2022 Book Club

April 27-October 5, 2022 Virtual Way

 

Event Information

LIMITED SEATING FOR EACH BOOK CLUB SESSION - ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR CLUB ONE

WBEC-West in partnership with Burns and McDonnell Diversity Team is launching our 2022 mini mentorship through books. This year the program will discuss two books. The books have been selected based on the projected business trends for 2022. 

In order to ensure that everyone who participates in this years’ program gets the most out of each session, we have created participants expectations. Please review the expectation before registering. During the kickoff session we will go over the expectations and will also ask for a WBE volunteer to assist Joel Farrier, Burns & McDonnell & Dr. Pamela Williamson, CEO WBEC-West in facilitating the sessions.

Our goal is to have highly interactive discussions of the books we read.

In order to achieve that goal we will need everyone to:

  1. Keep on topic, but feel free to introduce information that is relevant to the discussion
  2. Allow others to express themselves, this experience was created for everyone in attendance to learn and grow through conversation.
  3. Remember that it is ok to disagree as long as it is done respectfully
  4. All meetings will start on time and end on time and will last one (1) hour.
  5. When you speak, please state your name

And remember this is a book club so it is important that you come prepared, whether it is with notes for discussion or simply reading the section of the book that will be discussed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club One

 

April 27, 2022

Chapter 1-2

May 11, 2022

Chapters 3-4

May 25, 2022

Chapters 5-6

June 8, 2022

Chapters 7

June 22, 2022

Final Overall Discussion

 

 

 

 

Club Two

 

August 10, 2022

Pages 1-34

August 24, 2022

Pages 34-54

September 7, 2022

Pages 55-80

September 21, 2022

Pages 1-108

October 5, 2022

Pages 109-140

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book One: Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto   Adam Werbach  (Author)

 

Strategy for sustainability : a business manifesto (Book, 2009)  [WorldCat.org]

 

 

The definitive work on business strategy for sustainability by the most authoritative voice in the conversation.

More than ever before, consumers, employees, and investors share a common purpose and a passion for companies that do well by doing good. So any strategy without sustainability at its core is just plain irresponsible - bad for business, bad for shareholders, bad for the environment. These challenges represent unprecedented opportunities for big brands - such as Clorox, Dell, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, Nike, and Wal-Mart - that are implementing integral, rather than tangential, strategies for sustainability. What these companies are doing illuminates the book`s practical framework for change, which involves engaging employees, using transparency as a business tool, and reaping the rewards of a networked organizational structure.

Leave your quaint notions of corporate social responsibility and environmentalism behind. Werbach is starting a whole new dialogue around sustainability of enterprise and life as we know

it in organizations and individuals. Sustainability is now a true competitive strategic advantage and building it into the core of your business is the only means to ensure that your company - and your world - will survive.

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Book Two: Over Coffee with the Mouse: Life and Leadership Wisdom from 32 Years at Disney and Beyond by  Mark Rucker  (Author)

 

Over Coffee with the Mouse: Life and Leadership Wisdom from 32 Years at  Disney and Beyond: Rucker, Mark: 9781544520803: Amazon.com: Books

Early in his career, Mark Rucker`s father suggested a life practice: create a file of things that are important to you and add to that file as you learn. So, Mark created a "Leadership" file. Whenever he learned a valuable lesson in leadership, he added it to the file. He did this throughout his entire thirty-two-year career with Disney and beyond. Many of these lessons came in the form of advice, which he would request from friends and colleagues over coffee, helping him solve his greatest leadership challenges at work as well as the day-to-day personal challenges of life and marriage.

Over Coffee with the Mouse is the culmination of an entire lifetime of leadership advice from a grateful man who rose to global leadership within the Disney organization. Whether you`re an executive struggling with hard choices or an aspiring leader looking to hone your skills and avoid mistakes, you won`t want to miss this book.

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Facilitator

Joel B. Farrier PE, MBA

Strategic Growth Leader & Regional Environment Manager with Burns & McDonnell