The Leadership Book Club podcast is a weekly podcast where a panel of leaders read one leadership book each month and discuss a section of it each week. Join us each week to read along with us, enter the discussion on the website and share YOUR insights with us, or just listen as we talk about leadership! (Leadership Book Club Twitter account!)

Your Hosts

• Wendy Rettenmeier (LinkedIn, Twitter)

Dedicated to helping others discover their skills and talents and how to put those to work to happy, Wendy has over 20 years’ experience in training, consulting and leadership development.   Working with a number of organizations as both a leader and individual contributor has created a broad range of experience.  Wendy currently focusses her work in sales and sales management training and a number of other fun and intriguing ventures.

• Robin Lindbeck (LinkedIn, Twitter )
  

As a professor and an HRD consultant, Robin spends her time helping individuals, teams and organizations “be better.” Previously working for over 25 years in leadership roles in training and HRD departments inside and outside of corporations, Robin currently teaches at Idaho State University and continues to consult part-time and pursue other interesting learning projects.

Books We Have Discussed
(in date order; most current book is first on the list)
or view an alphabetical list here.

• • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, |Get the book

• • Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Get the book

• • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Get the book

• • The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness  by Lolly Daskal (April 2019)

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Get the book

• • Best of the Book Club: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington (January 2017)
    Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Best of the Book Club: Small Move, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold (December 2016)
    Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington (November 2016).
    Erin Smith, Kelly Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs by John C. Maxwell (October 2016).
    Erin Smith, Kelly Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Show 100!
    Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1

• • Best of the Book Club: The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman (September 2016. Originally posted December 2014).
    Libby Elhrig, Lori McCarty, Sarah Noll-Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Best of the Book Club: Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by David Marquet (August 2016. Recorded live and originally posted September 2015).
    Rose Christenson, Terri Deems, Margo Kromminga, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • Small Move, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently by Caroline Arnold (August 2016)
    Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No, But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton (July 2016)
    Eric Faust, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant (June 2016)
    Kodi Beverlin, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington (May 2016)
    Jennifer Lamkins, Kathryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John Kotter. (April 2016)
    Sarah Barksdale, Barbara Carr, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (March 2016)
    Jennifer Lamkins, Cristin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell (February 2016)
    Lisa Haberman, Katheryn Tripp, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen (January 2016)
    Tabby Hinderaker, Jennifer Lamkins, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations that Accelerate Change by Chris Ertel, Lisa Kay Solomon (October, 2015)
    Aneth Padron Boozer, Barbara Carr, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by David Marquet (September 2015).
    Rose Christenson, Terri Deems, Margo Kromminga, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2  |  Get the book

• • To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel Pink (August 2015).
    Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  |  Get the book

• • Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less by Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao (July 2015).
    Jessamym Donovan, Carrie Valster, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Finding Allies, Building Alliances: 8 Elements that Bring–and Keep–People Together by Michael Leavitt, Rich McKeown (June 2015).
    Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Best of the Book Club: Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by (June 2014)
    Dick Chancellor, Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Adam Bryant  (April 2015)
    Kodi Beverlin, Heather Nawolski, Cristin Sullivan, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4  |  Get the book

• • Step Up: Lead in Six Moments that Matter by Henry Evans and Colm Foster (March 2015)
    Lisa Haberman, Maureen Pickar, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3   |  Get the book

• • Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek (February 2015)
    Mike Fergen, Margo Kromminga, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3   |  Get the book

• • The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman. (December 2014)
    Libby Elhrig, Lori McCarty, Sarah Noll-Wilson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3   |  Get the book

• • Best of the Book Club: The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick Lencioni (November 2014, originally aired February 2014).
    Dave Hight, Amy Jennings, Brenda Whipple, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3, Part 4   |  Get the book

• • The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling.(October 2014)
    Barb Carr, Jennifer Lamkins, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3   |  Get the book

• • Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee (September 2014)
    Jocelyn Adams, Tabby Hinderaker, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • Leadership and the Art of Struggle: How Great Leaders Grow Through Challenge and Adversity by Stephen Snyder (August 2014)
    Michelle Meredith, Kay Snyder, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  final   |  Get the book

• • The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (July 2014).
    Barbara Carr, Lisa Haberman, Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • Speaking As a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak…From Board Rooms to Meeting Rooms, From Town Halls to Phone Calls by Judith Humphrey. (June 2014).
    Aneth Padron Boozer, Libby Ehrig, Michelle Meredith, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3   |  Get the book

• • Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. (May 2014)
    Jessamyn Donavan, Lori McCarty, Heather Nawolski, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself (April 2014)
    Dick Chancellor, Ryan Parson, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (March 2014)
    Kodi Beverlin, Kelli Vierling, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business (February 2014)
    Dave Hight, Amy Jennings, Brenda Whipple, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4   |  Get the book

• • Trust Works!: Four Keys to Building Lasting Relationships (January 2014)
    Mike Cox, Brenda Whipple, Wendy Rettenmeier, Robin Lindbeck

Discussion Part 1,  Part 2   |  Get the book

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