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April 2012
April 3 – What You Believe Matters
>> Prep post: The Four-Eyed Leader (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: Why Understanding Belief Systems is Critical for Leadership (Lisa Petrilli)
April 10 – Small Business Leadership in a Networked World: Guest host and author John Jantsch (@ducttape)
>> Prep post: Becoming a Small-Business Engineer (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: Why Leading on Purpose must be Your Priority (Lisa Petrilli)
April 17 - Leadership Honor and Dishonor
>> Prep post: Leaders and Their Flagrant Fouls (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: The Power of Leading with Honor and Self-Empowerment (Lisa Petrilli)
April 24 - Alternative (alt) Leadership
>> Prep post: (alt) Leadership (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: Leadership Advice for Young, Introverted Leaders (Lisa Petrilli)
March 2012
March 6 – Pruning the Tree – Leading Employees out the Door
>> Prep post: How the Exit Door Can Improve Results (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: The Art of Leadership When Letting Employees Go (Lisa Petrilli)
March 13 – Guest host and author Bob Burg (the Go-Giver)
>> Prep post: You or Me? Who’s on First? (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: Leadership Influence the Go-Giver Way (Lisa Petrilli)
March 20 – When Leaders Struggle to Execute
>> Prep post: Does Your Business Need a Lieutenant Commander? (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: 5 Reasons Visionary Leaders may Fail to Execute (Lisa Petrilli)
March 27 – Open Mic
February 2012
Feb. 7 – Leadership: You Matter! with guest host Angela Maiers
>> Prep post: Attention Leaders – YOU MATTER! (Angela Maiers)
>> Prep post: Passion Matters (Steve Woodruff)
>> Prep post: Two Words Changing Leadership and the World (Lisa Petrilli)
Feb. 14 – Leading Through Relationship Conflict with guest hosts Tim Scudder and Kent Mitchell, co-authors of the new book Have a Nice Conflict
Prep Posts:
>> Are You Having A Nice Conflict? (Steve Woodruff)
>> Why Conflict is Good for Productivity in Business (Lisa Petrilli)
Feb. 21 – When Growth Stalls – with guest host and author Steve McKee
Prep posts:
>> How to Lead When Company Growth Stalls (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Leading Through a Stall (Steve Woodruff)
Feb. 28 – New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan (Onboarding) with guest host George Bradt
Prep post:
>> The Smart Leader’s Plan to Get and Succeed at your Dream Job (Lisa Petrilli)
January 2012
Jan. 3 – Guest host and author Les McKeown
>> Prep post: How To Be a Better Leader in 2012 (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Can Success be Predictable? (Steve Woodruff) (This post, with brief video, was written last year as a review of Les’ previous book, Predictable Success – a foundational work for his newly-released book, The Synergist, which we’ll discuss this week)
Jan. 10 – Guest host and author Carrie Wilkerson (the Barefoot Executive) on Being Your Own Boss
>> Prep post: Be Your Own Boss, Barefoot Style (including video book review) (Steve Woodruff)
Jan. 17 – Guest host Christina Haxton on Stress and Leading Sustainable Change
>> Prep post: Is Stress Holding You Back from Being a Sustainable Leader? (Lisa Petrilli)
Jan. 24 – Guest host and author Sarah Caldicott (Thomas Edison’s great grand-niece) on Grooming Innovation Leaders
>> Prep post: Thomas Edison’s Secrets to Creating Innovation Leaders (Lisa Petrilli)
Jan. 31 – Guest host Joel Garfinkle (author of new book, Getting Ahead)
>> Prep Post: Are You Getting Ahead? (Steve Woodruff)
December 2011
Dec. 6th – Guest hosts Ted Coine and Shawn Murphy on The Future of Leadership
>> Prep post: What Leadership of the Future will Look Like (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: The Past and Future of Leadership (Steve Woodruff)
BONUS –> Is It Too Late For Today’s CEOs? (Ted Coine)
Dec. 13th – Guest host Brian Solis (author of multiple books on social media, PR, and business) on How to Lead an Adaptive Organization (themes from his book, The End of Business as Usual)
>> Prep post: The End of Business Leadership as Usual (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Business As Usual. The End? (Steve Woodruff)
Dec. 20th – The mic is yours to Share Your Greatest Leadership Stories and Lessons from 2011.
>> Prep post: My Most Life Opening Leadership Lesson of 2011 (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Go With What You’ve Got (Steve Woodruff)
Dec. 27th – Vision – Looking ahead to 2012
>> Prep post: Three Steps to Create a Vision for 2012 (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: My Business Vision (Steve Woodruff)
November 2011
Nov. 1 – Leading with Feeling: What Does THAT Mean? – Guest host Dan Rockwell (@LeadershipFreak)
>> Prep post: Control Your Feelings – Don’t Express Them (Dan Rockwell)
>> Prep post: Should Leaders Bring Feeling and Passion to Work? (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Feeling Like a Leader (Steve Woodruff)
Nov. 8 – Follow Your Lead? Gaining Buy-In
>> Prep post: Leadership Advice: Getting Others to Follow Your Lead (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: “Follow Your Lead? What’s In It For Me??” (Steve Woodruff)
Nov. 15 – Guest host Mike Figliuolo, Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS (author of new book, One Piece of Paper)
>> Prep post: How to Discover and Live your Leadership Philosophy (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Maxim-izing Your Leadership (Steve Woodruff)
Nov. 22 – Expressing Gratitude as a Leader (pre-Thanksgiving gathering at the LC table!)
