Steps To Significance - Leadership Skills that Make a Difference
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March 12, 2012
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Developing Leadership Skills that Make a Difference
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USE THIS 12-STEP LEADERSHIP FORMULA TO CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORM YOUR
PEERS
_NO MATTER HOW EDUCATED, EXPERIENCED OR INTELLIGENT THEY HAPPEN TO
BE._
How is this possible? THE POWER IS IN THE FORMULA. (I'll explain more
in a moment.)
Just consider this small list of everyday leadership tasks. Whether
you realize it or not, YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS -- the degree to which your
BOSS IS IMPRESSED, the likelihood you will receive the NEXT PROMOTION,
the amount of RESPECT YOUR TEAM will have for you -- is dependent on
both the quality and the outcome of any of these sorts of tasks you
are called upon to deliver.
3-year roadmaps
Team goal-setting
Hiring and training
Professional development
Customer service
Strategic planning
Process definition
Delivering projects on time Estimating accurately
Increasing profitability
Reducing costs
Increasing output
Increasing speed to market
Outsourcing
Performance reporting
Delegation and follow-up Making meetings effective
Tracking work progress
Handling difficult people
Keeping in contact
Driving to an outcome
Managing expectations
Personal objective setting
Self-promotion
When you follow the formula, it's EASY TO DELIVER while guiding your
team to become HIGHLY EFFECTIVE -- and that is the hallmark of an
OUTSTANDING LEADER.
SO, WHAT IS THIS "MAGIC FORMULA" THAT DELIVERS SUCH INSPIRING RESULTS?
To understand the formula, you need to first realize that there are 4
PILLARS OF LEADERSHIP that are closely related to one another. They
cannot truly be separated, even though 99% of would-be leaders fail to
realize this and then WONDER WHY THEIR CAREERS HAVE STALLED.
This is unfortunate for them, but a FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
You are about to learn the secret -- the power of having all 4 pillars
working together.
Consider this:
It's pretty hard to argue with this. To execute an effective Plan
requires certain Abilities on the team. Once those abilities are
present, the team can create the Value required to deliver Excellence
as a result.
Seems pretty obvious, right? Right. But there's a LOT MORE DETAIL
lurking just beneath the surface. For instance:
* HOW DO YOU CREATE AN EFFECTIVE PLAN? One that is motivating and
specific? One that is achievable? One that everyone can get behind and
support?
* And specifically WHAT ABILITIES DO YOU DEVELOP? Which ones really
matter? Should you hire them? Rent them? Or train the team?
* And HOW DO YOU CREATE VALUE CONSISTENTLY? What process do you
follow? What if you haven't done this particular thing before?
* And isn't "excellence" a high bar to set? HOW DO YOU REACH
EXCELLENCE? What if your customers don't like your product or service?
What if your leadership doesn't like it? How do you engineer success?
And what if the goalposts move? (Like that never happens)
Truly, the devil is in the details. So, let's look at a few details.
There are a few secrets to creating an effective plan. FIRST, IT
NEEDS FOCUS. The more laser-like the focus, the greater the likelihood
of success. Second, the Implementation plan NEEDS TO BE ACHIEVABLE.
There are a number of ways to accomplish this, but the step-by-step
blueprint is a key element to have. Third, the TIMING HAS TO MAKE
SENSE. Some deadlines are immovable, but critical decisions will be
driven by the deadlines you set up. Taken together, THESE 3 STEPS WILL
PRODUCE A TIGHT, ACTIONABLE PLAN.
Now, once the plan is prepared, does it sit on a shelf and gather
dust? It had better not! The Implementation portion of the plan needs
to inform the next pillar of Ability Development. The abilities your
team needs to develop derives from an AWARENESS OF WHAT IS NEEDED -
either for the business or for the project in particular. By examining
various Reference models, you determine which abilities give you a
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE and should be trained or hired onto the team,
and which can be outsourced or rented more easily. This leads to a
development program in which your team MASTERS THE ABILITIES THAT
REALLY MATTER.
Now that the Plan is in place and the Abilities exist on the team, it
comes time to create the Value. Do you simply adopt the process you've
always used in the past and hope that it works? What if it doesn't?
