Staff Book Club
Led by Tracy Lowe from Library Learning Resources, our friendly and relaxed online Book Club is open to all NTU staff. Completely free to attend, join us for some book chat!
- From: Wednesday 15 January 2025, 12 pm
- To: Wednesday 15 January 2025, 12.45 pm
- Cost: Free
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Event details
This activity is open to NTU staff.
Join Tracy Lowe online every second Wednesday of the month for our free staff book club.
Tracy is an Academic Skills Tutor, working with the Academic Engagement Team within Libraries Learning Resources. She has worked for NTU libraries for over 10 years and loves her job (her words!). She loves books; buying them, reading them, reviewing them, sharing them and talking about them. Join Tracy to chat about our book of the month and enjoy some general book chat too.
No need to book, just join online.
Our book for January — Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
Do you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague's abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was 'surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people.
Originally published in Swedish in 2014 as Omgiven Av Idioter, Erikon's Surrounded by Idiots is already an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide, of which over 750,000 copies have been sold in Sweden alone. It offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with – in and out of the office – based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way(s) we speak and share information.
Narrated by David John, Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up. Packed with 'aha!' and 'oh no!' moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and influence those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension. And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn't you!
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