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Books

In April 2018, I started an HR book club on Reddit, aptly called

r/hrbookclub⁠

. Feel free to join the ~100 or so people and robots in the subreddit. (Update: it was a fun experiment; not currently active. But I may restart it).

I also have copies of many of these books and am happy to donate them forward. Lots of other books come to mind, but these are good places to start…

HR Focused

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Powerful⁠

by Patty McCord (the Netflix’s HR person who brought you the infamous culture deck)

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The Essential HR Handbook⁠

by Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell (nice primer)

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HR from Now to Next⁠

by Jason Averbook (also a good thought leader)

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Paul van der Laken’s list of People Analytics and HR Books⁠

(a really solid roundup!)

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Holloway Guide to Technical Recruiting⁠

by Holloway (all digital, but more than an e-book. Well worth purchasing)

Manager

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The First Time Manager⁠

Loren B. Belker, Jim McCormick and Gary S. Topchik (good and frank baseline reading; best if read before Making of a Manager)

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The Making of a Manager⁠

by Julie Zhuo (incredibly practical advice for emerging people managers)

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Managing Humans⁠

by Michael Lopp (especially helpful for those in technical roles)

Startups / Company Culture / Leadership

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Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin⁠

(a startup CEO’s candid reflections on building a company)

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Work Rules⁠

by Laszlo Bock (the book by the pioneer of HR at Google)

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Hard Thing about Hard Things⁠

by Ben Horowitz (really good advice on company management)

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Reinventing Organizations⁠

by Frederic Laloux (incredibly progressive, but I like the thinking)

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So You Want to talk about Race⁠

by Ijeoma Oluo

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