Class is in session, and we have the recommended reads you need to ace this upcoming year of learning.

1. The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias – Pamela Fuller & Mark Murphy with Anne Chow

   For the advisor who: has clients that are searching for an actionable framework for managing bias and making the most of their team’s diversity.

2. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters – Priya Parker

   For the advisor who is: wanting to maximize the effectiveness and impact of their meetings.

3. Range – David Epstein

   For the advisor who: considers themselves a “jack-of-all-trades” and has ever doubted the value their diverse skills and experiences bring to their practice.

4. The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership – Tim Elmore

   For the advisor who is: wondering how to successfully help clients lead a diverse team in increasingly confusing and unprecedented times.

5. Next! – Joanne Lipman

   For the advisor who is: toying with the idea of making a big change.

6. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness – Steve Magness

   For the advisor who is: willing to lean into the discomfort that comes with cultivating true, perhaps unexpected, resilience.

7. Beginners –Tom Vanderbilt

   For the advisor who is: looking for ways to recapture the childlike sense of wonder that comes with trying new things.

8. Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change – Leonard Mlodinow

   For the advisor who is: wanting to foster the kind of mental resilience needed in today’s rapidly changing and complex times.

9. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Taleb

   For the advisor who is: already familiar with VUCA and is looking for a philosophical, delightfully wry take on the unexpected.

10. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning – Margareta Magnusson

    For the advisor who: has clients struggling with when and how to initiate succession planning conversations with loved ones.

11. Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error – Kathryn Schulz

    For the advisor who is: working with clients on their ability to manage with grace and accountability.

12. The Disaster Recovery Handbook – Michael Wallace and Lawrence Webber

    For the advisor who is: looking for resources to help encourage clients to adopt a VUCA approach to risk management.