3.82

11k+ ratings

🧭 Career Management 🕸️ Professional Networking 🔄 Lean Methodology 🏹 Competitive Advantage 🚀 Self-Directed Career

8 Steps to High Performance

by Marc Effron • 2018

Ditch management fads. The science on the few behaviors that actually predict top performance.

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💼 Corporate Leadership 🚀 Career Acceleration 📊 Evidence-Based Practice 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🎭 Behavioral Adaptation

8 Steps to High Performance 94%

Ditch management fads. The science on the few behaviors that actually predict top performance.

by Marc Effron 2018

3.68

234 ratings

💼 Corporate Leadership 🚀 Career Acceleration 📊 Evidence-Based Practice 🔬 Scientific Self-Help 🎭 Behavioral Adaptation

Fire Your Boss

by Stephen M. Pollan • 2004

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

3.67

150

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Fire Your Boss 94%

Depose your boss mentally, follow the money, and always fish for your next job from day one.

by Stephen M. Pollan 2004

3.67

150 ratings

📋 Career Advice 💼 Managing Upward 🤝 Personal Networking 🧠 Workplace Pragmatism 💰 Financial Independence

Career Warfare

by David F. D'Alessandro • 1955

Great work isn't enough. Ten rules for the reputation game that actually decides your career.

3.82

562

🏛️ Corporate Politics 💼 Personal Branding ⬆️ Managing Up 📈 Career Advancement 🪑 Office Dynamics

Career Warfare 94%

Great work isn't enough. Ten rules for the reputation game that actually decides your career.

by David F. D'Alessandro 1955

3.82

562 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Politics 💼 Personal Branding ⬆️ Managing Up 📈 Career Advancement 🪑 Office Dynamics

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