Management consultant, motivational speaker, and best selling business book author Ed Oakley, who is the co-author of the new bestseller Leadership Made Simple, shares ideas and techniques for simplifying your greatest business management challenges, as my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success.
The show airs live on Thursday, February 15, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Ed Oakley discusses practical solutions to the many problems facting business owners and managers like you. From this interview, you will learn:
* The simple truth about leadership and how it differs from management
* How the answers to the challenges are already in the room
* Why asking the right questions is so important to finding solutions
* How and why the solutions can be made even more simple in their components
Ed Oakley (photo left) founded and is currently Chairman and CEO of Enlightened Leadership International, Inc. in 1987. It's a multi-million dollar education and training firm dedicated to "transforming organizations through people."
After a Master of Science degree from Stanford University and a stint on the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, Ed changed the direction of his career by joining Hewlett-Packard's computer sales organization. This put him into the people business, and twelve years later he had successfully climbed into HP's executive ranks.
When he was first promoted to manager in the mid '70s, he began a quest to understand what it takes to bring out the best in people - what leadership is all about. That continuing quest provides the material for his presentations and writing.
Ed has also trekked the base camp at Mount Everest in Asia, and has ascended to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. Ed Oakley aims high in all aspect of his business and personal life.
My book review of Leadership Made Simple
Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.
Let's talk with Ed Oakley, and learn practical solutions to your greatest management challenges, that can boost your business to the next level, on Blog Business Success Radio.
