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Book Club 2025
Thanks for talking a look at our 2025 Book Club Programme.
We have two sessions of Book Club each month:
Wine and Words: 2nd Thursday of each month at 5.30pm with Melita
Coffee and Cake: 3rd Thursday of each month at 10.00am with Elinor
Book Club is open to Business Whanganui network members. To join Book Club, email us at events@businesswhanganui.nz.
Scroll down to see:
- 2025 Book Club Meetings Schedule
2. 2025 Book Club Resources by theme
- March: Leadership
- April : Strategy
- May : Customers
- June : Measurement & Analysis
- July : Workforce
- August : Operations
2025 Book Club Meetings Schedule
Month | Dates | Theme |
February | Thursday 13 Feb @ 5:30 pm | Catch-up and programme introduction |
Thursday 20 Feb @ 10:00 am | ||
March | Thursday 13 Mar @ 5.30pm | Leadership |
Thursday 20 Mar @ 10.00am | ||
April | Thursday 10 Apr @ 5.30pm | Strategy |
Thursday 17 Apr @ 10.00am | ||
May | Thursday 8 May @ 5.30pm | Customers |
Thursday 15 May @ 10.00am | ||
June | Thursday 12 Jun @ 5.30pm | Measurement and analysis |
Thursday 19 Jun @ 10.00am | ||
July | Thursday 10 Jul @ 5.30pm | Workforce |
Thursday 17 Jul @ 10.00am | ||
August | Thursday 14 Aug @ 5.30pm | Operations |
Thursday 21 Aug @ 10.00am | ||
September | TBD | TBD |
TBD | ||
October | TBD | TBD |
TBD | ||
November | TBD | TBD |
TBD | ||
December | TBD | End of year catch-up |
Resources by theme and month
Leadership (March) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
How indigenous leadership offers a new way of looking at a changed world by Don Rowe | https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/21-10-2020/indigenous-leadership-presents-a-new-way-of-looking-at-the-changed-world |
The art of 21st-century leadership by McKinsey & Company | https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-art-of-21st-century-leadership-from-succession-planning-to-building-a-leadership-factory |
The Now, New, and Next of Digital Leadership: How AI will take over and change leadership as we know it by Niels van Quaquebeke and Fabiola Gerpott | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15480518231181731 |
What do Millenials want in a Modern Leader by Jennifer Post | https://www.business.com/articles/leadership-styles-millennials/ |
What makes a good leader? By Nick Lebredo | https://prodcm.sfmagazine.com/en/Articles/2024/January/What-Makes-a-Good-Leader |
Books to browse… | |
Boards that lead by Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, Micheal Useem | Whanganui District Library |
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Legacy by James Kerr |
Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Think Again by Adam Grant |
Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Wayfinding Leadership by Chellie Spiller, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr & John Panoho |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
Indigenous 100 with Julian Wilcox | https://indigenous100.com/category/podcast/ |
How I built this with Guy Raz | https://open.spotify.com/show/6E709HRH7XaiZrMfgtNCun |
Strategy (April) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
An introduction to business strategy | https://www.business.govt.nz/business-performance/business-strategy/introduction-to-strategy |
Getting strategy wrong – and how to do it right instead by Richard Rumelt | https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/getting-strategy-wrong-and-how-to-do-it-right-instead |
How to develop a business strategy: 6 steps by Catherine Cote | https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/how-to-develop-a-business-strategy |
Why do strategy, anyway? By Roger Martin | https://rogermartin.medium.com/why-do-strategy-anyway-355e0e760861 |
Books to browse… | |
Start with Why by Simon Sinek |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
The E-myth by Michael Gerber |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
The innovator’s dilemma by Clayton Christensen |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
You don’t need an MBA by Alicia McKay |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
Business is boring with Simon Pound | https://open.spotify.com/show/1eSMU3hDO9NRMoG7NDAV8l |
Inside the Strategy Room with McKinsey & Company | https://open.spotify.com/show/4TcFfiQ0e6OYuc5kRDLxqj |
Customers (May) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
Customer experience is everyone’s responsibility by Rebecca Hinds and Sarang Gupta | https://hbr.org/2023/04/customer-experience-is-everyones-responsibility |
Five consumer myths to ditch in 2025 by Olaya Moldes Andres | https://theconversation.com/five-consumer-myths-to-ditch-in-2025-245897 |
How generative AI can boost consumer marketing by Lisa Harkness, Kelsey Robinson, Eli Stein and Winnie Wu | https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/how-generative-ai-can-boost-consumer-marketing |
