Course info
Course name, First Friday Book Group-2
Human Resources Type of course HR Employee Development
About the course
Upcoming Classes
No classes scheduled
Description
Looking for a fun way to improve your professional skills? Join the Office of Human Resources for our First Friday Book Group. This group will meet to review and discuss a book on the first Friday of each month.
April's Selection: "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain
A New York Times Bestseller, the book that inspired a quiet revolution.
"Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects."
Objectives
- "This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves."
- -Hear stories of successful introverts
- -Learn how to balance introvert and extrovert personalities
- -Discovery ways to empower the introverts in your life
Prerequisites
- Copies of the book can be purchased for less than $10 on Amazon.com and there are a limited number of digital and hard copies available to borrow through Belk Library. However, reading the book is not required as we will do a brief summary and review of the book before our discussion.
- Don't have time to read? View this TED talk by author Susan Cain.
- http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/1377
Administrators
- Emily Wilson
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