Book Club

Goal: Learn to become better team players and leaders!

Note: Your participation will be considered in deciding whether you become a lead.

Our next meeting is on Saturday, November 21 from 11 AM - 12 PM. We will be discussing the first half of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

Summer Reading List

Below, you can find links to the Amazon copy of each book as well as resources and meeting notes.

• ​The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
  • ​https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/habits-of-highly-effective-people-summary
  • ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People
  • http://wiki.team2537.com/wiki/Playbook/Leadership/Training
• ​The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
• ​Start with Why
  • ​https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
  • ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_with_Why
• ​How to Win Friends & Influence People
  • ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People
• ​First, Break All The Rules
  • ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First,_Break_All_the_Rules
  • http://wiki.team2537.com/wiki/Playbook/Leadership/FBATR
• ​The Heart of Leadership
  • ​https://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2013/10/5_leadership_lessons_the_heart.html
  • ​Meeting Notes (Oct 24, 2020)
• ​Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
  • ​https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/books/review/grit-by-angela-duckworth.html
• ​The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
• ​The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
• ​Principle-Centered Leadership
• ​Now Discover Your Strengths
• ​Measure What Matters

Where to find books

• Free audiobooks and eBooks (if available) on ​Amazon Prime
• Free eBooks (if available) on ​Amazon Kindle
• Loan from ​HCLibrary (school or personal card)
  • Every HCPSS student has a library card (Access ​here)
  • Audiobooks and eBooks (there are apps and websites for each)
    • ​OverDrive
    • ​cloudLibrary
  • Hard copy books from local libraries
• Buy digital or hard copy books from ​Amazon or other booksellers

Things to take note of when reading

• What connections can you make between the book and your experiences?
• What ideas resonate with you?
• What points stuck out or are surprising?
• What are the biggest takeaways?
• How can you practice what you learned?

Schedule

Summer: Every two weeks, pick a book to read. At the end of the two weeks, discuss the ideas in the book and how they can be applied to our team (multiple meetings are encouraged for a complete review of the lessons).

School Year: Every two months, pick a book to read. At the end of each month, discuss half the book (so the first month you read the first half and the second month you read the second half).

Prizes

Students can earn cool pins, Participation Points, and Leadership Ranks by joining the Book Club!

Note: More skill and rank pins are coming soon...

Rank	Skill Pins	Award
Padawan	Learning Leadership 1 Reads One Leadership Book Engages in the respective discussion Attendance 1 Collects 120 Attendance Points	White SpaceRAIDer Rank Pin
Jedi	Learning Leadership 2 Reads Three Leadership Books Engages in the respective discussions Attendance 2 Collects 160 Attendance Points	Black SpaceRAIDer Rank Pin
Jedi Master	Learning Leadership 3 Reads Five Leadership Books Engages in the respective discussions Attendance 3 Collects 200 Attendance Points	Green SpaceRAIDer Rank Pin Eligible for higher leadership positions

Skill Pins are worth 5 Participation Points and Rank Pins are worth an additional 20 Participation Points.
See more details here