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My company wants me to read a book about our strengths and take a test to determine our strengths. This one's not too bad since I like to read about how to make myself better and all. I've also had to read, Who Moved My Cheese and a book called Fish.

Does anyone else have to read these kinds of books for work?

What kind of work do you do, KiGirl? Out of curiosity.

oh, you're going to love me...i research emerging medical technologies for a health insurer and i write coverage policies. evil corporation at its best!

My department head is into those team building personality tests. I've got a couple of different motivational books lying around in the office. If I remember tomorrow, I'll post the titles.

In the few jobs I've had to work in like that, and they suggested I, or 'the team', read some trash like that, I've just rolled my eyes and said "no, I don't think so".

Life's much better being an academic, and just reading the stuff you want to

I can't remember what it was called, but I read The Bucket and the Dipper in my Leadership Class in high school. Not bad actually, I really liked the concept, and use it often.

the prison doesn't actually discourage reading...
not out loud anyway.

I've read several including "Who moved the Cheese" and "From Good to Great". Decent but nothing revolutionary if you ask me.

I've never had to read a book for work. Not unless you count tech manuals and work instructions.

Winning With People, by John Maxwell, clutters my ipod. This quote from him sums it up: "I spent the first twenty-six years of my career as a pastor...". Every example is a parable. It drove me nuts listening to.


Authentic Happiness, Using the New Positive Psycology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment, is the other. I can't say much about it since I've never more than glanced at it.

I'd be nervous, as a supervisor, to hand my employees a book about finding authentic happiness, for fear they'd read it and quit on me, en masse.

Right after our law firm merged with another firm, our manager recommended that we read "Who Moved My Cheese", which I did, and it was okay. As you say, Brinn, nothing revolutionary. That's the only book that's ever been recommended to me for work, that I can remember.

NO books, but over the years I've been to many motivational presentations and such. My current work suggests that we show our classes videos from Simple Truths as a ice-breaker (I'm in computer training at a large hospital).

sgt.null wrote:the prison doesn't actually discourage reading...
not out loud anyway.

That's because no one who wears a suit in prison can read

Syl wrote:I've never had to read a book for work. Not unless you count tech manuals and work instructions.

What Syl said.