All of a sudden it seems that everywhere we look we see someone tauting “simple” or “simplicity” as a theme. Considering our new book is Leadership Made Simple, that is gratifying and, perhaps, validating.

IBM i-Series computers has simplicity as it’s theme. They are advertising the importance of simple and simplicity as the heart of their message. They are even claiming that they have “simple pricing.” Just a few minutes ago, I was glancing through a Business 2.0 magazine, and there was the headline of a VISA Business Card advertisement that read “Business Takes Simplicity” - whatever that means :-). Keep your eyes open, and I’ll bet you’ll notice this simplicity theme more and more. Let us know if you see it. (Read the article)

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One of the the things we strongly encourage in Leadership Made Simple is analyzing successes your team is having ( we assume every leadership opportunity involves some team, group, or at least another individual). If you are inviting a group of people to analyze “what caused the successes” in a particular situation, some interesting things tend to happen automatically. (Read the article)

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Welcome to the Leadership Made Simple Journal. We hope we will be able to serve you well as we share practical leadership tips — based on our forthcoming book, Leadership Made Simple: Practical Solutions to Your Greatest Management Challenges, as well as our previous best-selling book, Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change, and our combined 35 years of leadership development experience.

Looking at it simply, every organizational process has two parts, the “hard” part and the “soft” part. As we have queried managers from over 65 countries over the last 19 years, we have consistently heard, “The soft part is the more difficult part,” and the soft part is about the people issues. With that clarity, we plan most of our journals to address the people side of your management challenges. We see these as your “greatest management challenges.” Some will address balancing the two parts, and all address accomplishing the hard part through your people. As we make comments like “through your people,” we trust you’ll be able to provide your own context — whether that is a team, an organization, or even your family members.

We plan to use this journal as an opportunity to go a bit deeper than our books could go and keep them a decent size. If you register on this site, you can also make comments and ask questions. That would help us determine topics with the most interest. We welcome feedback of any kind!

Warm regards,

Ed Oakley

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