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14 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead By: Laszlo Bock Google's head of People Operations Laszlo Bock describes the company's management and office culture principles that have helped Google develop a reputation as one of the best places in the world to work. In what has been called a "groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work," Bock not only lays out a "blueprint" for attracting specular talent to your company, but also for ensuring the success of that talent. Among Bock's "lessons" to learn in order to build a successful business from within are: taking away managers' power over employees, learning from both your best employees and your worst, hiring only people who are smarter than you, using data rather than your gut to make predictions, and being transparent and welcoming feedback. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future By: Ashlee Vance Veteran technology journalist Ashlee Vance spent more than 30 hours in conversation with tech billionaire Elon Musk and interviewed more than 300 people in order to provide readers with the first inside look into the extraordinary life of one of the world's most talked-about entrepreneurs, who is also one of the most striking and unusual figures in the history of American business. e book recounts Musk's journey from a rough upbringing in South Africa to the pinnacle of global business and tells the tumultuous stories of the companies he founded – PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and Solar City. Vance makes a case that Musk is a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and entrepreneurs such as omas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. Collaborative Intelligence: Four Influential Strategies for Thinking with People Who Think Differently By: Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur Markova and McArthur, expert management consultants from the firm Professional inking Partners, provide a plan for inspiring collaborative intelligence–a measure of ability to think with others on behalf of what matters to everyone in the group. Markova and McArthur's clients all cited "other people" as their biggest challenges at work. e book reflects on how we've been taught to focus on what gulfs separate us rather than to celebrate intellectual diversity–what engages us, what inspires us, what depletes us, how we process information, and how we are uniquely gifted. e authors contend that embracing intellectual diversity is the key for managers to lead teams to innovation, employees to thrive, and teams to do their best work because they are working in harmony. Taking a Stand: Moving Beyond Partisan Politics to Unite America By: Rand Paul U.S. Senator and 2016 Presidential candidate Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, presents his vision for America in Taking a Stand. Paul's 13-hour filibuster against administration-orchestrated drone strikes against U.S. citizens, leading the discourse on criminal justice, and his outreach to minority communities around the country have set him apart as a politician, not to mention as a Republican, whose likes have rarely been seen. In his book, Paul spells out his plan for uniting America, a plan which includes not engaging in fighting wars where a stalemate is the best possible outcome, lower taxes and smaller government empowering a strong and expanding middle class and the separation of powers and constitutionally protected liberty.