THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg is First Selection
Newark Alliance’s workforce development program Newark 2020, Audible and Newark Public Library have partnered to launch the “Hire Newark Book Club”, a professional reading and accountability group moderated by Newark 2020’s High-Performance Career Coaches designed to help members learn new skills, find new ideas, and experience paradigm shifts. The Hire Newark Book Club is free and open to anyone interested in joining a community where they can learn from one another and, through professional life and career coaches, take the learning to a deeper level.
The Hire Newark Book Club has selected New York Times best seller The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg as its first book. In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. In selecting The Power of Habit Newark 2020 Project Director Della M. Walker, Jr. states “All successful people have one thing in common: productive daily habits. We choose The Power of Habit, as our first selection to guide local professionals in building powerful habits required to achieve personal and professional success as we work to create change and long-term impact in the City of Newark. The book club also provides an opportunity for employer partners to join the Newark residents in this community mastermind to collectively build a stronger workforce.”
The 8-week series will take place on Sundays at 2PM and Thursdays at 6PM allowing participants to work around their life schedules. Newark 2020’s High-Performance Career Coaches are certified, have at minimum 15-years’ experience, and have coached nationally and globally. The coaching roster includes Angela Hooper-Menifield (Menifield & Associates LLC); Damian Johnson (Mandeville Ingleside LLC); Robin K. Butler (Catalyst Consulting); Anna D. Banks (Thrive Leadership Institute, Inc.); Kenric S. Lynn (Local Noon, LLC.);Tamara L. Bethea (Abundant Hope Ministries) and Johnanna Rincon (Internal Alignment LLC.). Newark 2020 has offered key employer partners to join as co-moderators in order to deepen engagement with community members outside the traditional employer-applicant environment.
Participants who attend at least 80% of the sessions (6 minimum) to will receive a one-on-one coaching session with a Newark 2020 career and high-performance coach.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday and Thursday Cohort
Week 1: Jan 10th & Jan 14th How Habits Work
Week 2: Jan 17th & Jan 21st How To Create Newark Habits
Week 3: Jan 24th & Jan 28th Why Transformation Occurs
Week 4: Jan 31st & Feb 4th Which Habits Matter Most
Week 5: Feb 7th & Feb 11th When Will Power Becomes Automatic
Week 6: Feb 21st & Feb 18th How Leaders Create Habits Through Accident and Design
When Companies Predict and Manipulate Habits
Week 7: Feb 28th & Feb 25th How Movements Happen
Week 8: Mar 7th & Mar 4th Are We Responsible For Our Own Habits?
REGISTER HERE for the Hire Newark Book Club: https://bit.ly/HireNewarkBookClub2020
FOR MORE INFORMATION, email newark2020@newark-alliance.com
