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PACE References

In the PACE.7 certification program, you’ll see numbered citations in the course material, such as (1), (2), etc. Each number corresponds to the sources listed below by module.

We’ve taken extra care to ensure every source is credible and clearly cited, so you can trust the reliability of the information throughout your learning journey. If you’d like to explore any source further, you’ll find full APA-format citations here for your reference.

Module 1

  1. Grenny, J., Patterson, K., McMillan, R., Switzler, A., & Gregory, E. (2021). Crucial conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high (3rd ed.). McGraw Hill.

  1. Mehrabian, A. (2007). Nonverbal communication. Routledge.

  1. International Listening Association. (1995). Listening definition (as cited in Usera, J. J., n.d., The fundamentals of listening). In Communicating to connect: Interpersonal communication for today. Social Science LibreTexts. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Introduction_to_Communication/Communicating_to_Connect_-_Interpersonal_Communication_for_Today_(Usera)/07%3A_Listening/7.01%3A_The_Fundamentals_of_Listening

  1. ​Alessandra, T., & O’Connor, M. J. (1998). The platinum rule: Discover the four basic business personalities and how they can lead you to success. Warner Books.

  1. ​Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0. TalentSmart.

  1. Goleman, D. (2020). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ (25th anniversary ed.). Bantam Books.

  2. Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Conflict. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflict

  3. CPP, Inc. (2008). Workplace conflict and how businesses can harness it to thrive: A report on the CPP global human capital study. CPP, Inc. Retrieved from https://shop.themyersbriggs.com/Pdfs/CPP_Global_Human_Capital_Report_Workplace_Conflict.pdf

  4. Short, R. (2024). The cost of workplace conflict. Workplace Peace Institute. https://www.workplacepeaceinstitute.com/post/the-cost-of-workplace-conflict

  5. ​Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change (30th anniversary ed.). Simon & Schuster.

  6. ​Maxwell, J. C. (2021). The 5 levels of leadership: Proven steps to maximize your potential (10th anniversary ed.). Hachette Book Group.

  7. Babcock, L., & Laschever, S. (2021). Women don’t ask: Negotiation and the gender divide. Princeton University Press.

  8. American Psychological Association. (2010, April 28). Self-esteem declines sharply among older adults while middle-aged are most confident. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2010/04/self-esteem

  9. Kay, K., & Shipman, C. (2014). The confidence code: The science and art of self-assurance—what women should know. Harper Business.

  10. Legault, L. (2012, October 24). Self-affirmation enhances performance, makes us receptive to our mistakes. Association for Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612448483

  11. Arigo, D., Bercovitz, I., Lapitan, E., & Gular, S. (2024). Social comparison and mental health. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 11(2), 17–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-024-00313-0​

  12. Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Why and how to create a useful outline. Purdue University. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/developing_an_outline/how_to_outline.html

  13. Lyubykh, Z., Gulseren, D., Premji, Z., Wingate, T. G., Deng, C., Bélanger, L. J., & Turner, N. (2022). Role of work breaks in well-being and performance: A systematic review and future research agenda. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27(4), 470–487. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000300

  14. Radicati Group. (2021). Email statistics report, 2021–2025. The Radicati Group, Inc

  15. U.S. Department of the Army. (2021). Army regulation 25-50: Preparing and managing correspondence. U.S. Army Records Management Directorate. https://www.rmda.army.mil/records-management/docs/CorrespondenceRMDAwebsite10MAY21.pdf

  16. Nielsen, J. (1997, October 1). How users read on the web. Nielsen Norman Group. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-users-read-on-the-web/

  17. Forbes Agency Council. (2021, March 24). The importance of branding in business. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2021/03/24/the-importance-of-branding-in-business/

  18. Peters, T. (1997, August 31). The brand called you. Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/28905/brand-called-you

  19. ​Avery, J., & Greenwald, R. (2023, May-June). A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2023/05/a-new-approach-to-building-your-personal-brand

  20. Klaus, P. (2003). Brag! How to toot your own horn without blowing it. Warner Business Books.

Module 2

  1. Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Effective. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effective

  2. Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Efficient. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficient

  3. Drucker, P. F. (2017). The effective executive: The definitive guide to getting the right things done (50th Anniversary ed.). HarperBusiness.

