Technical Leadership Development

in 5 Minutes a Week,

for Less Than You Spend at Starbucks™.

(Yes, Seriously).

Dear Technical Professional,

Your leadership skills can make or break your career.  No matter how smart you are, no matter how technically savvy you may be, if you can’t lead other people, your career is going to stall out (even if you have no desire to be a manager). 

But getting around to leadership training is tough.  I’ve heard all the concerns.

• I’m too busy
• It’s too expensive, my boss won’t pay for it
• I went to a session once, but there was no follow up, and nothing changed
• Generic leadership training doesn’t really apply to me.  Leading Geeks is different.
• I hate that touchy-feely c#$p.

If you’ve ever felt this way, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the Leadership Advantage Program.  It’s designed to help you develop the leadership skills you need while fitting neatly into the constraints that most IT professionals deal with every day.

What is the Leadership Advantage Program?

At the core of the program is the weekly 5 minute streaming, on-demand webinar.  Every week, you will receive an email from me with a link to a 5 minute streaming presentation that can be watched at your desk, at your convenience.  Each session will explore a single facet of technical leadership. 

It doesn’t sound like much but at the end of a year, you will have been exposed to 52 management ideas.  It’s about the equivalent of two days of training spread out over the year, but you never have to leave the office, and it costs less than 10% of the typical two day program.

I don’t know anyone who can’t spare 5 minutes a week to invest in professional development.  If you think that you can’t, I’d suggest you’ve probably got some issues with priority setting. 

There’s a lot more to the program that you can read about below, but I’ll try to answer a few other key questions first.

Can you really learn about leadership this way?

Yes, absolutely. 

I think that you’ll find this a much more effective way to learn and grow than to go to a single training session.  When you attend a multi-day session, you can only absorb so much information and then you go back to the office…and Poof! It’s gone. 

Think I’m wrong?  Just try to remember what was covered in the last training course you attended.  I’ll bet that within a week you probably couldn’t recall more than a few tidbits. 

People absorb small chunks of information presented over time more effectively than one long program.  The best learning resembles a drum beat more than an explosion.

The key to making this sort of ongoing learning effective is having a coherent framework in which to fit the chunks of information.  With a single map, each piece of information fills in a part of the puzzle rather than just being dislocated and fragmentary.

And the Leadership Advantage Program is built around just such an overarching model, one developed by McGill University’s Henry Mintzberg, one of the most respected management theorists and writers active today.  So not only you get immediately applicable tips on management and leadership, you'll get a comprehensive framework with which to make sense of both the ideas presented in the program and real-life experience.

Is this the best way to learn about leadership?

Honestly, no.  It’s not. 

For $5,000 - $10,000 you can go to a fantastic event or even a longer term program.  But for the time and money, I doubt you can find a better option than the Leadership Advantage Program. 

If you want the gold-standard for leadership development, check out the Center for Creative Leadership’s week-long programs for generic leadership training or my intense, six-month-long Developing Technical Leaders program for a more industry specific approach. 

Who should participate in the Leadership Advantage Program?

The program is designed for:

• Practicing managers – Directors, team leaders, project managers currently managing staff
• Aspiring managers – up-and-comers with the potential to enter formal management roles
• Technical gurus - professionals who do not aspire to management positions, but need to offer purely technical leadership
• Business analysts and Client relationship managers – people who must influence both technical and business people
• CIOs and other technical executives – even if they have heard some of this information before, it’s good to be reminded of things they may have forgotten

Why would I listen to this guy?

For one, literally hundreds of thousands of technical professionals already do. 

Even if my name isn’t familiar to you, my work may be.  I am management columnist for Computerworld and author of the multiple-award-winning book “Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology.”  My writings have been translated into almost a dozen languages and appear regularly in publications on five continents.

As a consultant and speaker, my clients have included organizations such as Intuit, Microsoft, SAS, Pacificare, Monster.com, Mayo Clinic, Cornell University, Boeing/Aviall, Gartner Group, American Red Cross, Kinkos, PIMCO State Street Bank, UCLA, Western Michigan University, Computerworld, Forbes, State of California, State of North Dakota, Hospira, Avanade, and many, many more.

So what do I get in addition to the weekly webinars?

In addition to the weekly webinars, the program includes the following bonuses:

Bonus #1. Overview webinar.  When you join the program, the first webinar you receive will be an overview of the managerial competency model underlying the Leadership Advantage Program.  That will prepare you to make sense of not only the program sessions, but of all management ideas that you read and hear.

Bonus #2.  Archive access.  Program members will be able to access previous weekly webinars through a member’s portion of the GeekLeaders.com web site.  So if you want to go back and review a topic, it’s always there.

Bonus #3. Transcripts and slides.  Every weekly webinar comes with links to pdf files containing copies of the slides and a complete transcript of the webinar.  This allows people who learn differently to rely on their preferred approach.

Bonus #4.  Consulting call-in days.  Four times a year, I will be available by phone for personal consultations on your questions and issues.  You’ll be surprised how much ground we can cover in a ten or 15 minute conversation. (Sign up will be on a first come, first served basis.)  My consulting clients pay many thousands of dollars a day for my advice, but if you join Leadership Advantage, you can get some personal attention in addition to the on-line access.

 
Bonus #5.  Free gift with other services.  Program members who buy other services from me (keynote speaking, training or consulting) will receive a free month-long Leadership Advantage membership for up to 10,000 people to give away to friends and colleagues.

How some free samples?

OK. Click Here to Check Out the Free Samples

How about a money back guarantee?

OK, OK.  I give and I give.  If during the first month, you decide that you are unsatisfied with the program for any reason, I'll give you your money back.  It's that simple.

So What Does Leadership Advantage cost?

Introductory pricing is just $19.87 per month for individual members. 

(Groups can join at a substantially discounted rate.  Click here to learn more.)

(Not-for-profit associations can offer Leadership Advantage webinars as a member benefit for a ridiculously discounted rate.  Click here to learn more.)

Sign Up Now

If you’re ready to sign up, please click here to go to the registration form.

If you’re not ready to sign up, I don’t know what more to tell you.  You can try out the program free for a month to see if it’s for you at absolutely no risk.  You can cancel at any time.

If you have questions about the program that I haven’t answered here, click here to contact me with the question.

I hope that you’ll decide to join us in the Leadership Advantage Program.

Best Wishes,

Paul Glen

P.S.  If you’re ready to invest 5 minutes a week and less than $20 per month in advancing your career and living up to your leadership potential, click here.

P.P.S.  Just as a reminder, here are all the things you get:

1. Weekly Leadership Webinar
2. Overview Webinar explaining the managerial model underlying the program
3. Archive Access to all previous webinars
4. Transcripts and slides for all the webinars
5. Consulting Call-In Days – Free personal attention from Paul Glen four times a year.
6. Free month-long gift subscription for up to 10,000 people with other service purchase
7. Money Back Guarante

All for $19.87 per month (reduced rates for groups or not-for-profit associations).

Click here to sign up now.