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What's new on the site...

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

e-Newsletter

All the news thats fit to print.  Plus, some helpful hyperlinks to websites that offer ways to effectively deal with whatever holiday stress you may be dealing with.

5 Steps to Strategic Planning

Learn how Facilitated Strategic Planning© can operationalize your goals and aspirations.

Recommended Reading

Check out the new reading list. Please let us know if you have trouble finding any of these publications.  

• First, Break All the Rules, What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently, M. Buckingham & C. Coffman  ("There are vital performance and career lessons here for managers at every level, and, best of all, the book shows you how to apply them to your own situation.")
• Difficult Conversations, Stone, Patton & Heen ("The Harvard Negotiations Project puts together a tool kit for helping us get to the inner truth of situations that seem untouchable, making openings where only roadblocks once stood.")
• The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack ("Open-book management taken to a whole new level.  This 'game' puts the tired cliché 'empowerment' to shame.")
• Good to Great, Jim Collins

and, just for fun...

• Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (great story full of intrigue, humor and love)
• The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem (two coming-of-age stories, white & black, intertwined in '70's Brooklyn)

Great Web Sites

• Peter Senge, the author of  “The Fifth Discipline,” is considered the father of the Organizational Development movement.  Visit this site for more information and a Bulletin Board where you can post a request for info:

 http://www.fieldbook.com/

•  Another great site that Senge is associated with is sponsored by Pegasus Communications, the publishers of "The Systems Thinker," a GREAT monthly newsletter!

 http://www.pegasuscom.com/

• Another ‘sister’ site:

http://www.learning-org.com/

• For information with a more traditional bent, try the ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) website: 

http://www.astd.org/

• The ASTD monthly publication, “Training & Development” is a worthwhile investment as well (comes w/ membership in ASTD).  Their training bulletin board usually has some interesting items:

http://www.astd.org/astd/resources/discussion_boards

• For Best in Practice Leadership training, visit the site sponsored by the Center for Creative Leadership: 

        http://www.ccl.org/capabilities/aboutccl.htm  

Enjoy!