Books

Alexandra's business, workplace, and career books have been covered in hundreds of media outlets and purchased by hundreds of thousands. She has published with large houses such as Random House and Penguin, association presses such as ATD, and smaller, niche houses such as Career Press, and her books are routinely used as university and continuing education texts as well as corporate giveaways. Her book on the future of human employment, Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future, was published by Kogan Page in late 2018 and her international bestseller, They Don't Teach Corporate in College, was released in a fourth edition by Career Press in late 2019.  Her latest book, Deep Talent:  How to Transform Your Organization and Empower Your Employees Through AI, was co-authored by Eightfold CEO Ashutosh Garg and President Kamal Ahluwalia and was published by Kogan Page in early 2023. 

 

 

They Don't Teach Corporate in College

The fourth edition of the bestselling They Don’t Teach Corporate in College is a practical guide that delivers the vital information new corporate employees need to succeed in today’s tough business climate. The book’s upbeat advice focuses on tangible tactics that recent college grads and experienced twenty-somethings can put to work immediately to enhance their employability.

Buy the Book >

Blind Spots

Don't let blind spots push you off the path to career success - especially in today's back-to-basics Corporate America. This book reveals what's different about the post-recession world and dispels popular business and career myths - like "any visibility is good visibility" and "do what you love and the money will follow" - that were never true to begin with.

Buy the Book >

New Job, New You

People who undertake a successful career change have several common motivations for their decisions, including family, independence, learning, money, passion, setbacks, and talent. This exciting book includes detailed anecdotes from more than 35 individuals, who began their careers in one line of work and made dramatic and courageous transitions.

Buy the Book >

Success for Hire

In the coming years, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that this country will begin experiencing a hiring crisis. Despite the recent recession, with baby boomers retiring en masse there will eventually not be enough qualified workers to staff our nation’s jobs. Success for Hire provides hiring managers and human resource professionals a practical road map for undertaking an effective hiring process that will help any business remain competitive in this talent-hungry market.

Buy the Book >

How’d You Score That Gig?

Do you have a job that’s just like everyone else’s? Are you looking for a nine-to-five… but wish you weren’t? What if there was another option? Profiling sixty of the coolest careers on the planet — all rated in a national survey by twenty- and thirty-somethings — How’d You Score That Gig? outlines the steps you can take to get a job that makes you love getting up in the morning.

Buy the Book >

Mom.B.A.

Written with NPD Group CEO Karyn Schoenbart, Mom.B.A: Essential Business Advice from One Generation to the Next, imagines what your life would be like if your mother was the leader of a global market research company. Mom.B.A. provides priceless guidance to help you overcome the many stumbling blocks that keep people from fulfilling their true potential at work.

Buy the Book >

 

 

Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future

Revealing what the robot takeover will really look like, how talent and machines can work side by side, and how we can make organizational structures more agile and innovation focused, Humanity Works prepares readers to lead and thrive in the workforce of 2030.

Buy the Book >

Deep Talent: How to Transform Your Organization and Empower Your Employees Through AI

Deep Talent. written in partnership with Eightfold AI, helps leaders use artificial intelligence to hire, develop, and keep the people who are driving their growth and assist them in recognizing their skills, capabilities, and potential.  

Buy the Book >