Would you like some resources as you tackle specific leadership challenges? Check out our Leadereview Topics list for suggestions for reading and access the recordings of our tele-conferences with authors and experts.
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'How Did That Happen? with Roger Connors'
TOPIC: 'Being Accountable for Yourself and Your Organization'
2/01/2010
What a great call we had with Roger Connors! We talked about his latest best seller How Did That Happen? Check out the recording!
'Power of 2 with Rodd Wagner'
TOPIC: 'Building High Performance Relationships'
12/01/2009
We had a great conversation with Rodd Wagner, co-author of Power of 2! Check out the recording for a better understanding of the critical elements of successful partnerships, and how to improve your own collaboration skills.
'The M-Factor with Lynne Lancaster'
TOPIC: 'Motivating People'
6/01/2010
We had a great conversation with Lynne Lancaster about her new book The M-Factor. It's a great guide to working with Millennial generation. Check it out!
'Making Ideas Happen with Scott Belsky'
TOPIC: 'Making Great Decisions'
7/01/2010
Scott shared mnay great insights with us during our call. You will want to learn more about his project management approach, the Action Method.
'The Age of Speed by Vince Poscente'
TOPIC: 'Managing your energy'
3/01/2008
Vince Poscente's perspective seems counterintuitive until you realize his call to action is to live with a values-based view of time. I love his disctinction between speed and busy-ness. It was a great call!
'The Upside of the Downturn with Geoff Colvin'
TOPIC: 'Crafting a killer strategy'
6/01/2009
We had a great call with Geoff Colvin, authors of The Upside of the Downturn. A couple of the highlights for me:
1. Geoff’s last book Talent is Overrated was about the fact that achieving great performance is more under our control than we thought, and is about being pushed just beyond our capability.Geoff sees this recession as pushing all of us just beyond our capabilities and as a great development opportunity.
2. Geoff spoke about the importance of companies continuing to invest in developing employees.He suggests asking yourself and your organization the question “What is the source of your operation’s competitive advantage?”
'High Altitude Leadership by Warner and Schmencke'
TOPIC: 'Leading great teams!'
11/01/2008
We had a great discussion with Chris Warner and Don Schmincke about their great new book High Altitude Leadership - What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us about Success. Check out the recording HERE!
'Simply Effective with Ron Ashkenas'
TOPIC: 'Navigating organizations'
3/01/2010
We had a great call with Ron Ashkenas about his latest book, Simply Effective!
'The Practice of Adaptive Leadership with Alexander Grashow'
TOPIC: 'Changing your organization'
9/01/2009
We had a great discussion with Alexander Grashow about The Practice of Adaptive Leadership.Some take-aways:
1.Technical Problems are the ones we know how to solve, and Adaptive Challenges are the ones we don’t know how to solve.We frequently try to solve Adaptive Challenges with technical solutions – and it doesn’t work!
2.I asked Alexander about how the management practices around change have changed.He said that initially change management was about surfacing and adopting best practices, and now it is about best practices and risk management.
3.Alexander mentioned a two day workshop that his firm Cambridge Leadership Associates is leading on Learning to Lead Adaptively.Here’s a link to enroll:Learning to Lead Adaptively.
'Crucibles of Leadership with Bob Thomas'
TOPIC: 'Managing your career'
4/01/2010
We had a great conversation with Bob Thomas about his book Crucibles of Leadership. The book is an amazing resource for translating your experience into learning, and the call was full of food for thought. Check out the recording!
'Communication Counts by Mary Civiello'
TOPIC: 'Inspiring others'
9/01/2008
We had a super conversation with Mary Civiello about her book Communication Counts. She shared lots of insights and practical advice for improving your presentations. Check out the recording or our call!
'Unilever Africa ET Leadership Discussion of Talent is Overrated'
TOPIC: 'Talent Development'
4/01/2009
We had a rich conversation about innovation - why it is important, how to develop it and what it looks like on the job.
'How to Manage in a Flat World'
TOPIC: 'Leading in a virtual world!'
5/01/2009
We had a great call with Sue Bloch and Philip Whiteley to explore their book How to Manage in a Flat World! Check out the entire recording for terrific insights on managing in our 24/7 global world.
