Book Club Lineup
The Women in M365 is a learning club designed to help build both soft and technical skills through learning together. Starting June 24th 2026 this group will be last Wednesday of the Month at 11 AM ET.
Book of the Month
June 24th 11AM ET
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
Emotional agility is a revolutionary, science-based approach that allows us to navigate life’s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are, or what type of personality they have, it is how they navigate their inner world—their thoughts, feelings, and self-talk—that ultimately determines how successful they will become.
July 29th 11AM ET
Cowork Collective Badge Bandit
Welcome, agent. Your mission — should you choose to accept it — is Operation Badge Bandit: track down employees who keep forgetting to badge out and get the results into your inbox using Copilot Cowork.
August 26th 11AM ET
Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success
In this wise and practical book, Gary explores the 12 human ingredients that have led to his success and happiness and provides exercises to help you develop these traits yourself. He also shares what the “half” is—that emotional ingredient of leadership he’s weakest at and makes the most effort to improve. Working through the ideas and exercises in the book, he teaches you how to discover your own “halves” and offers insight on how to strengthen them.
September 30th 11AM ET
Welcome, agent. Your mission — should you choose to accept it — is Operation Open Book: connect the Microsoft Learn Docs MCP Server to a Copilot Studio agent, giving it real-time access to the entire Microsoft Learn documentation library. No more agents responding with outdated or hallucinated product information. Your agent is about to become the most well-read operative in the field.
October 28th 11AM ET
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January 28th 12PM ET
Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood)
by Thomas Erikson
Author Thomas Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson breaks down the four kinds of behavior types--Reds who are dominant and commanding, Yellows who are social and optimistic, Greens who are laid back and friendly, and Blues who are analytical and precise--and explains how to identify and interact with each type of person. Instead of being bogged down with overly technical categorizations, the simple four color system allows you to speedily identify a friend or coworker and adjust how you speak and share with them.
February 27th at 10:00AM ET
Applied Skills Challenge: Create custom agents
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/challenges/7pe5u8tzzzppjm/leaderboard
To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to create custom agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio. Candidates for this credential should have experience with Copilot Studio, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Power Platform.
April 8th 12:00 PM ET
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Dan Heath, Chip Heath
https://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their power from the same six traits.