Management Excellence Updates for January 5, 2011:

The Latest Management Excellence e-Newsletter:

I’m a fan of e-newsletters used properly as part of a portfolio of communication tools.  While they are just a bit old school, they do offer a format slightly different than a blog, and because of the opt-in nature of the readership, they are ideal for premium content and early announcements.

With that said, I just hit the send button on the January 2011 issue of the Management Excellence Newsletter, featuring articles on:

  • 9 Key Contextual Leadership Capabilities Required for Success Today
  • Six Ideas to Jump-Strengthen Your Professional Brand Building
  • A Strategy Sound-Bite: The Question that Might Just Reshape Your Strategy
  • Featured Blog Resources

I also included a number of tasteful updates on my services and programs, including the announcement of The Management Excellence Book Store, and a reminder of my speaking/workshop/training/mentoring services.

The articles are newsletter-subscriber content only, and I would love to share them with you. If you are interested, complete the registration process (double-opt-in) here on my site (right column, scroll down to e-newsletter mailing list), and I’ll be happy to forward a copy. Of course, I guard your e-mail address with my professional credibility! (And while I know that I can use auto-responders to give you immediate access, I’ve not yet mastered that technology. Stay tuned!)

The Management Excellence Bookstore

Rest assured that no bricks or mortar were consumed in the creation of this virtual bookstore!

I’m often asked for my detailed professional reading list by workshop participants or my MBA students, and I typically would rattle off my top 15 favorites. Now, instead of me struggling to remember the many great works that continue to guide my professional development, I’ve created a place for them here on this website.  The list has quickly grown beyond 15, and includes my favorites in:

  • Leadership and Management
  • Strategy & Innovation
  • Marketing
  • History & Biography and a little Literature (more soon)

And yes, they include an affiliate link for me to Amazon, so if you buy a few million books, I’ll be writing this from my condo in Maui. Otherwise, I’ll promise to reinvest the profits in paying for the monthly e-Newsletter subscription at Constant Contact.

The bookstore offers a nice vehicle for me to expand my Management Excellence Book Series podcasts and reviews and generally engage with you and with other authors and professionals on something that I truly love…great books. Of any type.

Authors, Agents and Opinionated Book Lovers Everywhere:

I welcome input on additions, although my one requirement is that before I list the book, I have to read it and like it. (OK, that’s two, –but who’s counting.)  So, suggest away.  And if you are an author or an agent and want me to consider an interview…the same criteria apply.

That’s it for the updates. Back Thursday with your regularly scheduled blog content!

-Art

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Art develops and delivers powerful and pragmatic workshops and programs on leadership, professional development and building high performance teams. Contact Art to discuss your needs for a program or keynote.