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17 entries · updated August 2026

  1. Book Teresa Amabile & Steven Kramer The Progress Principle The book behind the small-wins research: meaningful work plus visible progress is what sustains motivation. Amazon
  2. Podcast School of Hard Knocks Podcast with Ben Pogue Ben Pogue became CEO at 29 and now runs a construction firm doing over a billion dollars a year. Candid about crisis leadership and what the climb cost him. Spotify
  3. Book Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Confidence: How Much You Really Need and How to Get It A contrarian take: lower confidence, handled well, can drive competence. For when being told to just be more confident stops helping. Amazon
  5. Podcast Andie Herbert & Rachel Gass Nice vs Kind Culture Explore how kindness-driven leadership strengthens company culture, employee engagement, innovation, and business performance. Graybar Keepin' The Lights On
  6. Book Peter Atwater The Confidence Map: Charting a Path from Chaos to Clarity Atwater maps how decisions change with how much certainty and control people feel. It explains a lot about how crews behave mid-chaos. Amazon
  7. Book Brene Brown Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Courage, paradox, and leading through hard things. Amazon
  9. Article Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory Of Motivation In Psychology The plain-language primer on self-efficacy. If Bandura is new to you, start here. Simply Psychology
  10. Article Albert Bandura: Self-Efficacy & Agentic Positive Psychology A clear walkthrough of the four ways confidence gets built: doing hard things, watching peers succeed, credible encouragement, and reading your own stress well. PositivePsychology.com
  11. Article Why Do I Feel More Confident? Research showing that doing the work moves confidence more than encouragement does. The setting is classrooms; the mechanics transfer straight to jobsites. Frontiers in Psychology
  13. Article Norah O'Donnell on We the Women O'Donnell recovers women the record books skipped, from Mercy Otis Warren to the 1876 protest at Independence Hall. Katie Couric Media
  14. Website Barb Allen Construction Barb Barb went from carpenter to operations director and speaks on the climb to leadership and the biases that slow it. Construction Barb
  15. Website 14 Percenters Barb Allen hand-picks every box with gear actually made for women. 14 Percenters
  17. Website BuildHer Collaborative Resources Leadership development for women already in the industry, and programs like ACE Mentor for girls still deciding. A good place to send both. BuildHer Collaborative
  18. Website Move Over Bob A magazine telling tradeswomen's stories: electricians, HVAC techs, project managers. Hand it to a student, a parent, or a shop teacher. Move Over Bob
  19. Website Jendco Safety Family-owned, WBENC-certified, selling PPE out of Columbus since 1989. Jendco Safety
  21. Website Juno Jones Safety Footwear ASTM-rated safety boots designed for women's feet instead of shrunken men's sizing. Fit is a safety issue; few brands treat it that way. Juno Jones
  22. Website Lean In Article Library A whole library of short, research-backed reads on bias and leadership, worth browsing by topic. Lean In