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July Issue of the Management Excellence e-Newsletter: Subscriber Only Content

Jul 20, 2010

he July issue of The Management Excellence e-Newsletter is out, with subscriber-only content. The current issue includes content on: Improving Ideation & Creativity with Your Team, Surviving and Thriving at the Dreaded Annual Strategy Off-Site, Ideas for Jump-Starting Your Personal/Professional Development Program, New Suggestions for the Management Excellence Reading List and
a tasteful promotion at the bottom of the newsletter outlining new beta test opportunities for upcoming Building Better Leaders programs and other services. (Hey, I am in business here!)

If you’re not a subscriber, please consider signing on and gaining access to content and opportunities not covered on my blogs. As always, I will guard your e-mail information with amazing ferocity!

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Want to Lead? Answer These Questions! #6 of 7

Jul 18, 2010

The first five questions in this series challenged you to think through issues that are both philosophical and powerfully practical. If you’ve made it through the investigation of questions 1-5, it’s time for you to consider your new world of accountability.

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Want to Lead? What Skills Do I Need to Succeed? #5 of 7

Jul 8, 2010

The first four questions in this series challenged you to think through issues that are both philosophical and powerfully practical: Why do you want to lead? Do you understand the true role of a leader? Do you understand that the skills that made you successful as an individual contributor are not the skills that will carry you forward? Are you prepared to give up your domain expertise as your foundation for results?
If you’ve made it through the investigation of questions 1-4, it’s time for you to focus in on what it takes to be successful as a leader.

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Want to Lead? #4 of 7. It's Time to Ask and Answer a Difficult Question

Jun 30, 2010

The first three questions in this series challenged you to think through issues that are both philosophical and powerfully practical. Why do you want to lead? Do you understand the true role of a leader? Do you understand that the the skills that made you successful as an individual contributor are not the skills that will carry you forward? The next question in the series builds on #3 by asking you to consider whether you are truly willing to let go of some of that expertise as part of your transformation as a leader.

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Want to Lead? Answer These Questions! #2 of 7

Jun 24, 2010

The Seven Key Questions for Ambitious, Aspiring Leaders are presented in Practical Lessons in Leadership by Art Petty and Rich Petro. I’ll explore each question here at Building Better Leaders through individual “Leadership Tip of the Day” posts, offering ideas for investigation. Question number one challenged you to ask and answer, “Why do you want to lead?” While the first question focused on motivation, the second question goes squarely to understanding.

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Want to Lead? Answer These Questions! Number 1 of 7

Jun 23, 2010

The Seven Key Questions are presented in Practical Lessons in Leadership (Amazon) by Art Petty and Rich Petro. I’ll explore each question here at Building Better Leaders through individual “Leadership Tip of the Day” posts, offering ideas for investigation. The first question: why do you want to lead other people?

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Innovation is for Everyone

Jun 22, 2010

Innovation isn’t just the domain of engineers, designers and other creative product types and functions inside organizations. Everyone and every function has the opportunity to innovate in pursuit of serving internal or external customers, improving business processes and helping the firm achieve strategic objectives.

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4 Ideas for Avoiding Groupthink on Your Team

Jun 17, 2010

Groupthink is one of the most common and nefarious decision-making traps of otherwise well-intentioned teams. Don’t fool yourself. This trap is easy to fall into and difficult to extract yourself from once you’re caught. Learn the signs and take quick action to save the day and the decision!

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