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Building Better Leaders: What’s in a Name?
When developing the Building Better Leaders concept, a number of advisors suggested that given my vision and target audiences, the name was too limiting.
My response…balderdash! (I’ve always wanted to use that word in a post!)
My vision is to help individuals in a wide variety of professions develop as leaders AND as senior contributors. The planned program for Marketing and Event Managers on High Performance Event Marketing practices has little to do with core leadership practices and everything to do with developing and employing tools of senior contributors. The same goes for future course on business planning, small business marketing and strategy.
On the other hand, as readers of the Management Excellence blog know, I put a great deal of emphasis on the development of leadership skills whether you lead formally or not. Frankly, the same skills and thought-processes and approaches that we associate with effective leaders are powerful tools for individual contributors and informal leaders.
And of course, core leadership training for those considering this formal role…those in it for the first time or those looking to develop as senior leaders, are important components of the current and planned future program development.
At the end of the day, my goal is to provide professional audiences with a development experience that exceeds that of traditional training…and to do it in a way that provides you complete flexibility and at a price that is never a stopping point.
The name has “leaders” in it, and I’ll certainly infuse all of the programs with leadership practices and effective leadership thinking, but at the end of the day, this is all about Building Better Professionals…one at a time. I’m looking forward to serving and to helping you build your career!
-Art
Welcome to the Building Better Leaders Blog!
I questioned my own sanity for a few minutes after I had decided to take on another writing commitment beyond my main blog site: Management Excellence.
After a few minutes of thinking about it, I recognized that a dedicated blog was in keeping with my intent here at Building Better Leaders and decided to move beyond my apprehensions.
First, Some Context for Building Better Leaders:
After spending several years of my life dedicated to helping motivated professionals in a variety of fields (product managers, project managers, technical professionals, non-profit professionals, marketers, first-time leaders) discover and develop as leaders and senior contributors, I recognized that I needed to find a platform that enabled me to reach more people faster and more efficiently and affordably than the horribly inefficient and expensive traditional training model.
And I did not want to sacrifice the personal contact. Thus, the idea for Building Better Leaders was born.
The approach that I’ve established allows me to:
- Deliver practical, actionable content via audio, video, visuals & documents.
- Provide developmental assignments that reinforce core concepts and provide practice with the approaches and tools.
- Develop and maintain personal contact with clients and to sustain a mentoring experience over a sustained period.
Frankly, this concept rocks. No more 2-day training sessions that yield a binder and a big price tag and little else. Instead, I offer you real-world approaches and tools, workplace-based assignments and coaching, mentoring and feedback.
Over time, I plan on adding group discussion functions, social networking capabilities and of course, a lot of additional programs for very specific audiences. The type of action-oriented, professional development programs that you cannot replicate in a training course.
The Role of the Building Better Leaders Blog:
The posts here at Building Better Leaders will be 100% focused on helping you get things done.
This blog is for professionals looking to develop and advance…and searching for ideas and solutions that they can use ten minutes after reading the post. Expect ideas, tips, tricks, how to’s, lists and plenty of challenges for you to make it happen and to drive results for you, your team and your organization.
And while Management Excellence offers a broader editorial range for my business writing, I will from time to time cross-reference and cross-pollinate both venues with the same relevant posts. Those will be the exception however, not the rule. The Building Better Leaders content will remain on balance, original.
My Target Audience Here:
Anyone professional, young or experienced, that is motivated to improve their personal, team and organizational performance and is not afraid to be challenged.
Of course, turn-about is fair play, and I look forward to being professionally challenged by you to keep providing materials and programs that make a difference.
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Welcome to Building Better Leaders. Let the work of becoming great begin! One person, one post and one program at a time.
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