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WHY JOIN A LEVERAGEDWISDOM EXECUTIVE GROUP?

Better Decision Making
Increase Equity Value
Work on Your Business, Not Just in Your Business
Acknowledge the Isolation of Leadership
Sharpen Your Skills
Understand Your “Blind Spots”
Improve Accountability
Establish a Sense of Urgency
Explore Issues and Opportunities
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Candid Conversations about Your Agenda
Assessing Priorities
Strategic Intent Review
Owning vs. Leading vs. Managing
 

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VOICES OF WISDOM
Other voices of wisdom from blogs written by Jim O’Brien and Joni Daniels, friends who are extraordinary coaches and service providers to business leaders.  To be considered for Blog Central click here.
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James O'Brien, Author
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Joni Daniels, Author
LEADERSHIP ARTICLES from Harvard Business Review
The Cannes Award Winner Film “Historia de un Letrero” in the video section (at the top of the right column) is also about self awareness which can be further explored in the excerpt from this classic 1998 Harvard Business Review article “What Makes a Leader”. Goleman, the author, also wrote Emotional Intelligence.
WHAT MAKES A LEADER?

When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally associated with leadership. Often left off the list are softer, more personal qualities--but they are also essential.

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LEVERAGEDWISDOM BLOG - MOST RECENT POST by Richard Lavin
Welcome to the LEVERAGEDWISDOM site, a personally edited, extraordinary range of web resources for owners, leaders and managers of privately held businesses who want to increase the equity value of their business.  If you haven't already, please join as a web Member of this beta site.   It’s free. Click here.  
  
Now, a One Minute Guide to navigating the site. 

Above find the 1. 2. 3. elevator pitch about the two parts of LEVERAGEDWISDOM; that is, web site Membership which is free and participation in an Executive Group for which there are annual dues. You can find out more about Executive Group Membership in the left column.

To access the hundreds of links and news feeds in Executive Resources, Merger & Acquisition and Personal Resources you will have to become a web site Member.  We’ve done a lot of work aggregating a world class list of resources.  So join, then poke around and see if we missed some of your favorite links.  To do so, click here.  This is a collaborative effort; so…we welcome comments, contributions and critiques.

Thanks, Richard

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To add wisdom and provoke vigorous conversation in our Executive Group meetings we invite speakers to present.  You can access some of their presentation material among the white papers or click on their company logo for direct access.  To be considered as a Speaker please click here.
10 Ways to Maximize the Valuation of a Privately Held Business for a Liquidity Event

William Shiry
Managing Director
McGladrey Capital Markets LLC

The Art of the Deal/Pre-Transaction Planning

Andrew S. Auchincloss
Director, Wealth Management Group
Bernstein Global Management

Metrics Driven Leadership: Leveraging Business Intelligence

Carter Hinckley
Director, Strategic Accounts
Infinity Info Systems

The Six Fundamentals of Flawless Execution

Lewis E. Frees, Ph.D.
President
Harmony, Inc.

An Economic Forcast for Entrepreneurs

David M. Darst
Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

AS SEEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

We have also incorporated some news feeds from the New York Times on this page.  I am particularly fond of the Corner Office here.
INSIGHTS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE
  • Aaron Levie
    The co-founder and chief executive of an online fi...
    7/25/2010

  • Dawn Lepore
    'You have to be transparent as a leader and you ha...
    7/18/2010

  • Dan Rosensweig
    At a company that rents textbooks online and by ma...
    7/11/2010

  • Linda Heasley
    The chief of the apparel retailer says it's her jo...
    7/4/2010

  • Robert W. Selander
    The retiring chief executive of the credit card gi...
    6/27/2010

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TEACHABLE RESOURCES
In this column are videos, white papers and suggested books meant to prompt and expand your thinking about your role as owner, leader, and manager.  Just for fun, test your ability to focus by participating in the 99 second, “Your Awareness: Do the Test” or for a profound insight into the power of carefully chosen words watch "Historia de un Letrero".  I know, it’s in Spanish (not much is spoken) and 6 minutes long; but that shouldn’t deter you.
Your Awareness: Do The Test
How many touches to pass the ball. Don’t we always see what we’re looking for? What are the implications of seeing something else?
Historia de un letrero (original video)
Here is a short profound, moving video about “seeing” and, how language can engage us on many levels. In what role would you cast yourself, if you were directing the movie.
Social Intelligence and Leadership
An interview with Daniel Goleman, Psychologist. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization's performance.

WHITE PAPERS

The Six Fundamentals of Flawless Execution
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Harmony, Inc.
Metrics Driven Leadership Leveraging Business Intelligence
Click Here for White Paper
Infinity Info Systems
Maximizing the Valuation of a Privately Held Business
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McGladrey Capital Markets LLC
There are many books we are recommending; however, you should know that The Wisdom of Crowds describes the principle around which our efforts are organized.  The author, James Surowieki offers a treatise on why no one of us is as smart as all of us.

Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose
By Rajendra S. Sisodia, David B. Wolfe, Jagdish Sheth

Today’s best companies get it. From Costco® to Commerce Bank, Wegmans to Whole Foods®: they’re becoming the ultimate value creators. They’re generating every form of value that matters: emotional, experiential, social, and financial. And they’re doing it for all their stakeholders. Not because it’s “politically correct”: because it’s the only path to long-term competitive advantage.

These are the Firms of Endearment. Companies people love doing business with. You need to become one of those companies.

The Wisdom of Crowds
By James Surowiecki

While our culture generally trusts experts and distrusts the wisdom of the masses, New Yorker business columnist Surowiecki argues that "under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them."

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