On October 9-12, I attended my eleventh BK Authors Retreat, held this year at a lovely facility, the Marianist Retreat & Conference Center, in St. Louis. This retreat, like the others, was an amazing experience; for learning, self-reflection, and connecting/reconnecting with so many interesting people.
I’ve written about these retreats, and how meaningful and fulfilling they have been for me, for many years, most recently for the previous retreat, held in 2024. That event took place at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos, California, near San Francisco, and I wrote about my reflections as well as about books by authors at the retreat.
As described on its website, “BK Authors is a 501(c)3 nonprofit community of nonfiction authors, including authors published with Berrett-Koehler Publishers and other nonfiction authors writing on leadership, social change, personal development, and similar topics. Our mission is to help authors get their message out to the world, connect with each other to revitalize our spirits, collaborate on mutual passions, and provide a supporting community to aid in creating a world that works for all.”
In today’s post, I am focusing on books by authors at the 2026 retreat, including two that will publish next year. As in 2024, although most of the books are published by Berrett-Koehler, some non-BK authors also participated. I have included their books below, denoted with an asterisk. I’ve limited the list to one book per author, no matter how many they have published.
Happy reading!
Marilee Adams: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 14 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results, 5th Edition
Karin Blair: Capacity Under Pressure: 3 Agilities for Strategic Decisions (to be published in 2027)
Elaine Chung: The Illusion of Authenticity: Rethinking what it means to be ourselves at work and why it matters*
Marcia Daszko: Pivot, Disrupt, Transform: How Leaders Beat the Odds and Survive*
Charles Feltman and Emily Bouchard: The Little Book of Trust and Money: An Essential Primer for Families
Julie Winkle Giulioni (with Beverly Kaye): Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Third Edition
Michelle Gladieux: Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges
Haven Iverson: Into the Wilderness*
Rob Jolles: Why People Don’t Believe You…: Building Credibility from the Inside Out
Crystal Kadakia: The Millennial Myth: Transforming Misunderstanding into Workplace Breakthroughs
John Kador: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
Martha C. Lawrence: Catch People Doing Things Right: How Ken Blanchard Changed the Way the World Leads
Jeremy Madsen: The Pyromancer’s Scroll (The Zenitha Saga Book 1)*
Eileen McDargh: Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Resilience to Refuel, Recharge, and Reclaim What Matters
Frederick A. Miller and Judith H. Katz: The Power of Agency: Cultivating Autonomy, Authority, and Leadership in Every Role
Farzana Nayani: The Power of Employee Resource Groups: How People Create Authentic Change
Leslie Peters: Finding Time to Lead: Seven Practices to Unleash Outrageous Potential*
Amy Powell: Rise Like a Woman: 7 Strategies to Step Up, Stand Out, and Succeed at Work*
Bruce Rosenstein: Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life
Nataliya Boychenko Stone: When Life Disrupts Work: The Leader’s Guide for Supporting People Through Their Hardest Moments (to be published in 2027)
Robert B. Tucker: Build a Better Future: 7 Mindsets for Navigating the Age of Acceleration*
Jennifer Zach (facilitator/moderator): The: Somatic Awareness: Leading with Body Intelligence*
*denotes non-BK book
