This Week: This week we finish up our discussion with pages 72-148 of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord. Available in Paperback, Kindle, or from Audible.com Reading for next week: Next week we will start 3-episode discussion of Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown. Avai…

This Week: This week we continue our book discussion with pages 32-70 of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord. Available in Paperback, Kindle, or from Audible.com Reading for next week: Week 3: 72-110 Week 4: 111-148 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are affiliate links. That me…

This Week: New Month, New Book! This week we will start our book discussion with the Introduction and pages 1-31 of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord. Available in Paperback, Kindle, or from Audible.com Reading for next week: Week 2: 32-70 Week 3: 72-110 Week 4: 111-148 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE…

This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 206-260 of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Reading for next week: New Month, New Book! Next week we will start our book discussion with the Introduction and pages…

This Week: This week we continue our conversation with pages 133-206 of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 4: pages 206-260 View the upcoming book list here. Reading for next month:…

This Week: This week we continue our conversation with pages 51-132 of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 3: June 17-23; pages 133-206 Week 4/Final Week: June 24-30: pages 206-260 V…

This Week: This week we start our conversation with pages 1-50 of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 2: June 10-16; pages 51-132 Week 3: June 17-23; pages 133-206 Final Week: June 2…

This Week: This week we finish our conversation with pages 153-217 of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Available in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for next month: Next week we start our conversation with pages 1-50 of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World…

This Week: This week we continue our conversation with pages 107-152 of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Available in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Final Week: Week 4–May 27: pages 153-217 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are…

This Week: This week we start our conversation with pages 70-106 of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Available in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 3–May 20: pages 107-152 Final Week: Week 4–May 27: pages 153-217 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book …

This Week: This week we start our conversation with pages 1-69 of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Available in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 2–May 13: pages 70-108 Week 3–May 20: pages 109-152 Final Week: Week 4–May 27: pages 153-217 View the upcoming b…

This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 171-212 of The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Next Week: Next week we start our new book with pages 1-69 of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Available in Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com W…

This Week: We continue our discussion with pages 122-170 of The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Final Week: Week 4–April 22: pages 171-212 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are affiliate links. That means if you go through these …

This Week: We continue our discussion with pages 48-121 of The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 3–April 15: pages 122-170 Week 4–April 22: pages 171-212 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are affiliate links. That means if you…

This Week: We start our discussion with pages 1-47 of The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com Readings for the rest of the month: Week 2–April 8: pages 48-121 Week 3–April 15: pages 122-170 Week 4–April 22: pages 171-212 View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are affiliate …

April 1: We relaunch the podcast with our discussion of pages 1-47 of The Leadership Gap by Lolly Daskal. Available in Hardcover, Kindle, or from Audible.com View the upcoming book list here. NOTE: Book links on this webpage are affiliate links. That means if you go through these links to purchase these books we get a small portion of the sales to …

January Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: Best of the Book Club This week we finish our discussion with pages 173-263 of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating A Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington. Available in paperback, hardcov…

January Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: Best of the Book Club This week we we continue our discussion with pages 116-172 of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating A Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington. Available in paperback, ha…

January Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: Best of the Book Club This week we start our discussion with pages 1-114 of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating A Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington. Available in paperback, hardcover,…

December Leadership Book Club Members: Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: Best of the Book Club This week we finish our 2-part discussion with pages 35-330 of Small Move, Big change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for Small…

December Leadership Book Club Members: Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week This week we have the first of a 2-part discussion with pages 1-34 of Small Move, Big change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for Small Move, Big Chang…

November Leadership Book Club Members: Jocelyn Adams, Lisa Haberman, Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week We finish our discussion with pages 66-188 of The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. Available in hardcover, Kindle or Audible.com. Next Week (Decemb…

November Leadership Book Club Members: Jocelyn Adams, Lisa Haberman, Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week We start our discussion with pages 1-65 of The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. Available in hardcover, Kindle or Audible.com. Next Week We continu…

October Leadership Book Club Members: Erin Smith, Kelly Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week We finish our discussion with pages 174-253 of The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs by John C. Maxwell Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for The Leadership Handbook Next Week We …

OctoberLeadership Book Club Members: Kodi Beverlin, Erin Smith, Kelly Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week We continue our discussion with pages 85-173 of The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs by John C. Maxwell Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for The Leadership Handboo…

OctoberLeadership Book Club Members: Kodi Beverlin, Erin Smith, Kelly Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week We will begin our discussion with pages 1-84 of The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs by John C. Maxwell Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for The Leadership Handboo…

