The Summer Reading List at Remarkable House

This summer as a part of our intern development program, we created a summer reading program. The process is that everyone on the team reads the book (or reads it again), and then we have a conversation, like a book club, talking about concepts, ideas and more.

Before we are done we have generated ideas for our business, and the interns have made connections from what they have learned to apply both to their work with us and when they get back to school in the fall (one as a Senior at Purdue and one as a first year Law Student at the University of Illinois).

When I've mentioned our 'book club' the last couple of months, everyone wanted to know what we're reading, so I'm sharing that list here. Each of these books have been recommended by me in the past, but here they are for again, with a quick comment and links to the past recommendations.

Remarkable Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry

OK, did you expect this book not to be included? If you are reading this, I hope you have a copy, and if not, today is a great day to change that! Here are some other recommendations for my latest best seller.

The Psychology of Influence by Robert Cialdini

This is a classic book on influence. If you want to be more persuasive in any part of your life, this is a must read. It is full of great stories and sound research. Here's my full recommendation.

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath

These brothers wrote a best seller about how to communicate in ways to make your messages remembered. Like Influence, this book applies to all of us, because we all want our communication to be heard and remembered. Here's my full recommendation.

You would have to check with Adam and Kim (our interns) for their personal opinions, but I think these have been great resources for all of us this summer and know they can help you too.