The Roundtable

As Senior Manager of Programs, Shelby juggles everything we can throw at her with a smile. Clients remark on her upbeat positive attitude and her colleagues can’t get enough of her relentless followup skills and high wattage optimism. Whether she’s organizing our signature Recharge Unconference, corralling senior executives for interviews or troubleshooting LMS login issues, Shelby’s energy and enthusiasm for doing great work knows no bounds.

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Braving the Wilderness

By: Brené Brown Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown is a timely book for today’s increasingly ‘us versus them’ tribal environment.  Social connection has helped us survive as a species but people are increasingly isolated as perspectives are polarized (anything from politics, sexual harassment to child-rearing), many of us feel …

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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

By: Bill Burnett and Dave Evans Reviewed by: Janey Piroli The Premise: Authors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans have both achieved great success working in and around Silicon Valley since the 1970s. Working within the product design space of many businesses, from young start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, they gained ample expertise with the design thinking …

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The Thin Book of Trust – An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work

By:  Charles Feltman Reviewed by: Shannon Nedza The Premise: In the Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work, executive coach, Charles Feltman offers simple effective strategies and techniques for building, repairing, and sustaining trust in the workplace. In this quick and easy read, Feltman outlines the four distinctions of trust: …

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Good Enough: Embrace Who You Are. Unleash Your Brilliance.

Good Enough: Embrace Who You Are. Unleash Your Brilliance. Written by: Anne Day and Amy Vodarek Reviewed By: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Anne Day and Amy Vodarek present a series of real stories from motivated and successful women. Having connected with over 350 women, Day and Vodarek share their stories of courage, set-back and resilience, and …

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You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

Written by: Jen Sincero Review by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: Right out of the gate in the introduction, Jen Sincero outlines her previous suspicions for the “unforgivably cheesy” self help/spiritual world, and sets the scene for You are a Badass and who it will appeal to – those who feel they have more in them, …

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Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success

Written by: Shane Snow Review by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: Billed as a book for entrepreneurs, Shane Snow’s Smartcuts is actually a great book for anyone looking for ways to innovate, simplify or create. A smartcut is a term Snow coins to describe the way in which a person jumps a series of steps towards …

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Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

Written by: Derek Sivers Review by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: A short, easy to read autobiography/manifesto, this pocket book outlines 40 lessons learned by Derek Sivers in his humble rise and unusual retreat from musician to accidental online marketing sensation and back again. As an independent musician with no way to sell his own music, …

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