>> Prep post: Gratitude in Leadership: When Gratefulness Fuels Giving (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: The Privilege of Leadership (Steve Woodruff)
Nov. 29 – LC Launch of Lisa Petrilli‘s new e-book, The Introvert’s Guide to Success in Business and Leadership (Amazon link)
>> Prep post: Make Way for Introverts in Business and Leadership! (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Life and Leadership as an Introvert (Steve Woodruff)
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October 2011
Oct. 4 – Leadership from a GenY perspective, with guest host Greg Hartle (Ten Dollars and a Laptop)
Oct. 11 – Special 1-year LeadershipChat anniversary celebration!
Lisa Petrilli – What LeadershipChat Has Meant to Me
Steve Woodruff – Who LeadershipChat Has Meant to Me
Judy Martin – How LeadershipChat Improved my Work-Life Merge (with MUST-SEE video!)
Jonathan Saar – Leadership on Steroids
Molly Cantrell-Kraig – Why I Participate in LeadershipChat
Robert Rose – Leadership is Storytelling
Lou Imbriano – Leaders are Cut from Different Cloths, but All Have Common Threads
Steve Gonzalez – You Have to Start with the Beginning
Congratulations from Cheryl Burgess (Google Plus)
Oct. 18 – Leading Change, with Guest host Mike Henry, Sr. (LeadChange Group)
>> Prep post: 5 Critical Requirements when Leading Change (Lisa Petrilli)
Oct. 25 – Leadership Lessons from an Army Ranger – Guest host author Keni Thomas (author of Get It On! and former Army Ranger)
>> Prep post: Leadership Lessons from a Heroic Black Hawk Down Army Ranger (Lisa Petrilli)
>> Prep post: Esprit de Corps (Steve Woodruff)
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September 2011
Sept. 6 – Open Mic (thanks to guest hosts Anthony Iannarino, Lisa Diomede, Fred McClimans, Molly Cantrell-King)
Sept. 13 – When Your Boss Needs Help as a Leader
Prep posts:
>> Five Suggestions for When your Boss needs Leadership Help by Lisa Petrilli
>> “Hey, Boss, You Need Some Help…” by Steve Woodruff
Sept 20 – Winning the Customer, with guest author Lou Imbriano and guest host Meghan Biro
Prep posts:
>> Leadership Secrets to Winning the Customer Every Time – Lisa Petrilli
>> Bob Burg interviews Lou Imbriano
Sept 27 – Leadership in a Virtual Environment, with guest host Ann Handley
Prep posts:
>> Ann Handley’s Secrets to Successfully Leading Virtual Teams by Lisa Petrilli
>> Leading Virtually Really by Steve Woodruff
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August 2011
August 2 – Work/Life Balance, part 1 (we’re going to also try a “simul-cast” on Google+ for this chat!)
Prep posts:
>> Leadership in the Age of Work-Family Conflict by Lisa Petrilli
>> Work-Life Merger by Steve Woodruff
>> SPECIAL GUEST POST: Leadership on the Edge of the Work Life Balance Battle by Judy Martin
August 9 – Work/Life Balance, part 2
>> How Great Leaders Support Work-Life Balance by Lisa Petrilli
August 16 – Guest host Becky Carroll, author of The Hidden Power of Your Customers.
Prep posts:
>> The Hidden Power of Your Leadership to Create Raving Fans by Lisa Petrilli
>> Video Interview of Becky Carroll by Steve Woodruff
August 23 – To Promote or Not to Promote – who, how, and when!
Prep posts:
>> When an Underperformer Gets Promoted by Lisa Petrilli
>> Re-thinking the Promotion Ladder by Steve Woodruff
August 30 – Leadership and Decision Fatigue (based on this recent NY Times article)
Prep posts:
>> The Best Time to Ask Your Boss for a Raise by Lisa Petrilli
>> I Think I Need Some Leadership Chocolate by Steve Woodruff
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July 2011
July 5 – Special guest host – Guy Kawasaki! (on: Leadership Enchantment)
Transcript and stats via Hashtracking (37+ million impressions – wow!)
Prep links:
>> Enchanting Your Employees – Steve Woodruff
Here’s a special “enchanting” offer from Guy!
