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2025 CBODN BOOK CLUB - THAT'S A WRAP!

Stay tuned for additional information on the 2026 season!

2025 Book Club was filled with thought-provoking discussions - thanks to all who participated!

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We'd love to elicit your feedback to best accommodate your schedule and book interests. Please take a moment to fill out the INTEREST FORM.

INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A GUEST FACILITATOR?

Looking to improve or practice your facilitation skills? This Book Club also offers a great opportunity for members to co-facilitate alongside our recurring CBODN host. If you are interested in helping to facilitate a session and/or have a book selection suggestion, please fill out the INTEREST FORM or reach out to admin@cbodn.org.

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PAST BOOK SELECTIONS

We've read some great books together over the years.

If you want to catch up on some reading, please consider the 2023 and 2024 CBODN Book Club selections.

2024 CBODN Book Club Selections:

Humble Consulting: How to Provide Real Help Faster by Dr. Edgar Schein
The Business of Building a Better World, by David Cooperrider and Audrey Selian
An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Keegan and Lisa Lahey
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence by Chalmers Brothers & Vinay Kumar
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work ... And What Does by Susan Fowler

2023 CBODN Book Club Selections:

Humble Leadership by Edgar Schein
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet & Why It Matters by Priya Parker
A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy Edmondson
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs that Energize Great Performance by Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, and Catherine McCarthy

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Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network (CBODN) is the premier DC Metro area network for organization development (OD) practitioners. Founded in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, our name pays homage to those elders who made vital contributions to the field of OD.

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