Book Recommendations
from Bret L. Simmons

From Bret's review: "I wish I had written this book. I believe strongly that leaders and companies that make social media only about marketing are missing a HUGE opportunity to to radically transform their entire value chain. But I am glad that Charlene wrote it, because through her diagnostic exercises, checklists, rich examples, and systematic approach to open leadership, any leader with an open mindset can follow her advice and get results."

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From Bret's review: "In this book, Nayar tells the story of how he transformed an already successful company, HCLT, into one of the fastest growing IT service partners in the world. The personal story Nayar shares is compelling, insightful, and at times funny and brutally honest. Have your highlighter handy when you read this because it is packed full of wisdom and quotable passages."

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Model the Way: Guest Post by Angie Chaplin

November 30, 2009 by Bret L. Simmons · Filed under: Leadership

Angie Chaplin, a certified facilitator for The Leadership Challenge, is back to discuss the first of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership – Model the Way.

Angie discusses that in order to model the way as a leader, you need to have personal credibility. To have personal credibility, you must DWYSYWD – Do What You Say You Will Do. Angie gives a great example of this in the video.

But you also need to have leadership credibility, and to get that you must DWWSWWD – Do What We Say We Will Do. As I have discussed before, in my mind leadership credibility means integrity.

Please take the time to watch Angie’s video and leave her a comment here! And stay tuned, Angie will be back sometime soon to discuss the next practice of exemplary leadership, inspiring a shared vision.

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Guest Post by Angie Chaplin

Leadership Credibility