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Inspiring Excellence
A Path to Exceptional Leadership
Author's name: Michael Schutzler
IB.com Catalog Number: 342
Description: Michael Schutzler clarifies the essentials for leadership excellence:
- Lay a foundation of listening, storytelling, negotiating, and making assessments
- Apply those skills to the functions of assembling talent, reaching consensus, making tough decisions, and harnessing ambition
Walking the talk, Schutzler inspires with clever and relevant anecdotes the reader easily commits to memory. Simple exercises then move the reader to transform ideas into action and, with practice, into targeted results. |
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Inspiring Excellence
"Leadership is a relationship. It is a relationship in which one person inspires and motivates a group to make sustained effort toward a common goal. Although your achievements are a measure of your competence, those achievements are not yours. They are the outcome of your relationships with your staff, chain of command, partners, customers and community. It is your behavior over the course of time that motivates and inspires those whom you lead."
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"Listening is by far the most important skill for a leader to hone. Have you ever seen a leader who seems unflappable and remains calm in even the most chaotic circumstances? Watch that person closely and you will see the secret to this cool demeanor - focused listening.
"As a leader, you need to pay attention to the words and actions of others while suspending judgment long enough to allow your intellect to catch up with your instincts. Why? If you speak too soon, you shut off creative impulse. You shut off collaboration. By speaking too soon, you force ideas on your team, even if that is not your intention."
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"Attracting highly skilled individuals is useful for building a winning team, but technical proficiency, even brilliant technical proficiency, is not sufficient. You can combine the very best in every area of responsibility in your organization, but unless your team functions well together, you will fail to create sustainable value." |
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Inspiring Excellence
"This well-organized, thoughtful book distills a broad topic down to very specific, actionable, and practical tools for sharpening leadership skills. I intend to keep a copy in the top drawer of my desk for handy reference and as a periodic reminder of the blueprint for effective leadership."
-Paul Goodrich, Managing Director
Madrona Venture Group
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"Inspiring Excellence may seem like something only born leaders can achieve, but Michael lays out simple to follow steps that make it something anyone can do. At first glance much of his guidance may seem overly simple, in fact, but that's part of the beauty of it.
"While most decent management books have a few gems of good information surrounded by bloat to beef up the page count, Inspiring Excellence has dozens of specific, actionable instructions communicated extremely efficiently. You'll read it in a day but carry it's inspiration with you for a lifetime."
-D. Morton, Seattle WA
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"Michael Schutzler takes you through a journey of experience and a broad range of leadership dimensions. Inspiring Excellence is both comprehensive and insightful. I highly recommend the book for leaders who want to up their game.
-Jim Wiggett, CEO, Jackson Hole Group
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"Inspiring Excellence should be required reading for anyone who manages people, whether in the private or public sector. This is not an academic tome. No. Michael Schutzler writes in a conversational tone. It is easy to digest and has a global perspective which reflects the writer's own breadth of personal experience. The lessons are practical and meant for real-world application. Yet, the advice is universal in nature, as Schutzler deconstructs the elements it takes to lead people, from 1 to 100,000."
-Austin Siena, Alexandria VA
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Corporate Language Learning Programs
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Author Michael Schutzler is currently "inspiring excellence" as the CEO of Livemocha.com, an early-stage company that is revolutionizing language learning by combining rich, dynamic on-line instructional content with a global community of millions of native language speakers. The company is backed by premier investors August Capital and Maveron.
Having a workforce that is fluent in at least two languages is rapidly become an essential element of excellence in competing in a globalized economy. Globalization is one of the greatest macro economic trends of our time. According to Goldman Sachs, by 2025, the BRIC economies will account for more than half the GDP of the G6 economies and by 2050, they will be larger than the G6 economies.
Along with globalization, there has been a tremendous boom in immigration and travel between various countries. In 2000, over 95 million people immigrated to other countries. International arrivals are projected to grow from 694 million to 1.6 billion by 2020 with East Asia and the Pacific expected to record the highest growth rates.
The internet today with increasing broadband penetration, proliferation of mobile computing devices, and VOIP adoption offers the perfect platform to create a compelling on-line language learning solution. By combining premier self-study tools with native speaking tutors and practice partners, Livemocha is transforming language learning around the world.
Corporate Program Details
Livemocha provides group rates for corporate-sponsored language learning programs. Please contact Michael directly via email for more information on the following:
Livemocha offers conversational fluency programs for five popular languages including English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German. Key elements of Livemocha’s learning approach include:
Dynamic lesson content – Lesson plans include hundreds of hours of beginner and intermediate level content for learning everyday conversational language. In addition, Livemocha offers a full range of practical reading, listening, writing and speaking exercises. Livemocha also connects language learners with native language speakers and tutors, allowing each individual to develop at their own pace and achieve conversational fluency in a practical and immersive setting.
Management Reporting - Certificates of achievement and student progress are reported to corporate sponsors to assist in supporting and managing student efforts. Redemption of pre-purchased codes is reported monthly.
Motivational system – Through reviews, a language buddy system, and community encouragement, Livemocha provides the tools to keep learners motivated and making steady progress.
If you are interested in a demonstration or group rates for your organization, please contact Michael directly.
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