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12 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family By Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia Everybody Matters outlines the dramatically different approach to leadership pioneered by Bob Chapman and his team at Barry- Wehmiller in 1997—one which rejects the idea that employees are "functions" to be discarded at will and manifests that every single person matters, just like a family. Barry-Wehmiller used this approach in 2009, eschewing mass layoffs despite plunging revenues in the aftermath of the Great Recession. e result was substantially improved loyalty, creativity, business performance, and higher morale than ever before. Everybody Matters provides a behind-the-scenes look at Chapman's team as they tackle real-world challenges with caring, empathy, and inspiration, and the book provides clear steps to transforming your workplace The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath By Ben S. Bernanke e Courage to Act provides an in-depth look at the worst financial crisis and economic slump since the Great Depression, told from the vantage point of an insider. Bernanke, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, recounts the policy response and decision-making process by the Fed (alongside colleagues from Treasury) during the crisis through the Administrations of two presidents while under fire from a fractious Congress and facing the ire of a public incensed by behavior on Wall Street. e Fed and Treasury together with creativity and decisiveness stabilized a teetering financial system and prevented an economic collapse of unimaginable scale. Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again By Donald J. Trump Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is never boring. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump believes it's time to bring America back to its rightful owners—the American people. In his book, Trump outlines his vision for making America great again, which includes a more cost-effective, efficient health care system that doesn't alienate both doctors and patients; rebuilding the military and keeping promises to veterans; ensuring the education system offers resources to tomorrow's jobseekers that will enable them to succeed; and bringing jobs back to America by closing the doors to illegal immigrants and pressuring businesses to produce goods at home. Trump claims that "It's not hard," to make American great again; "We just need someone with the courage to say what needs to be said. We won't find that in Washington, D.C." On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller By Richard Norton Smith e grandson of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Nelson was Franklin Roosevelt's wartime coordinator for Latin America by age 32, and during his four terms as governor of New York, he set national standards for education, environment, and urban policy. Rockefeller then made the push to run for President of the United States, an office he had coveted since his youth, but could not win the GOP nomination over Barry Goldwater in 1964 or Richard Nixon in 1968. He settled for two years as vice president under Gerald Ford. In On His Own Terms, Smith draws on thousands of newly available documents along with hundreds of interviews to create the definitive story of an American icon.