Innsbrook Business Book Club Charter (Since April 2005)

 

Objective

To read and discuss general business books. The books could include self-improvement, motivational and non-technical business books.

 

Format

Club participants suggest books. They vote on which books to read. The book getting the maximum number of votes gets on top of the list. 

 

Every other month (starting July 2006) participants read the pre-selected book. During lunchtime a volunteer presenter- generally is the one who suggested the book- presents it. Club attendees discuss the book. Generally, the Club meets during third Wednesday of the month.

 

Cost

No cost to join

Everyone makes his/her own arrangement to procure the book for reading.

 

Requirements

Just the love of reading business books and improving oneself

Looking for intellectually stimulating lunchtime company

It is desirable though not essential that the attendees have read the book.

Open to public

 

Publicity

The Coordinator uses existing local publications and Internet in publicizing the Club activities. Meeting announcements in such publications are free of charge.

 

Administrative Infrastructure

Volunteer Coordinator at Innsbrook, Glen Allen, Virginia:

Vishwa Bhargava, Phone: 804 273 3039; Website: www.asianamerican-va.com, click on Book Club

 

On a limited basis, people from remote sites can participate via conference call.

 

Backup Volunteer Coordinator(s): Seeking volunteers

 

List of Books Presented & Scheduled

 

Session

Month

Title

Author

No

Presenters Honor Roll

1

4-2005

Bringing out the Best in People

Aubrey Daniels

 

Vishwa Bhargava

2

5-2005

Monday Morning Leadership

David Cottrell

 

Cheri Robbins

3

6-2005

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey

 

Loretta Molin

4

7-2005

Blink!

Malcolm Gladwell

28

Dave Christian

5

8-2005

Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson

 

Clayton Crouch

6

9-2005

World is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman

 

Robert Perillo- Verizon

7

10-2005

The Four Agreements

Miguel Ruiz

10

Melinda Nolen

8

11-2005

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

9

Alice Corey

9

12-2005

Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small

Nalebuff, Ayres

5

Vishwa Bhargava

10

1-2006

Grow or Die, The Unifying Principle of Transformation

George Land

4

Tori Gutherie

11

2-2006

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

6

Cheri Robbins

12

3-2006

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

5

Nitin Shah

12

4-2006

Mr. Gordon Hammond on Chaos Theory & Investments

 

11

 

13

5-2006

Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

4

Ray Kniphuisen

14

7-2006

First Break All The Rules

Buckingham & Coffman

8

Melinda Nolen

15

9-2006

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Maxwell, John C.

3

Vishwa Bhargava

16

11-2006

Crucial Conversations

Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler

6

Group

17

1-2007

Managing Your Boss

Sandi Mann

6

Group

18

3-2007

Get Better or Get Beaten

Jack Welch

2

Vishwa Bhargava

19

5-2007

Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity

Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

7

Vishwa Bhargava

20

7-2007

Saving Adam Smith

Jonathan Wight

12

Jonathan Wight

Mehrubon Safaraliev, Priyanka Gupta

21

8-2007

The Four Agreements

Miguel Ruiz

7

Melinda Nolen

22

10-2007

Built to Last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins

3

Don Jernigan

23

12-2007

Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

Tim Sanders

2

Group

24

2-2008

Crucial Confrontations

K. Patterson, J. Grenny, R. McMillan, A. Switzler

3

Group

25

4-2008

Influencer

K. Patterson, J. Grenny, R. McMillan, A. Switzler

4

Group

26

6-2008

The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything

Stephen M.R. Covey

 

3

Group

27

10-2008

Building Leaders the West Point Way

 

Major General Joseph P. Franklin

19

Major General Joseph P. Franklin

28

12-2008

The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

4

Heather Eades

29

2-2009

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

Charles Mackay

2

Bob Perillo

30

4-16-2009

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Thomas L. Friedman

4

J. Clayton Crouch

31

6-17-2009

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert Kiyosaki

6

Group

32

8-19-2009

The Purpose Driven® Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Rick Warren

2

Group

33

10-28-2009

The Management Gurus: Winning with People, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Managing Crises Before They Happen

Maxwell, Goldsmith, Mitroff

2

Vishwa Bhargava

34

12-15-2009

How We Decide

Jonah Lehrer

2

Bob Perillo

35

2-17-2010

Schneier on Security

 

Bruce Schneier

3

Bob Perillo

36

4-21-2010

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind

Michael  Kamkwamba

4

J. Clayton Crouch

37

6-16-2010

The Art of Strategy : A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

 

TBD

 

TBD = To be Decided.

 

For Update please contact the Coordinator:

 

Vishwa M. Bhargava, PE, MEM, CLL, CL*,

Corporate Nuclear Engineering, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 5000 Dominion Blvd., Glen Allen, VA 23060,

Phone: 804 273 3039

*Professional Engineer, Master of Engineering Management, Certified Laughter Leader, Competent Leader