How to Form a Work Book Club

October is National Reading Group month. Reading groups or book clubs at work are one of the least expensive, most motivating forms of employee development. For the price of a book, employees learn the concepts in the book to expand their management skills, out-of-the-box thinking, and personal growth.

They learn leadership skills by leading book discussion sessions. These sessions are excellent for team building and as an opportunity for employees from different departments to get to know each other. Book clubs are also a way for managers and employees to interact and get to know each other in a relaxed setting.

In company book clubs, employees select books about topics they want to learn more about. As an example, in a company that sells its products internationally, a group of employees is reading books about globalization. Another group is reading about agile software development. Others are reading management books such as Jim Collins' Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't (compare prices).

Beyond the concepts in the books, people also gain a shared language, shared terminology for the concepts they are studying. I am really a fan of reading groups. Try one of these recommended books.

Recommended Book Club Reading

• Little Business Books With Big Impact.
• Books That Enlighten Management Thinking.
• Business and Management Books: Must Do Reading.
• Favorite Recent Business and Management Books.
• Award Winning Business and Management Books.

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