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T + D, Mar 2007

What's new and where to find it. A quick look at new products services, and gear for trainers.

Online Resources

LEADER TO LEADER INSTITUTE

website, www.leadertoleader.org

Founded in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Leader to Leader Institute is devoted to providing leaders with essential leadership wisdom, inspiration, and resources to lead creativity and build vibrant social sector organizations. The website provides innovative and relevant resources, products, and case studies that enable future leaders to address emerging opportunities and challenges. The website sells both books and videos on leadership and has a free archive of selected articles from the Leader to Leader Journal.

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MARCUS BUCKINGHAM

website, www.marcusbuckingham.com

The leadership field is filled with gurus-some authentic and some self-proclaimed. Bestselling author Marcus Buckingham, who was once a senior researcher for the Gallup Organization, has a reputation built on sustained accomplishment. Free website downloads (audio and print) and an e-zine provide an introduction to, and continuing conversation about, his strengths-based approach to leadership. The site sells all of Buckingham's books and video series.

MARGARET J. WHEATLEY

website, www.margaretwheattey.com

Margaret J. Wheatley writes, teaches, and speaks about "radically new practices and ideas for organizing in chaotic times." Her book, Leadership and the New Science, outlines a new way of thinking about organizations by applying the natural sciences to business management. She has established herself in the field by writing books and producing training videos. The site offers a large library of her influential articles at no charge.

Magazines and Websites

strategy+business

$38 for one year; $48 International | Booz Allen Hamilton, www.strategy-business.com | 1.212.551.6222

strategy+business is a print magazine and website published by Booz Alien Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm. The website has a free archive of articles, including many on leadership. "The Neuroscience of Leadership," for example, shows how recent research supports a leadership model that focuses on solutions, not problems.

DVD or VHS

LEADERSHIP... PRIORITIES FOR LIFE SERIES

$295 each | DVD or VHS video 2006 | Vivid Edge www.vividedgeproductions.com | 1.515.267.0549

Robert K. Cooper, a lecture circuit regular and author of Get Out of Your Own Way, provides the source material for most of the thoughts on leadership that are featured in this production. The video runs just six minutes and consists of text scrolling from alt angles on a black background as well as stately instrumental music instead of the usual synthesizer soundtrack.

PYGMALION EFFECT: THE POWER OF EXPECTATIONS, 3RD EDITION

$995 | DVD or VHS 2006 | CRM Learning www.crmlearning.com | 1.800.421.0833

Included: Leader guide, PowerPoint presentation, participant workbooks (10), and reminder cards (10).

The new edition of a bestselling video program, Pygmalion Effect, is based on the simple premise that a leader's expectations have a powerful impact, positive or negative, on the people they lead. The 25-minute video workshop teaches how to set and maintain performance-enhancing expectations. The program includes additional footage and an augmented support package.

THE TESTS OF A LEADER

$16.95 for January 2007 special issue, magazine and website | Harvard Business Review | www.hbr.org | 1.617.783.7410

What misconceptions hobble the leadership of many new managers and how can those misconceptions be avoided? How can a leader develop a strategic network as opposed to a personal network? How do skilled leaders bounce back from disaster? This Harvard Business Review special issue gives practical answers to these and other crucial issues concerning leadership. It also reprints classic articles by John Kotter and John Gabarro. You can read the issue online (requires subscription) or in print. The HBR website supplements this special issue with more resources.

WOULD I INSPIRE ME?

$795 | DVD or VHS 2007 | Video Visions www.videovisions.net | 1.800.929.3355

Included: Leader guide and PowerPoint presentation.

A prototypical good guy manager is the main character of this video. He prides himself on his leadership and team spirit-until he makes the deflating discovery that his employees think he's weak in both areas. The 16-minute video follows him as he learns some basic lessons about what real leaders do, day in and day out. Despite the title, the program doesn't deal with inspiration.

WHO ARE "THEY" ANYWAY?

$495 | DVD or VHS 2007 | Workplace Publishing www.workptacepublishing.com | 1.800.344.0451

Included: Leader guide, book, and reminder cards.

Leadership is all about achieving goals through others, and that's impossible if a leader blames his employees ("them") for everything that goes wrong. Presenter B.J. Gallagher is the author of the book. Who are "They" Anyway?, which serves as the basis for this video. She asks five questions about accountability that places responsibility where it belongs. The basic message applies to anyone in an organization, but it should be in the knowledge base of every leader.

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