STRATEGY CENTRAL

In what I do with Lifetogether I’m always looking for ways to share ideas.  When I’m in person it means a whiteboard or flipchart.  When I’m on the phone…well it’s a little less than ideal.  We can do the WebEx thing…or we can send a powerpoint.  Now, we may be able to use skrbl.

I am constantly amazed at the new tools that pop up.  DAILY.  If you’re into that sort of thing, you need to bookmark Micro Persuasion.  If there’s one unifying topic over there it is the newest web 2.0 technologies and coolest things to share.  Skrbl  is "an easy to share online whiteboard".  In fact, if you’ve been along for the StrategyCentral ride, you’ll recognize this drawing.  With Skrbl, I can invite you to the session and draw it while we talk.  Cool.  Of course, it lets everyone in on my dorky drawing capability.  But it is cool to be able to share it!

Looking for some great ideas in leadership development?  Or maybe you’re ready to develop a marketing strategy?  churchrelevance.com points us to an interesting set of links to free online resources assembled by suite101 that are definitely worth checking out.  For example, take a look at this online course for Building and Leading Effective Teams.  There is some good stuff here.

I took a few minutes to check out the course on Strategic Planning and Execution.  Interesting stuff!  I can see how this could be used by teams within an organization to conduct regular training opportunities.  Just a few minutes into the course I had a thought that led to this post on asking the right questions.  This could be a helpful resource.

You can check out the current list of online courses right here.   

Not sure if you’ve stumbled across churchblast.com yet.  If you haven’t, you may want to bookmark it.  This is a pretty good one-stop-shop for resources.  In addition to their blog they’ve got a good collection of links regarding leadership, technology, marketing and design and news.  Check ‘em out.  And tell ‘em I sent you!

Do you know Marshall Goldsmith?  Not personally.  I mean, do you know his work?  Maybe you’ve read some of his stuff over at Fast Company in his role as the resident executive coach.  He’s good.  I like him.  Last week I stumbled across a newsletter that he puts out on a monthly basis (along with Patricia Wheeler).  It’s free!  And it looks great!  You can subscribe right here.

I also came across Marshall’s blog.  Looks like some great content.  And…to top it off, in a recent post he’s got the table of contents for The Leader of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era, which looks like a terrific collection of work from some of the best authors on leadership (including Drucker, Senge, Schein, Covey, etc.)  You can take a look at the table of contents right here.  Why not join me in reading it?  You can order it by clicking here.

If you haven’t discovered Tim Sanders yet…you probably need to check him out.  I loaded Love Is The Killer App onto my iPod a couple months ago and really loved it!  Great ideas that have definitely influenced the way I read, pass on ideas, etc.

Tim’s new to the blogosphere!  Whether you’re new to his work or old friends, you should check out Sanders Says.  Right out of the gate I like the idea in his post on dealing with obligations.  This is an idea that has a good feel to it.  Take a look at his post on dealing with obligations that are made of glass.

If you’re not a Fast Company subscriber you should be.  Brand Autopsy has a great sample of some of the coolest articles over the last 10 years in the collection they call Fast Company’s Collective Genius.  This is a GREAT list.  Some of them were new to me.  This article (and the accompanying manifesto) by Bruce Mau is really fabulous.  I love it!  It describes the soul of a great design studio better than anything else I’ve come across lately…and it is very transferable to what we do.