Newsletter: September 2012 

Just 5 seats left at the 1-day Intensive in NYC

Are you working with others to achieve business / organizational growth goals – whether in a business, for-profit or not-for-profit, or a division, department, group or team?
If so, there are just 5 places left for the upcoming New York 1-day workshop – and the Early Bird Discount is only available for one more week
The workshop will be held in Manhattan on Thursday December 6, and until the end of September, you can register at a $150 discount (subject to seats being available).
If you want to take the mystique out of growing your organization you owe it to yourself to check out if this 1-day intensive is right for you.
Details here. Early Bird registration here.

New webinar: Working with (or for) a Visionary

Driven, passionate, committed, full of bright ideas and not afraid of risk, the Visionary brings incredibly important entrepreneurial flair and creative solutions to any enterprise.
Unpredictable, easily bored, prone to ‘shiny blue ball’ syndrome and often pathologically incapable of staying focussed on granular detail, they can also be infuriating to work with.
If you work with or for a Visionary – or if you are one yourself (not sure? Check out if you are with this free quiz), you’ll want to register for this free webinar and learn how to get the best from them (or yourself) and how to build a harmoniously hi-performing team – including the Visionaries!:
Full details and free registration are here

Creating Value in a #SocialEra

Nilofer Merchant is what we would have called in my school days a ‘smartypants’.

Not only is she brilliant, as we all found out when I last interviewed her, she see things differently than most of us.
Now, Nilofer is back talking about her new book, 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra. This HBR-produced Kindle book is a must-read, and the interview is well worth listening to:
My interview with Nilofer is here.

Leadership
on the Go

Last week in my Inc column I showed how to develop your leadership skills on the road.

I’ll admit it’s taken me almost thirty years to work this stufff out – for me, business trips used to be an exercise in efficiency: get in, get out, get on to the next one.
Now I know better, and I’ve made four specific changes to how I travel. As a result my business trips are more enjoyable – and my leadership skills have improved, too.
Find out how, in the Inc article here.

Predictable Success in M&A

I’ve been working a lot recently in helping organizations through mergers & acquisitions

Not surprisingly, the Predictable Success model provides an elegant, comprehensive and highly effective roadmap for navigating through such major changes to an organization.
I’ve produced a short pdf document showing how the model delivers certainty and structure to what is often a difficult, near-chaotic process.
You can download the pdf here (direct link).