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The Reading List

Thirty-one books Jodie puts in leaders’ hands — and why. Not the bestseller list. The shelf she actually reaches for, grouped by the work you’re doing.

Where to find them.
Each book links to Amazon.

Leading at Altitude

For the move from functional expert to enterprise leader — Level Up.

Names the whole Level Up problem: what earned the seat won’t keep it.

For stepping into a bigger seat without stumbling in it.

Organizational health beats organizational smarts.

Classic shelf

Whether you make the room smarter or smaller.

Staying yourself through the dangers of leading change.

Classic shelf

Evolve how you think, not just what you know.

Classic shelf

Expertise gets you in the room; trust decides your influence.

Classic shelf

Breakthroughs happen where disciplines collide.

Classic shelf

How you regulate emotionally shapes the whole system.

Women & Power

Already whole, already enough — the work is freeing, not fixing. Level the Field.

The twelve habits that hold proven women back.

On voice, visibility, and the inner critic.

The unconscious habits that quietly cap a career.

Where real confidence comes from — and where it doesn’t.

Leveling the field by design, not by willpower.

Classic shelf

Sun Tzu’s strategy, reclaimed for how women lead and win.

Identity & Change

The lens underneath all of it — who you are and how you lead.

Classic shelf

Why the beliefs that made you succeed become the ceiling.

Fixed or growth — and which one you’re leading from.

The discipline of knowing what you no longer know.

Courage over comfort, in the room that counts.

The inner work underneath every outer change.

Classic shelf

Generosity wins — until it becomes self-sacrifice.

Story & Voice

Executive identity and the story of origin — Level Set Your Future.

The shortest, sharpest career book ever written.

How to find and tell the story only you can tell.

The missing link between merit and the next seat.

Power that doesn’t look like the stereotype.

Listening for the leadership you’re actually built for.

Foundations

The ones that shaped how she thinks — and still hold up.

Classic shelf

Meaning as the thing that holds when everything else gives.

Why EQ outruns IQ in the corner office.

Level 5 leadership, and the quiet discipline behind it.

Still the operating system underneath the rest.

Classic shelf

The surprising truth about what actually moves people.

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How you regulate emotionally shapes the whole system.

A living list — it changes as Jodie reads. Prefer a shorter version? The Library shelf shows a handful by topic.