  4. Allen, D. (2015). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity (Revised ed.). Penguin Books.

  5. Project Management Institute. (n.d.). About us. https://www.pmi.org/about​

  6. Crenshaw, D. (2021). The myth of multitasking: How “doing it all” gets nothing done (2nd ed.). TMA Press.

  7. Watson, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2010, August). Supertaskers: Profiles in extraordinary multitasking ability. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17(4), 479–485. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.4.479

  8. Newport, C. (2013, December 21). Deep habits: The importance of planning every minute of your work day. Cal Newport’s Blog. https://calnewport.com/deep-habits-the-importance-of-planning-every-minute-of-your-work-day/

  9. Tracy, B. (2014). Time management. HarperCollins.

  10. Drucker, P. F. (2006). The practice of management. HarperBusiness.

  11. Investopedia. (2024, August 29). Opportunity cost: Definition, formula, and examples. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/opportunitycost.asp

  12. Sullivan, B., & Thompson, H. (2013, May 5). Brain, interrupted. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/opinion/sunday/a-focus-on-distraction.html

  13. Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change (30th anniversary edition.). Simon & Schuster.

  14. Robert, H. M., III, Honemann, D. H., Balch, T. J., & Seabold, S. C. (2020). Robert’s rules of order newly revised (12th ed.). PublicAffairs.

  15. Internal Revenue Service. (2024). 2025 standard mileage rates (Notice 2025-5). U.S. Department of the Treasury. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-25-05.pdf

  16. Radicati Group. (2021). Email statistics report, 2021–2025. The Radicati Group, Inc

  17. Mann, M. (2007, March 13). 43 folders series: Inbox zero. 43 Folders. https://www.43folders.com/43-folders-series-inbox-zero

  18. Gilkey, C. (2009, October 27). Inbox zero is overrated. Productive Flourishing. https://www.productiveflourishing.com/p/inbox-zero-is-overrated

  19. Microsoft. (n.d.). Outlook training. Microsoft. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook

  20. Wakefield Research. (2021). Survey: Challenges in finding business-critical content in remote work environments. Elastic. https://www.elastic.co/about/press/new-survey-from-elastic-shows-finding-business-critical-content-is-a-significant-problem-in-a-remote-work-environment

  21. Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C. H. M., Potts, H. W. W., & Wardle, J. (2010). How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40(6), 998–1009. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.674

  22. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Reduce waste: Paper. https://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable-management-materials-paper

  23. TAB. (2019, August 19). Filing systems: The five components to success, part 1. https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/paper-file-management/filing-system-components/

Module 3

  1. StatCounter. (2025). Operating system market share worldwide from January 2025 to February 2025. StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved April 7, 2025, from https://gs.statcounter.com

  2. LinkedIn. (n.d.). About LinkedIn. LinkedIn. https://about.linkedin.com/

  3. McKendrick, J. (2020, September 28). Executives say technology will boost productivity, but their employees aren’t so sure. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2020/09/28/executives-say-technology-will-boost-productivity-but-their-employees-arent-so-sure/

Module 4

  1. Taylor, F. W. (2020). The principles of scientific management. Page Classics. (Original work published 1911)

  2. Wren, D. A., & Bedeian, A. G. (2023). The evolution of management thought (9th ed.). Wiley.

  3. Pugh, D. S. (Ed.). (2007). Organization theory: Selected classic readings (5th ed.). Penguin.

  4. Drucker, P. F. (2012). The practice of management. Routledge.

  5. Peters, T. J., & Waterman, R. H., Jr. (2012). In search of excellence: Lessons from America’s best-run companies. Collins Business Essentials.