See this brief Forbes interview with Guy Kawasaki about Enchantment (also, here is Steve Woodruff’s review of the book, including video)
July 12 – Leading from the Outside (The family business/leadership conundrum)
Prep posts:
>> Four Key Priorities for New Leaders from the Outside – Lisa Petrilli
July 19 – Open Mic
July 26 – Guest host author Wally Bock on Military Leadership – Lessons We are Truly Meant to Learn
Prep posts:
>> What to Learn from the Military by Wally Bock
>> Leadership Lessons from Heroes, the Bravest of Men by Lisa Petrilli
>> It’s Not About You by Steve Woodruff
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June 2011
June 7 – Leadership from a Glass Half-full – Guest Host: Terry “Starbucker” St. Marie
>> Three Leadership Secrets for Building a Great Team– Lisa Petrilli
>> Terry Starbucker and Leadership – Steve Woodruff
Plus, this post from Terry’s blog is a good preview!
Transcript – Leadership Essentials with Terry Starbucker 6.7.11
June 14 – How Magnetic Leadership Attracts the Best Talent (joint chat: the #leadershipchat and #tchat communities!)
>> 5 Things Every CEO Should Know About Talent Alignment – Lisa Petrilli (on the LeadChange blog)
>> 5 Authentic Keys to Attract Top Talent – Meghan Biro (on the LeadChange blog)
Transcript – Joint LeadershipChat TChat June 14 2011
June 21 – The Art of Praise
>> Mastering the Powerful Art of Praise – Lisa Petrilli
>> Praise or Flattery? – Steve Woodruff
Stats and transcript via Hashtracking
Summary blog post by Kajmani
June 28 – The Art of Correction
>> Giving Constructive Feedback: Eight Leadership Essentials – Lisa Petrilli
>> Unconstructive Feedback: A Leader’s Guide – Steve Woodruff
Stats and transcript via Hashtracking
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May 2011
May 31 – Hubris and Accountability – Avoiding Leader Self-Destruction
>> Leadership and Hubris – a Tragic Mix – Lisa Petrilli
>> The Accountable Leader – Steve Woodruff
Transcript – May 31 2011 Leadership Chat Hubris and Accountability
May 24 – What Keeps Leaders Up at Night?
>> Four Priorities Keeping CEOs Up At Night – Lisa Petrilli
>> Leadership at 2 am – Steve Woodruff
Transcript – May 24 2011 Leadership Chat Awake at Night
May 17 – Leadership and Social Media
>> 3 Things CEOs Should Never Lose Sight of in Social Media – Lisa Petrilli
>> Touches and Tribes – Steve Woodruff
Transcript – May 17 2011 LeadershipChat – Leadership and Social Media (yes, formatting is sub-optimal – working on it!)
Summary post-chat post by Kneale Mann – What Makes a Great Leader?
May 10 – Blazing your own Leadership Trail
>> Whose Path are You on? – Lisa Petrilli
>> Leadership Rails – Steve Woodruff
Transcript – May 10 2011 Blazing Your Own Leadership Trail
May 3 – Open Mic Plus
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April 2011
April 26 – The Leader who Inspires Loyalty – A fitting pre-SOBCon topic for this year!
>> Leadership and Loyalty: Why it Must Start Within You – Lisa Petrilli
>> Inspiring Loyalty – Steve Woodruff
Transcript: April 26 Loyalty in Leadership LeadershipChat
April 19 – Guest Author Steve Farber
>> Greater Than Yourself Leadership: How to Change the World – Lisa Petrilli
>> What is Your Leadership Mission? Is it Greater Than Yourself? – Steve Woodruff
Transcript: April 19 2011 Greater Than Yourself Leadership with Steve Farber
April 12 – Leading Customers
Preparatory posts:
>> Leading your Customer – Lessons from Lincoln and Steve Jobs – Lisa Petrilli
>> Do Customers Need to be Led? – Steve Woodruff
Transcript: April 12 2011 Leadership Chat Leading Your Customer
April 5 - Leadership Valor
Preparatory posts:
>> Three Lost Truths about Valor in Leadership – Lisa Petrilli
>> Valor-Fuel – Steve Woodruff
Transcript: April 5 2011 Leadership Chat Transcript Valor in Leadership
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March 2011
March 29 – Guest Author Stephen Denny (Decision-making) – preparatory post from Stephen
>> To Kill a Giant: Leading David against Goliath – Lisa Petrilli
>> Let’s Kill some Giants – Steve Woodruff
Summary of chat by Ali Handscomb on her blog
March 22 – Guest Author Les McKeown (Why Leaders Fail)
Summary of chat by Kirsten Wright on her blog
Preparatory posts:
>> How to Create Predictable Success – Lisa Petrilli
>> Can Success be Predictable? – Steve Woodruff
March 15 – Open Mic
Preparatory posts:
>> The Most Unusual Tweetup – Lisa Petrilli
>> Free Books – Tonight Only! – Steve Woodruff
March 8 - Leadership and Corporate Culture
Preparatory posts:
>> 5 Truisms about Leadership and Corporate Culture – Lisa Petrilli
>> Leadership and Culture – Take it from the Top! – Steve Woodruff
March 1 – Leadership and Personal Fears
Preparatory posts:
>> Three Personal Fears to Conquer for Leadership Success – Lisa Petrilli
>> Leading with Fear - Steve Woodruff
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