What if you've never done this particular thing before? The first step
is to FIND A MODEL OF A PROCESS THAT DOES ACHIEVE RESULTS. Looking
outside your industry is often a great source of inspiration. Once you
find and "REVERSE-ENGINEER" THE PROCESS (there are various ways to do
this), you need to Adjust it to suit your specific needs. The
Implementation portion of your Plan will inform how this has to
happen.
That done, it becomes a matter of documenting and executing
("PROGRAMMING") YOUR PROCESS, STEP BY STEP. Why is this important?
Because when things work well, you know exactly how you did them, and
you can do them again. And when things work poorly, you know exactly
what to correct so you never repeat the mistakes. Effective process
and "best practices" are YOUR KEYS TO CONSISTENT STRONG PERFORMANCE.
Finally, it's time to deliver Excellence. Yes, excellence. You
already know that your Process will deliver consistent Results. The
key now is to ASSESS HOW GOOD THOSE RESULTS REALLY ARE. There are many
ways to extract feedback from customers and key stakeholders to reveal
the Successes and the Opportunities for improvement within your
process.
The Successes should be examined so that you ensure whatever steps
brought about the success, are firmly BAKED INTO YOUR PROCESS and
happen repeatedly and automatically. The shortcomings
("Opportunities") should be examined to ensure that the process is
adapted to AVOID THE PROBLEMS IN FUTURE. But further, there are
various forms of innovative thinking that can lead to incremental,
substantial and in some cases REVOLUTIONARY IMPROVEMENTS which can
affect not only the process but the implementation of the overall
plan.
THIS IS THE KEY TO EXCELLENCE: CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION OF RESULTS,
LEADING TO
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESS THAT GENERATES THOSE RESULTS.
When you master this powerful formula, you prepare yourself for
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER -- from where you are now
(wherever that happens to be) to where you assume LEADERSHIP ROLES in
whatever size organization you choose -- from a Fortune 500 company to
CEO of your own business, and everything in between.
SO, HOW DO YOU ACCESS THIS POWERFUL FORMULA?
After decades in leadership positions, we've realized that the key to
PRODUCING CONSISTENT RESULTS, QUICKLY AND EASILY, is having a set of
Templates, Tools and Action Plans that lay out exactly what to do,
when to do it, how to do it -- and then lead you through actually
doing it.
Out of necessity, we have created ACTION PLANS AND TOOLS for every
single one of the steps in each of the pillars we talked about
earlier. We use these tools daily to make running our organizations
and businesses EASY AND REWARDING. Now you can too.
We have packaged each one of these into the Steps to Significance
program, so that YOU CAN ACHIEVE FAST RESULTS in each key area:
PLANNING WITH PURPOSE
STEPS 1-3 ARE ALL ABOUT PLANNING WITH PURPOSE. They give you the
tools and the vital shortcuts to create a laser-like focus for you and
your team, create a step-by-step achievable plan, and deliver on a
highly-efficient schedule that makes sense.
DEVELOPING ABILITY
STEPS 4-6 ARE ALL ABOUT DEVELOPING ABILITY. They give you the tools
and techniques to assess your team’s existing strengths and
determine the needs of your projects or opportunities. They then lead
you to develop a training or team development plan, and master the key
skills you need to maintain a competitive advantage.
CREATING VALUE
STEPS 7-9 ARE ALL ABOUT CREATING VALUE. They give you the strategies
and tools to find and model successful processes, adapt them to your
specific needs, then execute and tune them to produce consistent
positive results.
DELIVERING EXCELLENCE
STEPS 10-12 ARE ALL ABOUT DELIVERING EXCELLENCE. They give you the
tools and shortcuts to engage with your customers, determine how well
you are doing, then map out strategies to reinforce the positives and
innovate and improve on the opportunities so you continually improve
in an upward spiral of excellence.
HOW IS THE STEPS TO SIGNIFICANCE PROGRAM DELIVERED?
Steps to Significance is a 12-part program, delivered 1 part per week
for 12 weeks. In a way, IT'S LIKE AN MBA COURSE, only a little bit
different. Unlike most business degree courses where there is a
substantial amount of theory and little, if any, actionable material
-- STEPS TO SIGNIFICANCE IS ALL ABOUT RESULTS.
