Network World - With companies running lean and mean, professional development has increasingly become an individual sport. IT workers have learned to fend for themselves to develop needed skills and gain new mindsets for managing more effectively and adding more value to the workplace.
Many professionals are turning to webinars and other online venues to do this, but a good number continue to get meaningful career advice through the tried-and-true method of reading a good book.
We asked four IT professionals from different industries to share the books that have influenced them in their own professional development.
Already an Insider? Sign in
Free Insider Guide
IT organizations that fail to gain traction as leaders in business innovation may soon end up as nothing more than legacy ERP system baby sitters. CIOs need to move up the food chain quickly -- or move on. Insider (registration required) more
Copyright © 1994 - 2013 Computerworld Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Computerworld Inc. is prohibited. Computerworld and Computerworld.com and the respective logos are trademarks of International Data Group Inc.
You are previewing premium content. 
