Your Invisible Toolbox

Book excerpt: For the first time in American history, there are four generations coming together in the workplace. This brings a whole new set of challenges to modern business. Your Invisible Toolbox tackles the challenges many millennials face with a unique set of research-based tools, put together in an easy-to-apply road map to success. "Called by multiple names - soft skills, employability skills, 21st-century skills - they are the critical skills necessary to go along with the hard skills, digital fluency, creativity and innovation that modern work and life demand. Rowena and Deb put it all together in one place - Your Invisible Toolbox - simple to understand, adaptable and ready to work when you want to enhance your life." - Scott Raecker, director, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center "Your Invisible Toolbox is a wonderful compilation of actionable ideas and strategies to make you successful. ... The book is arranged so it can be easily read but also so that it can be read in parts or used as a quick reference guide. It has a place in collegiate leadership classes and will be a benefit to all who read it. As a lifelong scientist and educator who has interacted with thousands of students, I recommend this book for anyone starting or about to start their career and also for those established individuals that want to be fully successful." - Steven Leath, president, Iowa State University