's Small Business Development Center to Co-Host 'Hot100BizBook Club' at Bellingham Public Library Sept. 19
Contact: Jennifer Shelton, Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center Director, (360) 778-1762
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center will co-host the “Hot100BizBook Club” from 10 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Fireside Room of the Fairhaven Branch of the Bellingham Public Library.
The book club is a free event with a goal of providing attendees with ideas and advice from popular business books and coming away with at least one solid idea to increase their business’s revenues or profits by at least $100,000.
The featured book at this meeting is “First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently.” The book is a result of observations based on 80,000 interviews with managers, as conducted by the Gallup Organization in the last 25 years. The core of the matter lies in how these managers have debunked old myths about management and how they created new truths on obtaining and keeping talented people in their organization. For more information or to purchase the featured book, visit Village Books at .
Phil Orlandi, of Clique Studios, will facilitate the event; he leads the Clique University and Change Leadership practice, focusing primarily on helping clients engage with tools and solutions and use them for better results. Originally from Cleveland, Orlandi spent 11 years in Chicago before moving to Bellingham. After graduating with a master’s degree in Technical Education from the University of Akron, Orlandi has more than 20 years’ experience working with all levels of senior executives creating and implementing organizational solutions with companies like Northwest Memorial Hospital, Ernst & Young LLP, Chicago Family Health Center, Keller Graduate School of Management, and the London-based consulting firm So Just Add Water. His expertise includes employee engagement, change management and leadership, and organizational development and behavior.
The Hot100BizBook Club meets once per quarter. The event is co-sponsored by Hot100Business, NW Business Development, ’s Small Business Development Center, Bellingham Public Library, Clique Studios and Village Books.
For more information contact Jennifer Shelton at (360) 778-1762 or SBDC@wwu.edu.