Book Club 2025
Thanks for talking a look at our 2025 Book Club Programme.
From April onwards we have one session of Book Club each month on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 10.00am
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 : Cancelled
- May : Strategy
- June : Customers
- July : Measurement & Analysis
- August : Workforce
- September : Operations
2025 Book Club Meetings Schedule
| Month | Dates | Theme |
| February | Catch-up and programme introduction | |
| March | Leadership | |
| April | Cancelled – School Holidays | |
| May | Thursday 15 May @10.00am | Strategy |
| June | Thursday 19 June @10.00am | Customers |
| July | Thursday 17 July @10.00am | Measurement and analysis |
| August | Thursday 21 August @10.00am | Workforce |
| September | Thursday 18 September @ 10.00am | Operations |
| October | TBD | |
| November | TBD | |
| December | 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 (May) |
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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 (June) |
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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 (July) |
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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 (August) |
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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 (September) |
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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 |