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www.Linkageinc.com. This issue contains:
1. An interview with Gary Hamel, co-author of "Alliance Advantage: The Art
of Creating Value Through Partnerships".
2. The third and last installment of "The Courage to Change", compiled by
the Linkage Strategic Consulting Group.
3. "Leadership Competency Development - Competitive Advantage for the
Future", an article by Richard Mirabile, Ph.D.
4. Excerpts of the Colgate-Palmolive Case Study from "Best Practices in
Leadership Development", the soon to be published Linkage book featuring
over 20 leadership development case studies from some of America's top
companies.
5. Linkage reviews "Alliance Advantage: The Art of Creating Value Through
Partnerships" by Stephen Covey and Yves L. Doz.
6. Linkage announces the "Emerging Leader Program", featuring over seventy
world-class Thought Leaders.
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1. In our interview with Gary Hamel, co-author of "Alliance Advantage: The
Art of Creating Value Through Partnerships", Gary discusses his views on
"Leadership Through Conceptual Thinking" and how the proper mix for success
is a marriage of conceptual thinking and action. Read the interview at
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/hamel.htm.
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2. In the third (and last)installment of "The Courage to Change", we
approach the idea of how to make change happen by using the organization to
connect the vision of a company to its marketplaces and customers. Go to
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/change3.htm to read excepts and
download the fifth & sixth chapters.
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3. Linkage presents a seven-step process suggested for identifying
leadership requirements, assessing leadership talent, developing leadership
competence and creating a core business process that reinforces the on-going
requirements of leadership development. Originally published in Management
Development Forum, Volume 1, No. 2, 1998, read "Leadership Competency
Development: Competitive Advantage for the Future" by Richard Mirabile,
Ph.D. at
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/mirabile.htm.
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4. Read this week's excerpts of the Colgate-Palmolive case study from "Best
Practices in Leadership Development", a new Linkage book featuring over 20
leadership development case studies from some of America's top companies. Go
to
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/bpld-colgate.htm.
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5. Linkage reviews "Alliance Advantage: The Art of Creating Value Through
Partnerships" by Stephen Covey and Yves L. Doz. Go to
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/books.htm to read a review of this
book that explains why corporations have concluded that they can gain
greater market share by pooling skills, strengths and money.
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6. Linkage announces the "Emerging Leader Program", the only
transformational development experience in the world that combines insights
from over 70 CEOs, leaders, and thought leaders at
http://www.linkageinc.com/newsletter5/elp.htm.
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7. Please take a few moments to complete the "Best Practices in Succession
Planning" survey. We appreciate your input and respondents will receive a
free copy of the Executive Summary Results and a $100 discount on the
registration price of the 4th Annual Leadership Development Conference, June
13-16, 1999 in San Francisco, CA. Go to
http://www.linkageinc.com/surveys/successionsurvey.htm to complete this
survey.
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What's happening at Linkage? Visit
http://www.linkageinc.com/calendar/ for a
complete listing of our Conferences and Workshops.
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Stephanie Levin
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