Archive for November, 2010
Listen In On the Weekly Leader Conversation November 2 2010 2 responses
Last week, I had a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with Peter Mello. In addition to being an executive coach and the founder of the Weekly Leader blog, Peter is a fantastic interviewer (Watch out Charlie Rose!) Along with his colleague Pam Fox Rollin, Peter produces a weekly podcast in which they discuss what’s going on in the world of leadership and share resources that they like. Peter also interviews a leadership practitioner each week and, this week, I’m the guy in the seat.
The conversation flew by. It was fun to talk about what’s new in the second edition of The Next Level
You can download the conversation for later or stream it live. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Peter, for the opportunity to talk with you.
Join Me for the Leadership & Influence Summit November 2 2010 one response
In case you haven’t heard, I want to let you know about a terrific free online leadership event this week. On November 3 & 4, I’m very excited to be joining 30 leadership experts including Marshall Goldsmith, Jim Kouzes, Nancy Duarte (who’s written one of my new favorite books, Resonate), Keith Ferrazzi and Charlene Li for the Leadership & Influence Summit. All of us speaking at the Summit have recorded 6 to 20 minute videos in which we share our best tips for leaders. In addition to the content being free, the cool thing about the Summit is you can watch the speakers on your own schedule anytime on November 3 and 4. Registrants for the Summit will also have the option to access the videos on an archived basis later.
I’ve registered for the Summit and can’t wait to hear what my fellow presenters have to say. I hope you’ll join us. You can register for the Summit here.
Three Things I Learned About Leadership From Admiral Allen Today November 1 2010 4 responses
This morning I had the opportunity to meet and learn from someone I’ve admired for the last five years – former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen. Admiral Allen was the opening keynote speaker at Government Executive’s Excellence in Government Conference. (I had the opportunity to speak and work with a terrific group of government executives later in the morning in a session on Leading at the Next Level.)
Most Americans first became aware of Admiral Allen when he led the disaster response to Hurricane Katrina following the dismissal of FEMA director Michael Brown. This past summer, President Obama appointed him to lead the interagency response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Allen was the Atlantic area commander in the days following 9/11 and played a key role in the Haitian earthquake relief efforts last January as Coast Guard cutters stationed off Haiti provided the first U.S. relief in the hours after the quake. With a resume like that, it’s easy to understand why Admiral Allen was asked to speak on “Leadership in a Time of Crisis.”
You’d be hard pressed to find a leader who’s led more crisis responses with more distinction than Allen. He packed a lot of practical wisdom and experience in the 30 minutes that I was able to hear before I had to go set up for my session.
Here are three of his crisis leadership lessons that stuck with me:
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