Stop trying to delight your customers by Matthew Dixon, Karen Freeman and Nick Toman | https://hbr.org/2010/07/stop-trying-to-delight-your-customers |
Books to browse… | |
Brand desire: How to create consumer involvement and inspiration by Nicholas Ind and Oriol Iglesias |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Hug your haters: How to embrace complaints and keep your customers by Jay Baer |
Whanganui District Library Audible & Spotify |
Purple Cow by Seth Godin |
Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Raving fans by Ken Blanchard |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
The Icehouse Podcast with The Icehouse | https://open.spotify.com/show/1aZIsMpzEAAJ06IIiotDLh |
Customer Service Academy with Tony Johnson | https://open.spotify.com/show/71igoHClLHwvYSjRhK1afj |
Measurement & Analysis (June) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
A fresh take on SMART goals by Alicia McKay | https://blog.aliciamckay.co.nz/crazy-smart |
Grow faster and smarter with data-driven business decisions by Volodymyr Dudas | https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/10/22/grow-faster-and-smarter-with-data-driven-business-decisions/ |
How to measure your business performance by Kate Gibson | https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/business-performance-measurement |
Keeping track of key metrics | https://www.business.govt.nz/getting-started/business-planning-tools-and-tips/keeping-track-of-key-metrics |
What gets measured gets managed by Danny Buerkli | https://medium.com/centre-for-public-impact/what-gets-measured-gets-managed-its-wrong-and-drucker-never-said-it-fe95886d3df6 |
Books to browse… | |
Measure what matters by John Doerr |
Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Outside Insight by Jorn Lyseggen |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible |
Rework by Jason Fried |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
The Measure Pod with Don-Perry-Reed and Bhav Patel | https://open.spotify.com/show/0OgTKRmEWvZ3qS753KMdff |
Business for Builders Podcast with Max Peterson | https://open.spotify.com/show/3UQkRYRWuX0HXcdTMXeTvr |
Workforce (July) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
Humanising workplaces in Aotearoa by Leanne Holdsworth | https://www.leadershipnz.co.nz/blog/latest-news/2024/2/16/humanising-workplaces-in-aotearoa |
Managing people for the first time: expert tips on how to succeed by Elena Doldor | https://theconversation.com/managing-people-for-the-first-time-expert-tips-on-how-to-succeed-198615 |
People management tips all managers can learn from by Liz Lockhart Lance | https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/personal-development/leadership-management/what-is-people-management/ |
What does it take to be a good people manager? by Skye Schooley | https://www.business.com/articles/people-management/ |
Books to browse… | |
Atomic Habits by James Clear |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Leaders eat last by Simon Sinek |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Range by David Epstein |
Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Radical Candor by Kim Scott |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Quiet Leadership by David Rock |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
The Mind Tools L & D Podcast with Mind Tools | https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mo923OEJRCwPjD05l8ozh |
The Safety of Work with Dr Drew Rae and Dr David Provan | https://open.spotify.com/show/0yia9mfftQrQiK3h1dqPmy |
Operations (August) |
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Web articles to weigh… | |
How to put a business system together by Allan Dib | https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2021/03/17/how-to-put-a-business-system-together/ |
How to achieve success with small business digital asset management by David Trounce |
https://www.business.com/articles/managing-business-assets/
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Thinking systems? Here’s what every small business owner needs to know by Tara McMullin | https://explorewhatworks.com/thinking-systems-what-small-business-owners-need-to-know/ |
Books to browse… | |
Good to Great by Jim Collins |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Meltdown: Why our systems fail and what we can do about it by Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik |
Whanganui District Library Audible |
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell |
Whanganui District Library Bookshops Audible & Spotify |
Small company big business by Bronwyn Reid |
Bookshops Audible |
Podcasts to ponder… | |
Strategy for Creatives – Business minus the Bullshit with Sasha | https://open.spotify.com/show/6KvVz6y3DMq24KFlOjKQ21 |
Making Cents with Frances Cook | https://www.rova.nz/podcasts/making-cents |