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Reading Books Together Helps Teams Connect and Grow
Reading is one of the few activities that trains both focus and imagination, both disciplined thinking and creative freedom. It lowers stress, boosts cognitive performance, and improves perspective-taking with colleagues. For teams, it creates a shared vocabulary, aligns values, and supports smarter, more human collaboration.
Designed for teams that want to grow intellectually, emotionally, and relationally.
  • Culture Building
    Book clubs build culture by fostering dialogue around shared ideas and experiences, which helps promote company and leadership values.
  • Community & Connection
    It bridges silos by letting employees connect as people, not just functions, responsibilities and roles.
  • Diversity of Thought
    Exposure to varied authors and genres cultivates openness to new perspectives. Openness to the ideas of other readers helps promote diversity in teams.
  • Soft Skills Development
    Book discussions naturally train empathy, teamwork, adaptability, and emotional intelligence through dialogue and reflection.
  • Leadership Development
    Reading about leaders’ choices and dilemmas gives employees a low-risk arena to practice judgment, ethics, vision, and decision-making.
  • Engagement & Retention
    A Corporate Book Club is a benefit, just like gym membership, but an intellectual gym. It contributes to the quality of life and promotes engagement.
Reading is NOT just about pleasure...
  • It reduces stress more than any other activity (walking, music, or even sleep)
  • It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, trains attention and develops emotional regulation
  • It helps build new neuron pathways and prevent cognitive overload
  • Discussing books in a group helps building soft skills and psychological intelligence
  • For teams, its one of the best and most natural way of building and changing Company Culture.
  • For a team leader, it is an effortless possibility to build deep human connection, achieve engagement and develop loyalty among team members.
How does it work
Corporate Book Clubs are customizable to your team’s needs or interests
You set the theme- I curate the journey with the right mix of fiction and nonfiction, classics and contemporary reads. Examples of themes: Leadership Skills Book Club, Women' Leadership, Mental Health Book Club, Personal Development Book Club, Meaning and Purpose Book Club (we can also alternate the themes on a monthly or quarterly basis)
There are various format options to accommodate for busy teams
We can meet once a month, or every 6-8 weeks, for busier team or longer reads. The discussions take place online or in Amsterdam (and surroundings). It will take us 90-120 mins to discuss the book in a group setting.
Small teams for psychological safety
Intimate groups create trust and openness, making employees more willing to share honest thoughts without fear of judgment. The groups are up to 10 participants for maximum engagement and psychological safety.
Get ready to learn, reflect and listen
We do not discuss the content of the book but rather focus on the deeper ideas, hidden meaning, personal lens, and reflections on the book through each one's unique life experiences.
Pricing: available upon request
Our collaboration could also start with a pilot project or a webinar for your team on the benefits of using books as a form of growth, development and de-stressing.
The Book Society Founder Tamara Markova, PhD
Corporate Strategist, Lecturer, Bibliotherapist, Philosophical Counseling
  • PhD in Organizational Learning & Behavior (The Netherlands)
  • MBA in Strategy & Company Culture (Sweden)
  • Ex-lecturer at University of Amsterdam (Course: Leadership and Company Culture)
  • Ex-program director at Vrije University (Executive Education Program: Strategy as Culture)
  • Bibliotherapist (certified book therapist), existential psychologist and philosophical counselor
  • Career in corporate: responsible for corporate strategy, M&A and BoD member
  • More information on my professional website:
    www.the-psychologist.eu
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