In all my current Leadership Learning Forums [LLF’s], four capacities, or fully transportable skill sets, are increasingly more tightly integrated in the work of evolving high impact leaders! 1) Project Management, which nowadays, everyone needs to understand and be reasonably adept at. 2) Self-assessment, or deeply engaged in one of the better “profiling” techniques., which is less frequent but becoming essential in my opinion. 3) Leadership development which has been a focus all over for some time [not always achieved successfully]. 4) Business enabled counsel, or “internal consulting skills”, which is much less frequent, exists in individual cases, but has now become a crucial part of effective staff leadership. When all four are together and focused on the customer or marketplace the positive impact is huge……a very positive advantage that is easily identified and creates quite a competitive edge. Part of the LLF “Magic” is the combining, & the growth, of these capacities in forum participants. Look for it!!
Most, perhaps 99.9%, of those who have engaged completely, in the Leadership Learning Forum process, have had a deeply beneficial, both individual and group, “magical” experience. Some of us who have facilitated this over the years [ I began it in 1984], have communicated about how/when, & under what circumstances does the “magic” occur? And what might get in its way? There is already a body of thought resulting from this quest!
During the Nov.2013, 45th annual SIMposium, hosted by the Boston SIM Chapter [superbly done!!], I began pondering a revival of this research/dialogue, as part of this current 6th phase of life, my “legacy” phase. A quest revitalized, so to speak. That would be fun for me, very absorbing, and perhaps usful in coming years to those who wish to continue providing such powerful leadership development, as I am. I will reach out again to as many of you as I can.
This ” magic” surely happens in most Forums, but also in tons of other situations! All needed now, all over, and likely more so, in the world we are inheriting. It goes way beyond I.T., of course. Our past working of this quest already has shown that
Some past contributions/perspectives from my network, are posted under “Magic”, in this growing section of my website. hopefully you’ll find it useful. Please connect with me directly with you comments
“Certian Trumpets” The Nature of Leadership Garry Wills 0-684-80138-8
We very often include this book in internal LLF’s. It covers 16 tpyes of leadership with a selected historically well know person as an example, then followed by an “Antitype’, also usually well know. The juxaposition of both is insightful. Often provoking new perspectives, even for those of us who’ve read the book several times. Wide and deep coverage. And of course, the full transcript of leadership, yes, & followership ,and even by some views, failure to lead or follow is distinctly portrayed. AND…… as is sometimes the case with excellent books, the introduction, and the conclusion, plus the appendix, can all be meditated on by themselves, for superb personal understanding of the topic.
Get it out and review for you own growth!!
This service, Fuze Meeting, will allow recording, video & audio, which many of you have asked for, if you miss a call. It also allows access from any device [ hand-helds, etc.], and has a simple one step sign-on process, using multiple methods. Also, more than one presenter can be shown live, via web-cams. Plus, most importantly, its much less expensive, so I’ve been able to lower the cost to participants significantly, to a token amount. Finally, it’s much more collaborative, supporting real dialogue, which is the way I’m now running these virtual calls [ c.30 so far].
Join us to contribute and gain, both personally/professionally. We [ i.e.,anyone knowledgeable of the Forum Process & its “Magic”] is growing and being re-energized together!!
Barbara and I just returned from the 44th annual Conference of the Society of Information Management [SIM]. As one of the 11 founders, I have attended 42 so far, and hope to make the 5oth!
It was very rewarding to be approached by scores of attendees, offering thanks for helping start the Society and especially for founding and guiding the development of The Regional Leadership[RLF] progam!
Having just finished choosing, & updating, for my clients, the 50 basic documents, in my prespective, of the Forum process, and it’s “Magic”, it is very powerful for me to see others absorbing this in their own way, and doing internal self- sustaining leadership development progams inside their organizations! It’s wonderful for them ….and surely so for me!!
Risa Mish, a very accomplished Professor @ Cornell University, spoke @ the SmithBucklin Leadership Learning Forum last week and helped me understand more about my Forum “Magic Quest” . She posited that to get there [she generates her own magic], one needs courage, then faith, then the ability to let go, then the capacity to own your own gifts! This resonates quite well for me, and I consider it a profound insight!
I’d be happy to ponder you own thoughtful reactions. Please send them along.
Still struggling getting ready, as I’ve referenced in recent past comments, but feeling more in the flow of what I dreamed about being able to do, and hope to go live with this site within days! We’ll see!!
