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10 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. Leadership for a Fractured World: How to Cross Boundaries, Build Bridges, and Lead Change By: Dean Williams Leaders of all types in all organizations face massive, messy, multidimensional problems, and the broadest possible cooperation is needed to solve those problems – they cannot be solved by one person or group. Despite this, Harvard scholar Dean Williams asserts that our leadership models today are still tribal in that they feature individuals with formal authority leading the interest of a group. Williams outlines an approach that helps leaders repair fractured worlds by building bridges and breaking down boundaries that block collaborative problem solving in divided groups. Williams' approach allows leaders to transcend external and internal boundaries in groups and foster greater collaboration to solve those multidimensional problems. Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most By: Hendrie Weisigner and J.P. Pawliw-Fry Performing Under Pressure, called one of the "15 Best Business Books Coming Out in 2015" by Business Insider, tackles the No. 1 obstacle to success—pressure. Drs. Weisigner and Pawliw-Fry contend that, contrary to popular belief, no one performs better under pressure, and in fact pressure can cause diminished performance or even utter failure in any personal or professional arena. e two psychologists introduce readers to the concept of pressure management to help overcome the effects of pressure. eir concepts were formed using the latest research in neuroscience and the experiences of more than 12,000 individuals who have performed in high-pressure situations, such as Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 employees, and Navy SEALS. It's the Economy, Stupid: Economics for Voters By: Vicky Pryce, Andy Ross, and Peter Urwin e authors of It's the Economy, Stupid use the maxim coined by James Carville, President Bill Clinton's election campaign strategist, to examine what matters most to the electorate in democratic elections. History has shown that good economic news boosts the popularity of the incumbent party even when the two rival parties in an election have similar economic policies. Likewise, poor economic performance can blight the chances of the incumbent party for many future elections. In the book, economist Vicky Pryce breaks down wide-ranging economic questions such as, "How should we use economics to cost in and avoid the environmental damage that could lead to catastrophe?" and many others. Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality By: Edward Royce In Poverty and Power, Royce asserts that American poverty is not the product of individual failings or deficiencies in intelligence, determination, or skills, but rather a structural problem that results from failings in the American social system. Royce discusses four systems—economic, political, cultural, and structural—which he believes contribute to inequality in the United States and also discusses 10 institutional problems which perpetuate poverty and make life difficult for the poor. Poverty and Power has been called "the single most comprehensive exploration of structural inequality" in the United States. e new second edition includes new statistical information, an analysis of the recent economic depression, the Obama Administration, the rise of the Tea Party, the Occupy Movement, and anti-poverty movements.