Best Practices Executive Book Club
Since 2007, business leaders in our Best Practices Boards peer group program have met regularly for breakfast to discuss some of the leading business books of our time, from classics like Good to Great by Jim Collins, to contemporary best-sellers like Chip and Dan Heaths’ Made to Stick.
These breakfast meetings offer a casual and friendly forum for like-minded business owners to explore contemporary business issues and challenges, and to exchange ideas and information with other successful leaders.
Our Executive Book Club offers business owners and CEOs a unique opportunity to build on the knowledge that has made them successful. That’s why our breakfast meetings are now open to all interested business owners.
Upcoming Executive Book Club Breakfast
Our next Executive Book Club breakfast will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012, when we’ll discuss Great by Choice, the new book by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen.
To register for the March 8th breakfast, click here
2012 Executive Book Club Dates
Here is our Executive Book Club line-up for the remainder of 2012:
Blue Ocean Strategy–W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne (April 5)
Where Good Ideas Come From–Steve Johnson (May 10)
Little Bets–Peter Sims (June 7)
Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink–Jonathan Byrnes (September 6)
Business Model Generation–Alexander Osterwalder (October 4)
Raving Fans–Ken Blanchard (November 1)
The Five Temptations of a CEO–Patrick Lencioni (December 6)
Location
Our Executive Book Club breakfasts are held in Bullards Restaurant at the Sheraton Needham Hotel, 100 Cabot Street, in Needham, MA, just off of Highland Avenue and Exit 19 of Route 128/Interstate 95.
Fees
Participation in the Executive Book Club is free to current members of the Best Practices Boards program. Non-members can attend any individual breakfast meeting for just $50, which includes the cost of a full buffet breakfast. Non-members can also purchase a block of tickets at a reduced price.
Recent Readings
During the past year, participants in the Executive Book Club have read the following business best-sellers:
–Steve Jobs–Walter Isaacson
–Great by Choice–Jim Collins and Morten Hansen
–Strengths-Based Leadership, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
–Getting Naked, Patrick Lencioni
–The Innovator’s Solution, Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor
–The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham
–Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh
–Baseline Selling, Dave Kurlan
–Mojo, Marshall Goldsmith
–The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande
–Switch, Chip and Dan Heath
–Drive, Daniel H. Pink
–First, Break All The Rules, Buckingham and Coffman
–How We Decide, Jonah Lehrer
Other titles from prior years including the following business classics:
–The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker
–Execution, Larry Bossidy
–The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge
–The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
–Getting to Yes, Fisher, Ury and Patton
–Getting Things Done, David Allen
–The Goal, Eliyahu Goldratt
–Good to Great, Jim Collins
–The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen
–Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath
–A Sense of Urgency, John Kotter
–The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
–What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith
–The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki
A complete list of book titles discussed in the Executive Book Club program from 2007 to the present is available here.