  6. HBR. (2016, December 7). The scary truth about corporate survival. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/12/the-scary-truth-about-corporate-survival

  7. Kestenbaum, R. (2018, November 16). Jeff Bezos says ‘Amazon is not too big to fail.’ He’s right. Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/richardkestenbaum/2018/11/16/amazon-is-not-too-big-to-fail-bezos

  8. Schwartz, J., Hauptmann, M., Roy, I., Van Durme, Y., & Denny, B. (2019). From jobs to superjobs: 2019 global human capital trends. Deloitte. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends/2019/impact-of-ai-turning-jobs-into-superjobs.html

  9. McKinsey & Company. (2022, August 23). Freelance, side hustles, and gigs: Many more Americans have become independent workers. McKinsey & Company. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/sustainable-inclusive-growth/future-of-america/freelance-side-hustles-and-gigs-many-more-americans-have-become-independent-workers

  10. Adair, J. (1979). Action-centered leadership. Gower Publishing.

  11. Aristotle. (2019). The Art of Rhetoric (H. Yunis & R. Waterfield, Trans.). Oxford University Press.​

  12. ​Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change (30th anniversary ed.). Simon & Schuster.

  13. Kotter, J. P. (1999). What effective general managers really do. Harvard Business Review, 77(2), 103–111. https://hbr.org/1999/03/what-effective-general-managers-really-do

  14. Seibert, S. E., Kraimer, M. L., & Liden, R. C. (2001). A social capital theory of career success. Academy of Management Journal, 44(2), 219–237. https://doi.org/10.5465/3069452 

  15. Drucker, P. F. (1967, January). The effective decision. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/1967/01/the-effective-decision

  16. Hagstrom, R. G. (2005). The Warren Buffett way: Investment strategies of the world’s greatest investor (2nd ed.). Wiley.

  17. Leslie, J. B., & Van Velsor, E. (1996). A look at derailment today: North America and Europe. Center for Creative Leadership. Retrieved from https://cclinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-look-at-derailment-today.pdf

  18. Tuckman, B. W. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63(6), 384–399. https://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Group_Dynamics/Tuckman_1965_Developmental_sequence_in_small_groups.pdf

  19. Hackman, J. R. (2002). Leading teams: Setting the stage for great performances. Harvard Business School Press.

  20. Katzenbach, J. R., & Smith, D. K. (2015). The wisdom of teams: Creating the high-performance organization. HarperBusiness.

  21. Pentland, A. (2012, April). The new science of building great teams. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2012/04/the-new-science-of-building-great-teams

  22. Gallup. (n.d.). State of the global workplace. Gallup. Retrieved from https://www.gallup.com/workplace/285674/improve-employee-engagement-workplace.aspx

  23. Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370–396.

  24. Kopelman, R. E., Prottas, D. J., & Davis, A. L. (2015). McGregor’s Theory X/Y and job performance: A multilevel, multi-source analysis. Journal of Managerial Issues, 27(4), 372–389

  25. Herzberg, F. (2003, January). One more time: How do you motivate employees? Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2003/01/one-more-time-how-do-you-motivate-employees

  26. Deloitte. (2024). 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey. Deloitte. https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/issues/work/content/genz-millennialsurvey.html

  27. Carroll, L. (1865). Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Macmillan.

  28. Hamel, G., & Getz, G. (2004, July-August). Funding growth in an age of austerity. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2004/07/funding-growth-in-an-age-of-austerity

  29. Eiffert, S. D. (1999). Cross-train your brain: A mental fitness program for maximizing creativity and achieving success. Amazon Books.

  30. Goclowska, M., Ritter, S., Elliot, A. J., & Baas, M. (2019). Novelty seeking is linked to openness and extraversion, and can lead to greater creative performance. Journal of Personality, 87(2), 252-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12387

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