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The Taylor University MBA Book Club

 In August the Taylor University MBA introduced and launched the Taylor MBA book club. The TU MBA book club is open to alumni, current students, prospective students, faculty, and friends. Good books are a big part of the MBA, but they are also a big part of lifelong learning. This is an opportunity for us to jointly read, consider, and discuss a book and how it can help us better lead the organizations we serve.

The first book chosen for the August-November timeframe was The Oz Principle: Getting Results through Individual & Organizational Accountability by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman.

The second book that we will be using for the Taylor MBA Book Club is Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.

Our second book discussion will begin in January 2012, with the first discussion topic to be posted the week of January 23, 2012.  New discussion topics will be posted approximately every other week.  Plan now to join in the discussion.

To purchase the book simply click on the picture of the book below.

Basic Schedule:
Read Week 1
Discuss in Blog Week 2 (Dr. Wood to post discussion topic prior to week 2)

Book Description:  An influencer motivates others to change. An influencer replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills. An influencer makes things happen.

This is what it takes to be an influencer.

Whether you’re a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world’s most influential people.

But this is about to change. From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. You’ll be taught each and every step of the influence process-including robust strategies for making change inevitable in your personal life, your business, and your world. You’ll learn how to:

• Identify a handful of high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change.
• Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions.
• Marshall six sources of influence to make change inevitable.

Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand where you’ll see how seemingly “insignificant” people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You’ll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You’ll discover why some managers have increased productivity repeatedly and significantly-while others have failed miserably.

No matter who you are, or what you do, you’ll never learn a more valuable or important set of principles and skills. Once you tap into the power of influence, you can reach out and help others work smarter, grow faster, live, look, and feel better, even save lives. The sky is the limit…for an Influencer.