This Week: A giant thank you to all the book club members for their wonderful insights and conversations throughout the last 100 shows. We learn from you every week! Amy, Aneth, Barbara, Brenda, Carrie, Cristin, Dave, Dick, Eric, Erin, Heather, Jen, Jessamyn, Jocelyn, Kathryn, Kelli, Kodi, Libby, Lisa, Lori, Margo, Maureen, Michelle, Mike, Mike, Ry…

September Leadership Book Club Members: Libby Elhrig, Lori McCarty, Sarah Noll-Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our Best of the Book Club discussion with pages 106-134 of The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman. Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for…

September Leadership Book Club Members: Libby Elhrig, Lori McCarty, Sarah Noll-Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we continue our Best of the Book Club discussion with pages 35-106 of The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman. Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide fo…

September Leadership Book Club Members: Libby Elhrig, Lori McCarty, Sarah Noll-Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we begin our Best of the Book Club discussion with pages 1-34 of The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman. Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for The…

August Leadership Book Club Members: Rose Christenson, Terri Deems, Margo Kromminga, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: We finish our discussion with pages 117-216 of Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by David Marquet. Available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for…

August Leadership Book Club Members: Rose Christenson, Terri Deems, Margo Kromminga, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: Since Small Move, Big Change was just a 2-week discussion, we will finish August with a 2-week Best of the Book Club discussion from September 2015. We begin our discussion with pages 1-116 of Turn the Ship Around!: A Tr…

August Leadership Book Club Members: Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our 2-part discussion with pages 35-330 of Small Move, Big change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for Small Move, Big Change. Next …

August Leadership Book Club Members: Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we have the first of a 2-part discussion with pages 1-34 of Small Move, Big change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.com. View the reading guide for Small Move, Big Change…

July Leadership Book Club Members: Eric Faust, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 165-214 of Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No, But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton Available in hardcover, Kindle or Audible.…

July Leadership Book Club Members: Eric Faust, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: We had some technical errors (two recorders failed us!) so the discussion on part 1 of this book is lost to everyone except the three of us who participated in it! This week we continue our discussion with pages 83-164 of Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses…

June Leadership Book Club Members: Kodi Beverlin, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: We had tech, schedule and health challenges over the last month so this week Wendy will provide comments on the remainder (pp. 94-259) of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant Available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle or Audible…

June Leadership Book Club Members: Kodi Beverlin, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we will begin our discussion with pages 1-93 of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant Available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle or Audible.com. View the reading guide for Give and Take Next Week (June): Next week we wi…

May Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck SORRY in advance for the sound quality this week! We had it all: background noises, uneven volume levels, echos, barking dogs, and allergy coughs! This Week: This week we continue our discussion with pages 173-263 of Thrive: The Third Metric to Rede…

May Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we start our reading with pages 1-114 of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating A Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington View the reading guide for Thrive. View the upcoming book list h…

April Leadership Book Club Members: Sarah Barksdale, Barbara Carr, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 109-181 of Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John Kotter. View the reading guide for Accelerate. Next Week: Next week we start our reading with pages 1-114 of…

April Leadership Book Club Members: Sarah Barksdale, Barbara Carr, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we continue our discussion with pages 41-108 of Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John Kotter. View the reading guide for Accelerate. This Week: Next week we finish our discussion with pages 109…

April Leadership Book Club Members: Sarah Barksdale, Barbara Carr, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we start our discussion with pages 1-40 of Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John Kotter. Available in Hardcover, or Kindle. View the reading guide for Accelerate. View the upcoming book list he…

February Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Christin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish our discussion with pages 105-212 of Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Available in Hardcover, paperback, Kindle or on Audible.com…

NOTE: We had some trouble with background noise in this podcast. Sorry for any problem while you were listening to us! March Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Christin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we continue our discussion with pages 49-104 of Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer t…

March Leadership Book Club Members: Jennifer Lamkins, Christin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we start our discussion with pages 1-48 of Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Available in Hardcover, paperback, Kindle or on Audible.com. View …

February Leadership Book Club Members: Lisa Haberman, Katheryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we finish up our discussion with pages 135 – 254 of Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell TED Talk mentioned in the podcast: Marshmallow Challenge (video, transcript, s…

February Leadership Book Club Members: Lisa Haberman, Katheryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we continue our discussion with pages 87-134 of Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell Available in Hardcover, Kindle or on Audible.com. View the reading guide for Team …

February Leadership Book Club Members: Lisa Haberman, Katheryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: This week we start our discussion with pages 1-86 of Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell TED Talk mentioned in the podcast: Marshmallow Challenge (video, transcript, slides) Av…

December Leadership Book Club Members: Tabby Hinderaker, Jennifer Lamkins, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck This Week: We finish up our discussion with pages 209-310 of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Shelia Heen. Available in Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle or on Audible.com. Next Month Ne…