Randy Nathan, M.A., M.S.W. is a lecturer at Rutgers University School of Social Work, a best-selling author, an executive coach, and an international speaker. He is the author of The 90% Advantage: Elevating Good People into Great Performers and delivers keynotes and trainings on leadership, performance culture, and team engagement. His work focuses on tapping into untapped potential by helping individuals and organizations recognize hidden strengths, unlock growth, and create lasting impact. He holds an M.S.W. from the University of Southern California and an M.A. in executive nonprofit management from Hebrew Union College.
""Randy Nathan's Side Hustles for Social Workers is a myth-shattering, practical, and deeply empowering work that challenges long-held assumptions about money, ethics, and professional identity. [...] Nathan offers a rich conceptual framework for how side hustles, beyond providing financial security, actively enhance the very ethics that define the field. Through these ventures, social workers expand their reach, strengthen their voice, and contribute to addressing systemic and societal inequities in ways traditional roles may not allow. Far from being a departure from social work's mission, side hustles enrich and advance it, serving as vehicles for justice, empowerment, continuous learning, and creative innovation, while reigniting passion and purpose within practitioners."" Mariann Bischoff, MS, MSW, LCSW, Rutgers School of Social Work ""Randy strives to help social workers reimagine how and where they can practice while grounded in the profession's core values. The examples provided practical guidance to the reader. He also offers ideas, opportunities, and tools that practitioners will find relevant and inspiring."" Christine Morales, Ed.D., MSW, LCSW, Rutgers SUNY ""In Chapter 8, I really liked the focus on burnout and what burnout could look like because it is so common and can happen so easily without even noticing! I think it's important for students to learn as much as they can about burnout! I especially like that the book included ways to build a self-care routine, because when I was a student, I often found myself getting frustrated when people would tell me to do self-care because I genuinely did not know how to incorporate it into my busy schedule. In Chapter 9, I liked that the book addressed the potential second-guessing that can happen when integrating a side hustle into a career. In this chapter, readers are not only provided encouragement and reassurance in the fact that struggling and feeling frustrated is a normal part of this integration process, but it reminds readers that of the purpose of their side hustle."" Olivia Paone, Recent Graduate, Rutgers School of Social Work