Each step in the program includes a concise explanation, accompanied
by 1 or more Action Plans and spreadsheet-based Tools (pictured above)
to make the implementation of each step EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND EASY TO
EXECUTE. In some cases, you'll even have your team use these tools so
they can present the results to you in just the format you require.
Best of all, this WON'T OVERLOAD YOU with dozens of new tools all at
once. You'll receive access to the Action Plans and Tools in the right
order, each week throughout the program. You can then DOWNLOAD THEM
AND USE THEM in your organization or business right away -- or just
wait until the end and tackle it all at once. Either way, it's your
choice.
WHAT IS THIS AMAZING LEADERSHIP FORMULA WORTH?
According to MBAprograms.org, the average cost of a 2-year MBA
program is $80,000. At an average of 17 courses per program, the cost
per course is JUST OVER $4700. Frankly, judging by the MBA programs
I've examined, there is FAR MORE ACTIONABLE MATERIAL AND TOOLS in the
Steps to Significance program than in any course in an entire MBA. So,
it's probably pretty reasonable to use this per-course price as a
benchmark for Steps to Significance.
However, if you're an individual aspiring leader - especially early
in your career - $4700 is probably a bit much. Worth it, for sure -
especially considering the COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IT GIVES YOU over all
your peers (your next promotion alone will pay for this several times
over) - but nevertheless expensive.
So we looked for ways to lower the price tag. If we sold each of
these action plan and tool sets individually, we'd sell them for at
least $97 apiece. All 12 of them together WOULD TOTAL $1164.
Definitely a lower price tag - and when you consider the RESPECT YOUR
BOSS and your team will develop for your ability to lead -- and how
HAPPY YOUR SPOUSE or "significant other" will be when you're able to
ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS AND STILL MAKE IT HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER - it
seems a small price to pay.
Rounding down a bit, we get to $997.
DOES $997 SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE PRICE FOR THE VALUE YOU RECEIVE?
Well, before you decide, just hold on a moment. We're not quite done.
There are another 8 KEY AREAS you need to know about. They don't quite
fit into any one of the 4 pillars of the Steps to Significance
program, but they're POWERFUL SKILLS that transcend all of the
pillars. I'm referring to:
ASSERTIVENESS - how to handle difficult people without losing face
and without losing the respect of your team.
Sometimes they're employees, sometimes they're co-workers, sometimes
they're your boss. Knowing these tricks of the trade is vital to your
success.
DELEGATION - you can't do everything. Your success and the success
of your team and your entire organization relies on your ability to
use your people effectively.
When you do this well, you shine. Your people grow and prosper and
this shows in the results you achieve.
CONTACTS - knowing the right people is vital to your success.
However many of the people who can help you in the future, you've
already met. The question is, do you keep in touch?
Using these powerful techniques, you can build and exercise a Contact
Database that will propel your career forward.
EXPECTATIONS - managing people and their performance starts with
getting crystal clear about your expectations.
This set of tools helps you lay out clearly what you expect, how you
expect to see results, and how to improve performance to meet your
expectations.
SATISFACTION - this is largely about your personal goals for your
work life as well as your personal life, and all the categories that
make them up.
Use this set of tools to get clear about what your perfect day looks
like, and how you can make steady progress toward it.
_ MEETINGS - these are often reviled as a massive waste of time --
and sometimes they are. However your_ meetings can be respected as
useful, focused and productive.
Use this set of tools to plan your meetings, prepare agendas, capture
key actions and follow up to achieve results.
DRIVING - this is about taking ownership for an outcome. Leaders are
respected when they take responsibility and put their name on the
line.
Use this set of tools to garner respect and achieve results
consistently with everything you undertake.
SELF-PROMOTION - this is where you make sure that you receive
well-deserved recognition for the fantastic work that you do, and that
your team delivers.
Use these tools to position yourself as a problem-solver who deserves
to be rewarded for the results you deliver.
YOU WILL BECOME A LEADERSHIP POWERHOUSE
IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNAVOIDABLE. With mastery not only of the Steps to
Significance pillars, but of these 8 key leadership skills that
transcend all of the pillars, YOU WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE. In the
competition for key leadership positions and promotions, your success
is all but assured.
