NEXT SUMMIT
ANNOUNCEMENTS &
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
7/7/08 NEXT SUMMIT secures U.S. trademark protection for our public speaking offerings ("The LAST Word on Change") and the commercial branding of our transformation diagnostic ("THE Leading Indicator of Change Management Success"). Look for our "Last Word" book in 2009! See related content at our sister websites:
www.lastwordonchange.com
www.changemanagementmetrics.com
10/11/07 NEW TOOLS! New change management effectiveness measurement tool (TWXi, copyright 2007) at Human Resource Executive Technology Conference, Navy Pier, Chicago. See NEXT SUMMIT for more detail about how to take advantage of our copyrighted set of leading indicators of change management success.
11/20/06 NEXT SUMMIT revolutionizes change management consulting, creating the TWXi - THE Leading Indicator of Change Management Success (copyright, 2007). This tool and the stakeholder and measurement discipline it delivers is used to help in-tact teams bring change and execution excellence together. To access a FREE on-line diagnostic, the (TWXi) -- click HERE.
10/14/04 NEXT SUMMIT hosts Chicago event:"Growing Your Business with a Competitive Talent Brand" and distributes white paper authored by founder Todd A. VanNest, Ph.D. (click on CONTACT NEXT SUMMIT to request a copy).
OF LEADERSHIP COURAGE
Our new study is focused on creating more clear understanding and actionable guidance around the oft-cited, but misinterpreted nature of LEADERSHIP COURAGE. More than boldness of vision, adventuresome risk-taking, or creating a commanding presence, courage is more clearly understood as an extraordinary response based on one's most deeply held convictions.
Some very popular leaders, including John F. Kennedy and John McCain have written on the topic. However, President Kennedy best illustrated a courageous human spirit and Senator McCain best illustrated an intense application of courage through battlefield valor (extraordinary human response under conditions threatening one's own mortality).
Similar to the interview-based approach deployed in Jim Colllin's "Good to Great," we are interviewing CEOs and company/ division Presidents to identify the nature of courage, the conditions under which it is expressed, and how it may develop.
If you know a successful, growth-oriented CEO or President who we may include in our study, please contact us immediately. We look forward to completing our study and sharing pre-publication findings with our clients and visitors to this website.
Thank you.
Todd A. VanNest, Ph.D.
Founder & President
NEXT SUMMIT
Click HERE to nominate a CEO or
Division President for participation
in our groundbreaking study of
LEADERSHIP COURAGE