Education

I woke to emails that media coverage of my book, Leadership Step by Step, is appearing in elevator TV screens in office buildings. Naturally, being interviewed to appear in the pieces means I knew it was coming, but it still feels great for people to see it. Thank you to C-Suite TV for hosting!

In June and July, I posted videos from my participating in the premier online coaching summit: World Business and Executive Coach Summit (WBECS) online summit. They were part of the pre-conference. I'm in touch with the organizers and scored two passes for the full summit, which starts THURSDAY, and I'm offering these free passes to my readers. If you're interested in one of those passes, email me how it will help you help others. Please make the subject "Spodek WBECS". I'll pick two people at random tomorrow at 5pm who are subscribed to my newsletter (my page has subscription forms). A random drawing seems the most fair way to me. I hope it doesn't flood my inbox. Click here to learn why WBECS is so…

My webinar on leadership, education, and learning to lead is on the Transformative Leadership Summit TODAY. It's valuable, but is a teaser that will only be free for 48 hours. I recommend watching. No obligation to participate in the summit, buy you may find you want to. I'm very impressed with Jethro, who is running it. I'm doing it as a friend who likes his work. I don't get anything out of it. Here's the link, featuring my video TODAY and TOMORROW.

If I weren't proud enough of my article in the current issue, the Hesselbein Institute's summer newsletter featured me and the article. Here's the feature (click the image for a pdf of the article): Here's the full newsletter:

I just got my copies of the summer 2017 edition of the Leader to Leader Journal, published by the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute (formerly named for Peter Drucker). The journal is a many-times winner of the APEX award for publication excellence. In other words, it's prestigious. My article, "Leadership Step by Step," is on page 25. Here are some scans to whet your appetite: To whet your appetite more, the article begins The movie The Iron Lady shows an acting coach teach Margaret Thatcher to speak, dress, and act more like a leader. Some may have dismissed such training as superficial. I suggest such training was not only critical in making her one of the twentieth century's most important leaders, but that aspiring leaders should…

You can learn to uplead. When you do you'll be able to lead in all directions more effectively. You'll realize that relying on authority tends to undermine your ability to lead. Check out the second video with American Management Association Books, my publisher, which distinguishes between leadership and authority and illustrates the difference with Nelson Mandela. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4YB4Rf2SX4 Read my book and take my courses to learn to lead without authority, which means being able to lead your boss, people hiring you, clients, your spouse, and others. If you think leading means ordering people around, you have a lot to learn about leadership.

I met with my publisher, American Management Association Books to record some topics on my book and how I teach. Check out the first video, which answers What's a problem with current leadership education? and How do I teach differently? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_P-NAHqjkw Read my book and take my course to overcome the shortcomings of traditional education.