In this post, Enlightened Leadership provides the kind of video that is normally found only in our Making Managers into Leaders Institute – a private subscription site. Ed Oakley provides a thorough learning session on our Personal DNA™ tool.
Business leadership training is the heart and soul of ELS work, and this is a tool and concept that has made a significant difference to thousands of people developing their leadership skills in our workshops and seminars.
We’re offering this to give you an idea of the value of our Leadership Video Club, a weekly video subscription which includes handouts for group discussions, downloadable audio version for playing on your portable audio player, downloadable video that works on video iPods, as well as video to watch on your computer or project on a screen.
Enjoy and comment!
How did you relate to Personal DNA? Please comment below!
Employee Engagement – Business Leadership Development
By · CommentsEmployee Engagement might be even more important this year. Ed Oakley discusses why and invites you into the conversation:
Employee Engagement practices can be quite important in your leadership skill development. Please share your thoughts about what is important to you in keeping YOU engaged. Share your disappointments and your gratitude below (comments).
Our best,
The Enlightened Leadership Team
My friend Sam Silverstein is the best of the best when it comes to speaking and consulting on accountability. Listen to his brief description of his brand new book, “No More Excuses: The Five Accountabilities for Personal and Organizational Growth,” then I’d recommend you go buy it!
Buy the book at www.NoMoreExcuses.me or www.Amazon.com.
What did you think of Sam’s perspectives? How did you relate?
The Enlightened Leadership Team
We had previously begun a conversation about the importance of focus in business leadership development and leadership skill development. Ed Oakley furthers the conversation with a discussion of a concept we call Personal DNA.™ This is a very brief video at just over 4 minutes.
What comments do you have about the video? How do you relate? Share your comments below.
The Enlightened Leadership Team
Here’s a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills while
giving a tremendous boost to your new year!
By seeing how this process supports your energy, clarity and focus,
you’ll realize how it could also be used as a powerful tool for
leading, re-energizing and aligning teams. It is a key process that we
use often in business leadership training for developing leadership
skills.
Grab your notepad and pen for notes, then WATCH THE VIDEO.
How was the video helpful? How was the process helpful? We’d love to
hear from you.
The Enlightened Leadership Team wishes you a wonderful holiday season
and Happy New Year!
Confession from Ed Oakley About His New Leadership Book
By · CommentsIn the following brief video, Ed Oakley makes a confession about our “new” book, “Making Managers into Leaders: A Five-Step Framework for Breakthrough Performace.
He also offers a special opportunity.
Thanks for listening, and feel free to share comments below.
To take advantage of the pre-publication special, follow this link.
Happy Holidays. We appreciate the “enlightened leader in you!
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team!
Organizational Time Management for Leaders
By · CommentsJonette Crowley, principal of Enlightened Leadership Solutions, shares an article she wrote about her perspectives on time management that she uses in executive and leadership training.
We’ve all taken various Time Management courses over the years – we
make lists, we prioritize A, B, & C; we plan to do important things not
just urgent things first. Yet the companies that we work for
unintentionally thwart our best attempts to Read More→
In this video less than 5 minutes long, Ed Oakley discusses the importance of focus for any leadership role, and the distinctions and impact of Backward vs. Forward focus.
What examples have you experienced that demonstrate the impact of the two directions of focus? Please share in Comments area (Click on Comments if you don’t see the response box).
To the “enlightened leader” in you!
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team
There is a definite relationship between your efforts at developing leadership skills and your personal growth and development. Ed Oakley, co-author of “Enlightened Leadership” and “Leadership Made Simple,” as well as “Making Managers into Leaders(R) Learning Products,” discusses this relationship in this 5:15 video.
Please share your comments and questions below!
Best wishes to the “enlightened leader” in you,
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team
President Obama’s Address in Ft. Hood
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President Obama’s speech at the memorial service for the thirteen fallen soldiers at Ft. Hood, Texas, was exactly what I needed to hear to put me into a very special place of gratitude for all the women and men who have served and continue to serve our country and preserve our safety, our freedom and our ideals – our honored Veterans.
It is so easy to take our abundant and comfortable lives for granted, yet so many Veterans have given so much of themselves, sometimes ALL of themselves, to assure our ability to pursue happiness and stay free. I’m grateful for their leadership!
As I now have two family members who are committing their remarkable talent to the service of our country, I am especially proud of these two young men. Forgive me for proudly pointing them out separately from the many who serve and have served:
John Robert Crowley III, who is in the early process of becoming a Navy Seal, something he has been clear about for years.
Blake Ensley Fisher, who is a Marine in training to fly the V-22 Osprey. Blake has been focused for years on becoming a Marine pilot.
Our country’s freedom could not be in better hands than with men and women like these two outstanding citizens – and the many more like them with such a clarity of mission and service. God Bless you guys! I’m so proud of you!
God Bless our Veterans and God Bless those in our armed services who continue to defend human rights, justice and freedom all over the world.
Do take time today to reflect and express your gratitude to our Veterans.
God Bless the United States of America.
With much gratitude,
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team!