This past month was all about the turkey talk, as the community traded ideas, solutions and recommendations. From our first-ever Women’s Leadership Camp, we’ve got an extra helping of business, leadership and culture reads, as well as podcasts and resources to spur diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in your workplace. We also have some fun holiday gift ideas, a lowdown on Conspiracy Santa and some tidbits just for fun in the spirit of the season. Dig into this month’s resource roundup, a satisfying potluck of industry resources.
As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to renew resolutions to improve your career, team or organization. Check out our 2019 schedule of events, and get in on super early bird savings before your year is done and won.
Tools for HR, Teams & Operations
Management Guides, Tools & Community Software: Know Your Team
Strengths Assessment: StrengthsFinder
Situation-Behavior-Impact Feedback Tool: Mind Tools
Employee Recognition & Rewards: Bonusly
Online Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online, Xero
Checklists, Workflow & SOP Software: Process Street
Online Workplace for Distributed Teams: Sococo
Working Days / Hours in 2019: Calendar-12.com
Accessibility Training: Deque, Simply Accessible, The Paciello Group, Saatchi & Saatchi Accessibility Services, Knowbility
Hosting: Media Temple, Rackspace, DataYard
User Testing Services: UserTesting, Helio
Business, Culture & Leadership Reads
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers & Everyone by Kevin M. Hoffman, Matt Sutter & Jeff Gothelf
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
New Research Shows "Heavy Learners" More Confident, Successful & Happy at Work
How to Handle Software for Small Business Employees in an App Store World? by Jason Grigsby
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle