Frank Uncovers Excellence in Leadership

© Copyright Frank D. Kanu 2000-2008

We all know there are subscription based e-zines. But what a bout a subscription based book? Is that even any different?

• Would you be willing and interested to pay for a blog from the author of a book?


• Getting the book as a blog instead of printed?


• Does the option to discuss the book chapters directly with the author add an option?


• How much would you be willing to pay for such a service?

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Dan Gilmore posts in his blog his take on Skype being bought by ebay and how that will have an influence on the encrypted messaging via Skype.

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Frank started out in sales before he decided to study computer science and later economics. As former CEO of three European corporations, Frank has gathered, refined, and implemented his management strategy—a strategy that has met with success.

Over the past 15 years he has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to help managers improve success ratios and productivity levels. His client list includes IBM, Monster.com, AOL/TimeWarner, Akzo Nobel, Crown Holdings, Inc., Raab Karcher Gruppe, and eon.

An award-winning speaker who enjoys sharing his insights with business leaders, Frank has lectured frequently and written articles for publications in the United States and Europe.

Besides spending his time with his lovely wife Ada and his three beautiful children, Frank enjoys skydiving, cycling and watching sports. He and Ada also love to cook and delight in surprising friends and acquaintances with their culinary skills.

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Chances that you have read the Jeff Jarvis letter to Mr. Dell are high.

It now also made it to the blogging sphere of one - if not the - most important German business papers. With one wonderful comment:

…informed customers are not the target market. We do not care about non-target markets. - Erwin

How true, how true.

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Ethics and leadership both seem to be abstract and ambiguous—so imagine what happens when we discuss ethical leadership. Ethical leadership is not about how to lead to reach specific goals, but what ethical affects leadership has. Ethics aren’t morals themselves but the meaning of moral ways and actions. Ethics don’t decide, nor do they take decisions away. They serve as a means of guidance—to find answers, make decisions, and know how to justify them.

    Leadership is about those who are in a position to make decisions; create opinions and attitudes. It is more then just managing. Because leaders have to lead by example, their words, actions, and values play a huge role in their success. Responsibility and credibility are two of the most important elements of leadership; each is deeply based on the interaction with others. Because every action, even the smallest, has an impact, ethics are always part of the decision-making process. Ethics are not a cookbook for great decisions. Leaders know that every decision has to be carried by responsibility and credibility. To be recognized as a leader requires exuding trust. Remember that for many the values and ethics of the leader have to match their own understanding of those.

    To understand the impact of ethics, it’s important to ask the right questions:

1. How do we implement corporate social responsibility?
2. How do we select and support employees while achieving the business goals?
3. What core competencies does a business need to stay successful? How do those bind the people?
4. What values do managers need to keep the worth, responsibility and future compatibility of the business?

    Today’s leaders have to understand what is needed tomorrow if they want to implement the necessary changes to keep the business running. Successful leaders are smart, responsible, and ethical. They’re expected to:

1. Take responsibility and delegate.
2. Continuously work on the vision and goals of the business and follow those.
3. Support shareholders, stakeholders, and suppliers to help them grow and stay within the vision and goals of the business.
4. Implement valuable, clear and responsible business solutions, either with or without the team.
5. Design smart teams with responsible team players.
6. Support employees to be themselves by bringing back the fun, and understanding diversity.
7. Change the rules (when necessary).

How much can a leader learn by looking at those who have chosen to be unethical?

    If you look only at the mistakes others made without trying to understand why they happened, you will learn almost nothing. It may be hard to believe, but often those who behave unethically think of themselves as perfectly ethical and responsible. It’s a matter of how they interpret values. They may be wrong, but remember that values do change over the years and sometimes people make errors of judgment out of ignorance rather than lack of conscience. It is a fine line to walk.

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Everyone tells me that you should have an agent if you want to get your book into one of the bigger publishing houses. A short search for agents turns up quiet a few - but most of them do not accept new submissions.

On top of that most publishing houses do not take proposals coming directly from the author as serious as the ones from an agent. Leading a great many authors to go with POD or vanity press. Especially when they want their book to be published fast.

Would you buy a POD book?

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Daniel Echeverria has created the probably most amazing motorcycle:

But whatever it is, Echeverria, a 44-year-old chemical products salesman, evidently felt compelled to keep the Arthurian legend alive by using scrap metal to transform a 1979 Kawasaki into a bronze and chain-mail festooned gas-powered steed, complete with a front-mounted dragon head that spews real fire. It took three years to create — 2,500 hours. But who’s counting?

Is he dedicated or what?

Found on boing boing

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The One Minute Manager Anniversary Edition by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

This is definitely the number one book for every manager. It should be a must read in schools and management training. The one minute manager tells a story and explains one minute goals, one minute criticism, one minute compliments and how to make sure to see when employees are doing well. Too often readers overlook this books value- based on its simplicity. They overlook that this is its biggest advantage. It merely takes an hour to read the book. Many management books are too lengthy and difficult to read. While they offer the detailed explanation needed from some they rarely hold the readers interest.

Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi

The book describes how to increase the competence and motivation of employees by applying the techniques of the minute management. It offers guidance without giving too many details. The book is aimed at those managers who rule situational.

    

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