So what is this program worth now?
Well, we left off at $997 before we introduced those 8 additional
sets of action plans and tools. At the price tag of $97 each, that
moves the TOTAL VALUE UP TO $1773. Once again, the price of $997 is
looking more and more reasonable.
But again, we're not done. Well, not quite.
I really do like the $997 price tag for two key reasons. First, as
we've already discussed, it's a relatively small price to pay for the
TREMENDOUS VALUE IT WILL BRING YOUR CAREER. But second - and perhaps
even more importantly - it's a large enough number to keep anyone
who's not serious about becoming a successful leader out of the
running. Nobody's going to spend $997 and not truly apply the tools
and action plans contained in the package. This is good news for you,
because it would AUTOMATICALLY "FORCE" YOU TO USE THESE TOOLS AND
SUCCEED! (We can all use a kick in the pants now and then!)
BUT WE'LL SLASH THE PRICE BY 75% ONE LAST TIME
Like I said, we're not quite done. The skills you'll gain and the
tools you'll receive in the Steps to Significance program are TOO
VALUABLE to let slip out of your grasp. As a result, we've taken steps
to MAKE THIS AFFORDABLE to you no matter what your current level of
income.
For the next short while, we'll offer all 20 parts of this program,
with the action plans and tools for each step DELIVERED ON A WEEKLY
BASIS. In order to make this super-easy for you to get started, we're
going to give you the FIRST 2 WEEKS FOR ONLY
$4.95
Yes, you read that right. It's basically as close to a "FREE TRIAL"
as we could get. For US $4.95 you get to test-drive the first 2 weeks
of this 20-week program. If you decide you like it, you don't have to
do a thing. You can continue on and you will be charged the INCREDIBLY
LOW PRICE OF ONLY US $47 EACH MONTH FOR 4 MONTHS. That's it. Then
you're done!
The Action Plans and spreadsheet-based Tools are YOURS TO KEEP
FOREVER.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE PROGRAM?
As soon as you click the links (here, or at the bottom of this page),
you will see the SECURE CLICKBANK PAGE where you enter your payment
information. As soon as the payment has been processed, you will be
able to create a USER NAME AND PASSWORD to access the membership site.
You will have INSTANT ACCESS TO WEEK 1S ACTION PLANS AND SPREADSHEET
TOOLS. The Action Plans are delivered in PDF FORMAT (we'll provide a
link for you to download the free Adobe Reader needed to read or print
the documents). The Spreadsheet Tools are delivered in XLS FORMAT (you
can either use Microsoft Excel (if you happen to already own it) or
else the free OpenOffice spreadsheet program -- and we'll provide a
link to download that as well).
Thereafter, EACH WEEK YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE ACCESS to the
next week's Action Plans and Spreadsheet Tools. All you need to do is
LOG ON WITH YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD, and it'll be right there
waiting for you. And don't worry if you miss a week -- all the
materials from all previous weeks will be right there waiting for you
whenever you're ready to use them.
60-DAY 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE AND YOU CAN CANCEL ANY TIME
Oh, and by the way, you take NO RISK WHATSOEVER with this. In
addition to trying out the first 2 weeks for only $4.95, you can
CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION at any point in the 20-week period and
request a FULL REFUND of any fees you have paid in the preceding 60
days.
But needless to say, we don't think you'll want to do that. The value
of the Steps to Significance program is simply too high and the
SUCCESS OF YOUR CAREER is simply too important. However, the choice is
yours -- you're in the driver's seat.
THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
If you are a leader at any level in any organization -- and aspire to
RISE IN THE RANKS or one day run your own business -- YOU NEED THESE
SKILLS AND TOOLS.
CLICK NOW TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER AND SUCCEED AS A LEADER IN
YOUR ORGANIZATION
WARNING: There is every likelihood that we will change the format of
this offer in the near future, as our marketing department has us work
with different formats and [usually] much higher prices. THIS IS THE
LOWEST PRICE WE HAVE EVER OFFERED FOR THIS PRODUCT. and take your
career as a leader to new heights!
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