The Company Book Club- A Culture-Building Weapon of Mass Construction

 "A book club. Really?" You may be asking, looking at me from over the brim of your triple espresso and almond milk sugar beverage. "That sounds absolutely...."

"Boring?" I would interject.

"Useless." You would finish your thought. Which would then open this discussion. Blog post. Whatever. 

Is a Book Club a boring, useless, pointless thing for a company to adopt? 

No. 

Not at all. 

(Please note: I officiate the book club at the company I work at, so I may be biased...)

But here is my reasoning. 

A Book Club can help build a company culture. A good one. One that is growth-oriented with growth-oriented people. 

A company book club should be open for all employees and not just management, but management should definitely be a part of it especially senior management and anyone with a C in their title. 

The hour a week or every other week is well worth it. 

I pulled that stack straight off of Google Images, but here is a "Starter Pack" of books for your Company Book Club:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• Good to Great by James Collins
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek

With that Starter Pack of 5 books, you may have a good year or more of Book Club discussions where the ideas presented and discussed in these books may be executed in your company. 

Inclusion is a good thing. The more the merrier. There is almost nothing more awesome than having a mixture of C level executives interacting and coming up with/discussing ideas with entry level employees, both of them learning from each other. 

It's one of the best things you could possibly do for your business. 

So why is it so overlooked? 

Why do people believe it is boring, or useless, or pointless?

Because they are not growth-oriented, at least not for the rest of their peers, co-workers, or employees. 

It is definitely something you should at least try.