Internal Book Clubs
Leadership development
Sometimes it’s not easy to share your vision or even to get other people to share your enthusiasm, “Follow me” doesn’t always get the best results. Having faced this challenge myself I believe that creating an Internal Book club can really make a difference.
- Allows your people to join you on the journey, and add their own thoughts and ultimately gain their support of what you are trying to achieve.
- Having a discussion around a topic that is not directly related to work allows people to feel more confident about expressing their opinions and challenging others.
- Allows the group to get to know each other better and trust each other more, issues that may have caused conflict in the past can become conversations.
- Everyone learns something: about the book, about differing opinions/viewpoints, about the people they work with on a daily basis and about themselves.
- They feel more involved in the business with a clearer understanding of the values and vision and are better able to articulate that to their teams.
- Improves self-awareness and for some, this may bring the understanding that they are not in the right seat but in the long run we know that is the best thing for them and the company.
How it works:
- You choose the books you would like them to read, I can make suggestions but the choice will always be yours.
- Ideally, we use books that have had an impact on the leaders of the business as well as books which will encourage lively debate and conversation.
- A maximum of 12 per book club but 8-10 is ideal.
- You can choose to attend or not, or I can feedback to you or the club can themselves.
- There will be a deadline to read the book by or if you prefer, chapters.
- I will arrange a meeting for approx 90 Minutes either monthly or fortnightly.
- In those sessions, every person gets to share what they have learned, enjoyed or even hated about the book.
- I will facilitate an open discussion where different opinions can be discussed openly and challenged in a healthy way.
