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 Performance.
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!
When we do leadership skill training, it is always important to distinguish the business leadership skills and management skills. Following is a very brief video that does that:
What are your thoughts about this? Please comment below!
Ed Oakley & the Enlightened Leadership Team
What are your Biggest Challenges?
By · CommentsToday I sent out a survey which asks you to share your
toughest challenges with us. You can see the survey HERE.
Please help me improve on what I am doing by taking a few minutes
to answer the questions. I will be choosing a few each week and
posting my feedback here on the blog. The responses we get will
aid me in creating better content for you in the coming weeks and
months!
If you are visiting us for the first time, please leave your name
and email to the right and we will gladly send you
the first few chapters to my book, Leadership Made Simple. You
will read about:
- An introduction to the Framework for Leadership™
- The “Hard” part (management) vs. the “Soft” part (leadership)
- List of challenges you may relate to
- Measurable successes
- Right questions (Effective Questions™)
- Forward Focus vs. backward focus
Thanks for reading and check back with us later this week when
I answer the question you have about your biggest challenges.
Ed
PS: I’m just starting to get the hang of Twitter and Facebook.
You can follow me here
Personal Leadership Book: Behavioral Styles
By · CommentsThis is the first of numerous posts about topics that will likely be in our next book on “personal leadership,” although that is not likely the title.
Watch and comment, sharing your perspectives and experiences, to help us write the book!
Please share your comments below.
To the “enlightened leader” in you!
Ed Oakley