Benefits of starting a book club at your workplace 

 Here are five benefits of starting an employee book club:

They drive engagement.

Our corporate clients who members of their executive team regularly attend (and sometimes host) their monthly book club. This gives leaders at every level a chance to interact with our senior team.

If you can make this happen, it’s a great way to drive employee engagement. That’s because a top driver of engagement is the belief that the company puts as much energy and investment into its people as it puts into achieving its business goals.

​What illustrates this better than sitting elbow-to-elbow at the table?
Workplace book clubs also help build a strong organizational culture.

They promote innovation and creativity.

Sharing and exchanging ideas can foster out-of-the-box thinking and encourage new ways of approaching a problem. Whether you’re trying to innovate or improve on a quality issue, idea sharing can get you where you need to go.

They align talent and business strategy.

Aligning your people with your business strategy is the goal of talent optimization. If you choose the right books and nudge the discussion along, you can arm your employees with the knowledge and mindset they need to execute strategic objectives.

They build camaraderie.

A book club can create a sense of camaraderie among employees since everyone is on the same page—literally. When you gather a diverse group of people in one room, relationships between workers in different departments develop and grow organically.

They build soft skills.

Reading fiction has been shown to increase empathy, a much-needed workplace soft skill.