Book List: Recommended Reading for the Strategically Aligned Project Manager
- Christina Heath
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 15, 2024
Book recommendations make my heart happy.
I spend a lot of time reading and learning. And being "the project manager's strategic alignment coach" means I get to share what I learn with the PMs I talk to.
It didn't take long to realize that many of the PMs I work with are just as eager as I am to soak up new information and try on new thoughts.
If that's you and you're looking to open your mind, be challenged or validated, learn something new, or create new habits that support you in living your best life...
I present to you... my book list. It's a mix of my own reading recommendations plus books other clients and peers have enjoyed and also recommend.
Disclosure: The links below are affiliate links which means, at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.
Let me know if you grab any of these reads, have reactions to share, or have a book you'd like included on the list!
Good Enough Now: How Doing the Best We Can With What We Have is Better Than Nothing by Jessica Pettitt
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton
The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life by Todd Herman
Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself by Dr. Aziz Gazipura
I'll Be Happy When ...: How to Lift the Happiness Curse from Your Life by Jared Springer
Designing Your New Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness--and a New Freedom--at Work by Bill Burnett
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by Richard N. Bolles & Katharine Brooks
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits by Emmanuel Acho
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
Be a Happy Leader: Stop Feeling Overwhelmed, Thrive Personally, and Achieve Killer Business Results by Tia Graham
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful by Marshall Goldsmith
Project Management for Parents: Engage the Family, Build Teamwork, Succeed Together by Hilary Kinney, PMP
Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams by Barbara Sher
21 Rituals to Ignite Your Intuition by Theresa Cheung
salt. by Nayyirah Waheed
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van Der Kolk M.D.
The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life by Leo Babauta
