Many of us have been frightened by what’s been happening in our economy recently. Enlightened Leadership teaches (in our leadership development classes) a concept that we call Personal DNA - a way of looking at the little decisions we make every day. Often these decisions are unconsciously made and limit us.

Ed Oakley discusses how this concept can become a powerful tool for us - personally and in our leadership roles. He also ties it to the factors surrounding the economic challenges we face and the options we have.

Watch it and provide feedback below. It is approximately 13 minutes long.

Please share your comments below.

May you take advantage of this situation to position yourself significantly better than you already are!

Our best regards,

The Enlightened Leadership Team

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I was talking today with a former Director of Executive Development for a major company - one of the best companies to work for in the U.S. He reminded me of how his organization was able to calculate ROI for the Enlightened Leadership Solutions work we had done for him.

There is a friendly little challenge for you at the end of the 8 minute video.

Listen to it now and provide your comments!

What are your thoughts about the video, the ROI calculation and the challenge? Comment now, or send us an email.

Best regards,

Ed Oakley & the Enlightened Leadership Team

ps: Click on this link Making Managers into Leaders Institute for detailed information.

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Over the weekend, as I was thinking of special people I wanted as guest speakers for our Making Managers into Leaders Institute, I began to think of our own current and former facilitators, coaches and consultants. I had never realized it before, but I was able to quickly write down six of their names who have gone on to become authors in their own right. And there might be more.

That is so cool! It must be a little like the feeling of being a grandparent (I can only speculate at this point. :-)). But it is tremendously gratifying for me to realize that AT LEAST SIX OF OUR FACILITATORS HAVE NOW WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED THEIR OWN SUBSTANTIVE BOOKS! I can’t wait for them to start contributing value to our library of management/ leadership development content - helping you solve your management challenges!

One of those special talents is Stephen McGhee, who has recently written an excellent book, “Learning to Believe the Unbelievable: Living Life as a Miracle Leader.” We will ask Stephen do a video soon for Institute members about some of his profound insights about leadership and management, and also a longer webinar for additional depth.

Meanwhile, here is Stephen reporting what happened as a result of one of his team sessions several years ago:

Turn up your speakers and click here to hear the two minute audio.

This is one of 101 audio learning snippets already in the Making Managers into Leaders Institute. We’ll be sharing more about the Institute this week.

What are your questions or comments? We are eager to know what they are.

Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team.

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Hi all,

We continue to be grateful for all your feedback via email and comments. While it’s tough to respond to them directly, you can bet we’re reading them all and LISTENING!

This video in our “Experiment in Leadership Development” series addresses how we see management and leadership and their importance to each other. It might be familar to Enlightened Leadership clients, but the example story might be new to you.

The format of this one is VERY DIFFERENT. Please give us your perspectives on it!

So, please give us your comments, and if you haven’t already, fill out the survey. All of this will make sure our future products/services better fit your needs.And yes, we are working hard on something to announce. We’re not trying to hide that, but frankly your input has us scampering back to make changes and improvements. We’ve delayed the project for quite a while because of your input. And we’re not complaining, because we want the final “product” to make a huge difference for you!I’ve personally never known very much about marketing, but the feedback you’re giving us beats any marketing survey I’ve personally ever seen. It’s like you’re really engaged in determining what we release. What a concept!Keep talking to us about your management skills development needs, and we’ll keep listening.

Appreciatively,

Ed Oakley & the Enlightened Leadership Solutions Team

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We’ll have more of the content videos, and now Ed Oakley wants to share a bit of his personal story and some perspectives received from your comments so far. Please watch the video and provide your feedback and/or answer the survey.

Thanks for watching. Please give feedback below or respond to the survey.
We’ll communicate soon with another content-rich video,the Enlightened Leadership Team

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Dear subscribers,

We are so appreciative of the quality and quantity of the feedback you gave us on the first content video in our Experiment in Leadership Development. You guys (and gals) are awesome!

Following is our second in the series of videos.

Where we as managers/leaders focus our attention and energy has a huge impact on the results we get through others - the point of management and leadership. It also impacts our own personal results, as this video will clarify.

Watch the video and give us feedback - please!
Now give us feedback below and let us know what you would like to see on a video by answering the survey at this link. What would you like to see a survey about?Our best to all,Ed Oakley & the Enlightened Leadership team ELS home website

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I was so impressed with the extraordinary service last week aboard the Mariner of the Seas, a beautiful Royal Caribbean International cruise ship. From Gregory, our stateroom attendant from Jamaica to Mihai, our primary dinner waiter from Romania, and everywhere else around the ship, the service was outstanding and joyfully provided at every turn. Everyone was smiling as they gave us the royal treatment.

The kind of service we received does not exist consistently without excellent leadership (my guess was “servant leadership.”), so I requested and was granted an interview with Captain Johnny Faevelen. I was not disappointed.
Listen to Captain Johnny’s remarks on the following audio. The first voice is Ed Oakley:

Provide servant leadership to your team and watch the improvements!

To your ongoing leadership development!

Ed Oakley

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I had an awesome experience of Servant Leadership
recently.

It all started when my daughter, Kat, wanted to go
visit Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.

Watch the video!

May you enjoy the benefits of being a servant leader! My warmest regards,Ed Oakley Enlightened Leadership Solutions

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Wayne Turmel hosts a podcast called The Cranky Middle Manager. He recently interviewed Ed Oakley about “Leadership Made Simple: Practical Solution to Your Greatest Management Challenges.”

Please listen to the podcast here.

The interview starts at about 5 minutes into Waynes discussion, and you can move the slider over to get to it faster.

Enjoy!

The Enlightened Leadership Team

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We thought you might want to know that the first of three articles to appear in Materials Handling Management magazine by Ed Oakley has now been published.

The article is titled “Leading Change Without Authority,” and can be found online at:

Materials Handling Management magazine - May, 2007

This link will take you to the cover of the magazine. Just click on the article, “Leading Change Without Authority,” or turn to page 17 and 18.

Enjoy!

The Enlightened Leadership Team

ELS Leading Change without Authority learning program

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