Skillsoft OFF THE SHELF. Facilitator’s Guide

JUNE 2020 INTRODUCING OFF THE SHELF. 4 WHAT IS A VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB? 5 HOW CAN I LAUNCH A VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB? 6 OFF THE SHELF COMPONENTS

GETTING STARTED WITH OFF THE SHELF. 8 SAMPLE FEATURES 9 SAMPLE EMAIL 10 DISCUSSION GROUP GUIDE 11 SAMPLE KEY LEARNINGS 12 FEEDBACK FOR ONGOING ENGAGEMENT

TAKING LEARNING OFF THE SHELF. 14 LAUNCH A BOOK CLUB! 15 IDENTIFY KEY LEARNINGS 16 ASK QUESTIONS. BE SPECIFIC. 17 PROVIDE FEEDBACK. ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT.

MONTHLY SELECTIONS INTRODUCING OFF THE SHELF. WHAT IS A VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB AND WHY DO THEY Skillsoft MATTER?

OFF THE Virtual book clubs allow and encourage people with similar interests to share and gain different perspectives in an effort to SHELF. promote learning and engagement.

Skillsoft OFF THE SHELF is designed for business professionals and gives readers access to ebook, audiobook, and book summary content to enrich the learning experience.

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 4 HOW CAN I LAUNCH A VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB IN MY ORGANIZATION?

1SEND A BRIEF 2CREATE A GROUP. 3CHOOSE A 4START READING EMAIL members of Invite members to join so CONVERSATION OR LISTENING! your company to that you’re able to share LEADER who can Review the available assess prospective Q&A sets, or related initiate posts within and forthcoming titles participants’ interest. Skillsoft Book Summaries your club’s group, featured in Off the Shelf and audiobooks. devise discussion to choose your first book questions to get the and plan which titles conversation started, your club will read next. and keep the discussions organized and on-topic.

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 5 OFF THE SHELF. COMPONENTS

KEY ELEMENTS • Group discussion questions • Digital books, audiobooks, and Skillsoft Book Summaries

MARKETING FEATURES • Sales-facing materials: slides, flyers • Customer-facing materials: slides, flyers, group discussion questions, or related Skillsoft Book Summaries and audiobooks • Social media posts and links to book assets GETTING STARTED WITH OFF THE SHELF. SAMPLE FEATURES

1EMAIL 2ONLINE 3TRACK KEY 4FEEDBACK FOR DISCUSSION LEARNINGS ONGOING Tailor and personalize GROUP GUIDE ENGAGEMENT Utilize the sample the sample email in Let our sample format in this guide Use the sample this guide to questions provoke to learn how you feedback form in this introduce the discussions that can apply what guide to help concept of the virtual foster learning and you’ve read to your discussion leaders book club to your engagement in your corporate culture enhance the learning organization organization experience

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skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 9 DISCUSSION GROUP GUIDE

HOW WILL THIS BOOK WHICH CONCEPTS FROM WHAT ARE 3 KEY TAKE- THIS BOOK COULD YOU 3 1CHANGE THE WAY YOU 2 AWAYS FROM THE BOOK WORK, or the way you implement with your that you can apply to your think about work? teams? current role or business?

4SHARE A FAVORITE HAVE YOU READ OTHER QUOTE FROM THE BOOK. 5BOOKS WRITTEN BY THIS Why did that quote AUTHOR, and if so, how do stand out? they compare with this one?

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LEARNINGS EXCEL SAMPLE WORKSHEET FOR KEY LEARNINGS

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skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 11 FEEDBACK FOR ONGOING ENGAGEMENT

1. Do you feel that the discussion leader effectively facilitated the discussions about the book?

2. Did he or she challenge you to think about how you could apply what you learned to your role or to your teams?

3. Could he or she do anything differently to further promote engagement within the group?

4. Would you recommend that he or she lead the discussion for the next book the group reads?

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 12 TAKING LEARNING OFF THE SHELF. StepStepStep 1 3 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

LAUNCH A BOOK CLUB!

• Check out the monthly featured titles on Skillsoft OFF THE SHELF book club to choose the books your group will read.

• Create discussion boards or a forum for your book(s) so group members can share their key learnings

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IDENTIFY KEY LEARNINGS.

• How will this book change the way you work?

• What are 3 key takeaways from the book that you can apply to your current role or business?

• What concepts of this book can you implement with your teams?

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ASK QUESTIONS. BE SPECIFIC.

Devise discussion questions that are exclusive to the book your group is reading.

For example, Andy Cunningham’s book, Get to Aha! might elicit the question, “What’s your company’s DNA”? or “What’s your profile”?

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 16 StepStepStep Step1 3 1 1 StepStep 2 2 Step 3 StepStep 44 PROVIDE FEEDBACK. ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT.

• Do you have any specific feedback for your conversation leader?

• Is there something he or she could do to improve engagement and learning within the group?

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 17 OFF THE SHELF. MONTHLY SELECTIONS Skillsoft OFF THE DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT JOHN ROSSMAN and REIKO SCOTT Think Like Amazon SHELF. Fanocracy

• • High-energy keynote speaker Sought-after keynote speaker who has delivered presentations for a variety of • Internationally acclaimed strategist businesses and industries

• Advisor to emerging companies to help • Former Amazon executive who launched make them successful and scaled the Amazon Marketplace

• Author of eleven books, including four • Managing Partner of Rossman Partners, a international bestsellers firm advising leaders looking to grow or improve their digital strategies

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 19 Skillsoft OFF THE PENNY PULLAN DAVID MOSCHELLA SHELF. Virtual Leadership Seeing Digital • Virtual Speaker, Author, Mentor and • Research Fellow, Leading Edge Forum Consultant • Focuses on industry disruptions, machine • Founder and Director of Making Projects intelligence and related business model Work, an organization that focuses on strategies, and the co-evolution of business solutions to promote project success and IT • Experienced Project and Program • Seminal book on Digital Transformation Manager who helps others develop their from a multi-disciplinary approach own creative collaboration and virtual leadership skills

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 20 Skillsoft OFF THE MICHAEL ARENA ERICA KESWIN SHELF. Adaptive Space Bring Your Human to Work

• Chief Talent Officer, GM • Business researcher and consultant

• Enabled GM’s legendary turnaround • Studies the impact of technology on relationships in the workplace and • Using GM and countless interviews, impact on talent retention, culture, Arena shows how to position your meeting protocols, managing the digital company for today—and for the future— deluge, anything that will help people by enabling creativity, innovation, and connect, and see why honoring novel ideas to flow freely among teams, relationships is so good for business. across departments, and throughout the company

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 21 Skillsoft GERALD C. KANE ANH NGUYEN PHILLIPS J.R. COPULSKY GARTH R. ANDRUS

The Technology Fallacy OFF THE How People are the Real Key to Digital Transformation

• The authors believe that digital disruption can be overcome by adapting to SHELF. new challenges and seizing new opportunities as they present themselves.

• Digital disruption is increasingly impacting the modern business world. Only by understanding the problem and developing effective methods to deal with the challenges brought on by such rapidly advancing technology, can your organization hope to remain competitive. Here, we look at the types of challenges digital disruption gives rise to and consider the strategic initiatives required for a company to attain digital maturity.

• The authors examine the types of challenges digital disruption gives rise to and consider the strategic initiatives required for a company to attain digital maturity.

skillsoft.com/off-the-shelf 22 CONTACT US

AMY CANTIN Manager, Content Development [email protected] 774-266-7791