Book Club is part of the CAS activities for the Master in Management students. However, it is open to any University of Dubuque student or employee. They generally run 1 hour per week for 6 weeks. Please contact the Graduate Studies Office (gradstudies@dbq.edu or call x3246) if you are interested in joining in one or more of these engaging sessions:
2020 - 2021
Fall Session I
:
- Emotional Intelligence: lead by Dr. Cattani
- Innovative Secrets of Steve Jobs:
lead by Dr. Cunningham
By: Carmine Gallo
ISBN: 978-0-07-174875-9
Around $5 used and $10 new
Description:
Carmine
Gallo shares the Apple CEO's most famous, most original, and most effective
strategies for sparking true creativity--and real innovation--in any workplace.
"This book takes the pain out
of innovation. It is not intended to create a rigid, step-by-step method for
innovation since that's the last thing Jobs would recommend. It is intended
to reveal the general principles that guided Steve Jobs in achieving his
breakthrough success, principles that can spark your imagination, enhance your
creativity, help you develop fresh ideas to grow business and career, and
inspire you to change the world." Meeting time and place: Wednesday's August 26th -October 14th 4-5 via
Zoom
Fall Session II:
- Leading Change:
lead by Dr. Grace
- Difficult Conversations: lead by Dr. Hayes
By Stone, Patton, and Heen
Nov. 2010
Softcover ISBN 10: 0143118447 ISBN 13: 9780143118442
Used from $5.83
Description:
We
attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming
employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the
Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes,
Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough
conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to:
· Decipher the underlying structure of every
difficult conversation
· Start a conversation without defensiveness
· Listen for the meaning of what is not said
· Stay balanced in the face of attacks and
accusations
· Move from emotion to productive problem
solving
Meeting time and place: Mon. noon –
Severance Lounge & Zoom
5 weeks
(Oct 19 – Nov 16)
Spring Session I:
- Developing the Leader within You, 2.0: lead by Dr. Hayes
By John C. Maxwell
Published
October 2nd 2005 by Thomas Nelson
About the Book. 224 pages
Twenty-five years ago, John Maxwell published the book that forever transformed how we think about leadership. Developing the Leader Within You revolutionized the way leaders are made and in the process sold
more than one million copies. Now John Maxwell returns to his classic text to include the leadership insights and practices he's learned in the decades since the book first appeared. Thoroughly revised and with two completely
new chapters, this new edition updates the foundational principles for transformative leadership that Maxwell has used as a leader for more than 40 years. No matter what arena you are called to--family, church, business, nonprofit--the
principles Maxwell shares will positively impact your own life and the lives of those around you.
Learn how to become a "natural born leader"! Refuting the idea that effective management requires a big ego, Maxwell explains that true leadership is an act of service. Outlining his principles with real-life anecdotes
and helpful charts, he demonstrates how to inspire and motivate others. This revised and updated edition includes two new chapters.
Available at https://www.christianbook.com/: new $14.99
Free with Audiobook trial on Amazon
Meeting time and place: Mon. noon – 1 pm on Zoom
5 weeks (January 11 – Feb 8)
-
7 Habits of Highly Effective People: lead by Dr. Abdul Sinno
MEETING TIME and LOCATION: Thursdays from 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm via Zoom
Read and participate in the Book Club: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen CoveyAbout the Book. Stephen Covey’s cherished classic commemorates the timeless wisdom and power of the 7 Habits book and does it in a highly readable and understandable, infographics format.
This listing is on Amazon for $14.00, however, students can buy a used copy for $3.00-$6.00 available all over the place. Audio book available with the free trial option at https://archive.org/details/PartI_20150910
This 7 Habits book guides you through each habit step-by-step: • Habit 1: Be Proactive • Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind • Habit 3: Put First Things First • Habit 4: Think Win-Win • Habit 5: Seek First To Understand Then Be Understood • Habit 6: Synergize • Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw
Dr. Covey's 7 Habits book is one of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written. Now you can enjoy and learn critical lessons about the habits of successful people that will enrich your life's experience. And, it's in an infographics format that makes it easy for you to learn and apply Dr. Covey's habits of successful people.
Spring Session II: Thursdays,
March 11 to April 8, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. – live and remote format, led by
Dr. Tony Foster: Read and engage in the Book Club discussion on The Coddling of the
American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a
Generation for Failure, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
ISBN-13: 978-0735224896
See here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad
Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure is
a 2018 book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. It is an
expansion of a popular essay the two wrote for The Atlantic in
2015. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that overprotection is having a negative effect
on university students and that the use of trigger
warnings and safe spaces does more harm than good.
This selection is under CAS Pillar #2 – Cognitive Complexity
Harvard Business Review Manager's
Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out: Lead by Dr. Kevin Cattani
Tuesdays, March 8 to April 26, from 12:00
to 1:00 p.m. – face to face:
ISBN-13: 978-1633691247
See here on Amazon: HBR
Manager's Guide on Amazon Whether you’re a new manager or looking to have
more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in
all shapes and sizes—a direct report’s anxious questions, your boss’s
last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case
staring you in the face. To reach your full potential in these situations, you
need to master a new set of business and personal skills. This selection is under CAS Pillar #6 – Practical Competence Summer Session:
- Tuesdays,
May 11 to June 8, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. – live remote format, led by Dr.
Summer Zwanziger- Elsinger:
Read
and engage in the Book Club discussion on Crucial
Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (second edition), by
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
ISBN-13:
978-0071771320
See
here on Amazon: Crucial
Conversations on Amazon
Crucial Conversations gets you past the hard parts of dialogue and helps you
achieve relationships that are real, productive, and that will enrich your life
and career.
This
selection is under CAS Pillar #4 – Interpersonal Competence
- Wednesdays,
May 12 to June 9, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. – face to face and live remote
format, led by Dr. Chaminda Prelis:
Read
and engage in the Book Club discussion on Think
Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, by Adam Grant
ISBN-13:
978-1984878106
See
here on Amazon: Think
Again on Amazon
Intelligence is
usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing
world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the
ability to rethink and unlearn.
This selection is under CAS
Pillar #3 – Intrapersonal Development
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