Books – April/May 2011
I’ve been keeping up the reading this spring, despite being on a bit of a book club hiatus.
I finished The Secret Handshake by Kathleen Kelley Reardon, a recommendation from a colleague who runs the Women’s Forum at work for our sector. It was practical and instructive, without being preachy. It’s one that I’ll definitely read again.
In the car, I “read” Marley and Me by Josh Grogan, read by the author, so it was a truly authentic autobiography of his young adult years, marriage, children, and of course life with his beloved dog. It was funny and touching.
I also “read” Drive by Daniel Pink. If you want the 10 min summary, I recommend this YouTube video. My peers at work watched it and have been discussing the ideas, particularly how a government contractor having to follow “Motivation 2.0″ labor reporting guidelines can create and maintain a “Motivation 3.0″ culture.
For Book Club we read Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney who is a local Newburyport author. She actually was the “writer in residence” at our church for a time, so I believe the book was written there! The story was full of interesting characters who are real, but also evolve, and I can’t recommend it enough. Aine is coming to our book club discussion, too. Yay! (But that’s also been the reason for hiatus – we want to find a time that we can all attend.)
Now I’m reading a book on Agile Project Management and I’m actually loving it. It captures the kind of philosophy and practices that I use, so now I have a vocabulary around what our group is seeking in a PM and how we want to operate.
Posted: May 21st, 2011 under Susan.
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