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Manage to Lead now available as interactive, digital content powered by the leading provider for higher education textbooks.

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MtL_Cover_optManage to Lead: Seven Truths to Help You Change the World is now available as an interactive digital workbook at inkling.com.

Click on the book cover icon to access its catalog entry on inkling.com.  Download the free chapter to try it out on any iPad, any iPhone, or on any Mac or PC using the Chrome browser.

Manage to Lead will soon also be available in print and as an e-book at Amazon.  Access from Android devices is slated for later in 2013

The interactive, digital workbook has:

  • Work problems,
  • Templates,
  • Animations,
  • Assessments,
  • Videos,
  • Graphics, and
  • Executive team exercises and meeting agendas.

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How CEOs and Investors can best work together for higher odds of better results sooner.

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The post below is based on Peter DiGiammarino’s remarks at the

2012 National Private Equity International Operating Partners Forum

October 18-19 in Sentry Center, New York Panel Discussion:

Panel Topic: A view from the portfolio company CEO on:

• Management autonomy and sponsor inclusion; striking the right balance
• Engaging with the General Partner over the life of the transaction

Remarks:

Beyond getting deals done and setting up financing, there are three things I count on from my investor:

  1. Governance – i.e., provide a consistent point of accountability for us to report on: what we said we would do, what we did, what happened, what we learned, and what we plan to do next; ask good questions to push up our thinking and give us your best advice.
  2. Focus – i.e., help us clarify whose problem we solve, how, and how well Continue reading →

How leaders of early stage organizations should think about Boards to improve their performance.

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The following blog post has been upgraded and incorporated into an enhanced interactive, digital workbook called Manage to Lead: Seven Truths to Help You Change the World. IntelliVen visitors are invited to click here to view the updated and improved content on Inkling.

Many CEOs and their leadership teams orchestrate meetings with their boards to:

  • Show how great they are and how well things are going
  • Avoid leaving the meeting with more to do than when it started

There is a lot more value that can be derived from working with the board but it takes a lot of work in building, cultivating, preparing for, and working with boards. Continue reading →