As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card and all its benefits at dmpl.org/get-carded.

Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “Leading With Emotional Courage” by Peter Bregman.

Why you should read it: Bestselling author Peter Bregman’s 2018 book is based on his popular blogs for Harvard Business Review and provides practical, actionable advice for building your “emotional courage muscle.” Bregman focuses on why it is so important to say the necessary – but often difficult – things and explains how these are the foundation of real leadership.