Books and DVDs
by Judith E. Glaser
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| Executive Excellence
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Executive Excellence Publishing is a leading source of knowledge on Leadership Excellence, Personal Excellence and Sales & Service Excellence.
Click on the links below for a sampling of articles published in their magazine
Leadership Excellence
Vital Conversations Article
Vital Instincts Article
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| Interviews
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| Creating WE Institute |
The Creating WE Institute is a group of international critical thinkers who are partnering with clients, and practitioners in developing and disseminating Programs, Toolkits, Workshops, and Train-the-Trainer Certifications that will result in shaping the DNA of organizations to foster the highest level of growth and collaboration possible. 
Creating WE Institute Updates
Harvard University - We will be addressing the Harvard University Faculty on 21st Century Leadership, Creating WE and The DNA of Leadership.
Temple University is interested in working with with our Creating WE Institute Faculty on developing courseware through the Fox Business School.
Union College in Albany, NY is also interested in working with with our Creating WE Institute Faculty to sponsor a Creating WE Conference.
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InfoTool is the first of its kind to give leaders a laser like insight into the DNA of their culture and identify the factors to enhance opportunities for success. Read Insights the InfoTool Newsletter
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Success Television is a media company focused on bringing you stories and videos to help you navigate toward your best life.
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Greetings!
Welcome to our newsletter - The DNA of Leadership.
Every month, we will be bringing you new ideas to think about, new
practices to experiment with, and new thoughts on topics such as changing organizational culture, creative team development and leadership assessment and development to inspire you. |
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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New York Women's Forum
Second Colloquium
 We have been invited to participate as part of a panel
of thought leaders in science, business, education and the media at the
New York Women's Forum Second Colloquium: Visions for the Future:
What Will It Mean to Be Human?
Date: September 11, 2008
Time: 3:30 - 6:30 pm - Panel Discussions
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Reception
Place: The Graduate Center/CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
Proshansky Auditorium, Concourse Level
RSVP: Rita B. Crotty, Executive Director
Click here for additional details and to register.
Alternatively, copy the address below and paste in your browser:
http://www.wfnewyork.org/
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The Future of Business & Strategy Summit
 Developing the capacity as a leader to anticipate future trends and manage change is the key skill to your survival in business.
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Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Place: Asia Society 725 Park Avenue
(at 70th Street )
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-546-4625
Early Registration Fee: $749
After September 16th: $849
Click here for additional details and to register.
Enter code "Glaser" at registration
to receive a 10% discount!
Alternatively, copy the address below and paste in your browser:
http://www.liminalgroup.com/rose/index.php?dc=
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We are human beings - we need to grow and develop throughout our lifetime to reach our potential. Each of us has a unique set of DNA that unfolds through our interactions with others to shape our destiny.
 When we join an organization we believe we have been chosen among other candidates because we are "the best fit for the job." And when we join, we create expectations and personal visions of success that we bring to work everyday. Through these beliefs we interact with our colleagues, customers, bosses and friends as we seek to fulfill our dreams and aspirations. We seek recognition and satisfaction at work.
When we achieve our goals and aspirations, we feel good - even great at work. When our goals and aspirations are not met, we can become disenchanted. We live between highs and lows - winning and loosing - feeling valued and undervalued. Sometimes sure, and other times not sure we are the right track for success.
When we join a company, join a team, participate on a project, or accept a new assignment, it is usually because we want to make a contribution. Human beings actually desire to be a part of creating something bigger than they can create alone. It's an instinct, a Vital Instinct.
When our expectations have not been met, some people simply move on, while others remain, sometimes feeling stuck, blocked, frustrated or even angry. Those who have the courage to leave get a chance to begin again; for those who stay, life at work can be a devastating experience. As my colleague Barbara Annis says, "Many people quit and stay."
Those who quit and stay, bring less spirit and commitment to work. Others launch into an inner dialogue of self-destructive beliefs that ultimately lead back to, "the problem must be you, not me." Others lose themselves in less productive pursuits-gossiping, beating up on people, telling tales, or bringing personal stuff to work.
Mirror Images
We uncovered a pattern we call Mirror Images. There are seven primary need-drivers that make people feel great about work - and in fact - feel great anywhere. When these drivers are satisfied in a new job, we are fully satisfied at work. These needs are not always conscious like a ready check list, yet they are encoded into our DNA as something that we seek out when making our career and job choices.
Needs for:
- Being Included
- Being Appreciated
- Being Successful
- Bring Trusted
- Being Smart
- Being Powerful
- Being with Purpose
These seven needs explain why we take a job and also explain why we leave. They explain what gives us satisfaction, why we feel we want to contribute. When they are met we feel we are achieving our goals and ambitions, contributing creatively, playing a leadership role, and finding work purposeful and meaningful. When these needs are not met, we feel we are missing something important - our reason for being - and our ability to feel good at work dramatically diminishes.
Heroes and Heroines
 While we are reaching for the stars, innovating and pioneering, we may, without awareness, step on people's toes, exclude those who need including, and limit the possibility for the advancement and growth of others without fully realizing we are doing so. We become territorial without realizing it and cause each other to mover into "I-centric" protective behavior. We are human beings and when threat to our ego occurs we move to protect ourselves from harm.
In relationships, when we believe we're being taken advantage of, we fight back. So the challenge to every leader is to understand what human nature is all about, and how to create environments that reduce threat and alienation, and provide the context for collaboration, sharing and support. These nutrients feed the human brain's evolution from I to WE, and enable us to co-create with others realizing our most awesome potential.
Try This: Become mindful of what triggers you and others at work. Ask yourself these questions everyday:
- What causes us to feel stressful work?
- What causes us to feel conflict with others?
- What challenges are we facing and how are we dealing with them - alone, or with others?
- What causes us to become emotional, reactive, angry, aggressive or desiring retreat?
- And how can we transform our breakdowns into break throughs?
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Business Week - The DNA of Leadership
Click here to view our recent interview on Business Week TV discussing the DNA of Leadership and how the old rules for thriving as a leader no longer apply.
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Creating WE Institute - Leadership Excellence
To Our Dedicated Readers:
We are grateful for your continued interest in reading our monthly
newsletters, and if you find the articles valuable you will pass them
along to others. As a special THANK YOU, please download a digital copy of July's issue of Leadership Excellence Magazine which contains valuable articles on 21st Century Innovation, Your Personal Brand, and Appreciative Leadership. (2008 marks my 4th year as a contributing editor).
Please click here to download your copy.
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Getting to the next level of greatness depends on the quality of the culture, which depends on the quality of relationships, which depend on the quality of conversations.
Everything happens through conversation!
Judith E. Glaser
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