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February 13, 2025

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Black History Month 2025: Essential New Books Illuminating Our Shared Journey

This Black History Month, a remarkable collection of books offers profound insights into racial dynamics, social progress, and the ongoing struggle for equality. These groundbreaking works by leading authors provide critical perspectives on race, justice, and transformation. Workplace Dynamics and Racial Inequity Qualified by Shari Dunn explores the intricate ways competency checking intersects with race in professional environments. Through rigorous research and compelling interviews, Dunn uncovers systemic barriers that impact career advancement for Black professionals. Scientific Understanding of Racism Keon West’s The Science of Racism presents a data-driven […]

January 10, 2025

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Perry Pidgeon Hooks Pivots to New Adventures

All of us at Parnassus Books for Business hope that your holidays have been happy, healthy and peace-filled. We have been looking at so many new books that we are excited to share with you in the coming months. With the new year comes a big change. At the end of December, Perry Pidgeon Hooks pivoted to new adventures. After nearly thirty years as a book matchmaker, she is looking forward to meditating, campaigning, and serving others in new ways. […]

March 11, 2024

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Failure And Success: Not As Different As We Think

Failure. Chances are you, like most people, don’t find comfort in the word. It evokes pessimistic emotions that pile so high it’s hard to see any positives over the enormity. We’re expected to view failure negatively. Why wouldn’t we? We’ve posited failure at the far end of the spectrum from success until it feels impossible to achieve your goals if failure riddles your path. However, to grow professionally and personally, failure is not only a present factor; it’s essential to […]

October 6, 2023

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Eureka: Building Connection with a Company Book Club

August 3, 2022

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The Hybrid Workplace: Let’s Fix the Problems, Not the Symptoms

The Partnership for Public Services and Boston Consulting Group recently released the annual rankings for the 2021 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. Unfortunately, the results showed a dismal response to employee engagement across the board. Worse yet, employees were only 40.1% certain their leaders would “use the results of the 2021 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey to make their agencies a better place to work,” as Drew Friedman explains. Of course, lower engagement is expected, given the evolution […]