Do your New Year’s goals include personal professional development or a resolution to read more? Is there a stack of great books nearby that you’ve been meaning to read? Did you make a list of book(s) to investigate that you heard about at the last SIGUCCS conference? Are you nervous about reaching your Goodreads reading challenge?
Us too! Let’s work together to make it happen with SIGUCCS.
To register for an upcoming book discussion, visit this Zoom Registration Link.
Upcoming Book Selections
| Month | Book | Discussion Date |
| January 2025 | No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work Liz Fosslien | January 27 – 4pm EST |
| March 2025 | Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work Amy Diehl & Leanne M. Dzubinski | March 31 – 4pm EST |
| May 2025 | The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You Julie Zhuo | May 19 – 4pm EST |
| July 2025 | HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (with featured article “What Makes a Leader?” by Daniel Goleman) Harvard Business Review | July 28 – 4pm EST |
| September 2025 | The Friction Project Robert I. Sutton & Huggy Rao | September 29 – 4pm EST |
| November 2025 | Work Without Walls Maura Nevel Thomas | November 24 – 4pm EST |
Join the Discussions
In addition to a Zoom meeting for discussion, we frequently start the conversation in Slack. You can find us in the #book-club channel.
If you have any questions or suggestions about how to participate in our reading group, please contact Laurie Fox.
A Few Rules
- The purpose of this book club is to read and enjoy new professional development books! Everyone is welcome to join the conversation. That includes people who have read the book before, people who have not yet read the book, and anyone who didn’t quite finish.
- You may find that you disagree with something that another member of the group has said. It is ok to disagree as long as it’s done respectfully.
- Keep on topic, but feel free to introduce information that is relevant to the discussion (historical facts, bio details, book background, related authors or topics).
- The moderators will serve to keep the group on topic, ensure everyone has a chance to contribute to the discussion, and assist with book selection and hangout schedules.
Previous Book Selections
2024 Books
- How to Make Work Not Suck: Honest Advice for People with Jobs Carina Maggar
- I Didn’t Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt Madeleine Dore
- Belonging: The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusion and Equality at Work Susan Unerman
- Hidden Potential Adam Grant
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters Priya Parker
- The Science of Storytelling Will Stor
2023 Books
- Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters
Laura Vanderkam - Belonging At Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take to Cultivate an Inclusive Organization
Rhodes Perry - Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways
Sarah Stein Greenberg - Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear
Richard Sheridan - The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life Allison Fallon
- Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge
Sarah Rose Cavanagh
2022 Books
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman
- REMOTE: Office Not Required Fried & Hansson
- My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Drive: the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Daniel H. Pink
- The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth & Change Camille Fournier
- Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization Scott Mautz
2021 Books
- Better Than Before Gretchen Rubin
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Steven Covey
- The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data Gene Kim
- Think Again Adam Grant
- First, Break All the Rules Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
- The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t Robert I. Sutton
2020 Books
- 168 Hours: You have more time than you think Laura Vanderkam
- Radical Candor Kim Scott
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni
- Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life Tania Katan
- What if I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People Verna Myers
2019 Books
- Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders L. David Marquet
- The Monsters of Educational Technology Audrey Watters
- SuperBetter: the power of living gamefully Jane McGonigal
- QBQ! : the question behind the question John G Miller
- The Phoenix Project Gene Kim
- EQ Applied Justin Bariso
- Getting Things Done David Allen
- Atomic Habits James Clear
- Daring Greatly Brené Brown