The Deliberate Life

Small Gifts for Leaders

If you're a student of the art of leadership -- for personal or professional development -- the Web is a great resource and rich in small gifts that can help you along in your journey.  Two new nuggets I want to share with you I ran across today.  First Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft offers a free e-book to all comers at her other blog, 2 Weeks 2 A Breakthrough.  The e-book, New Year's Resolutions for Leaders.  It's only nineteen pages, packed with good, solid information and advice and you can't beat the price.

And a second gem, Be Excellent, a blog focused on small businesses, by Skip Reardon of Six Disciplines Corporation.  I discovered this one in a Trackback at 2 Weeks 2 A Breakthrough.  You just never know when and where you're going to discover something new, interesting and worthwhile.

Personal Performance Coaching

Today's post marks the first month anniversary of The Deliberate Life.  I've invested a significant amount of time thus far in just establishing the "infrastructure" of my  blog -- the layout, RSS subscription feeds, directory listings, etc.  December will mark the real beginning of this blog in terms of content.  The Deliberate Life is published in conjunction with my coaching practice - New Destinations Personal Performance Coaching.  New Destinations provides focused personal and professional development services and coaching to people who want to take their business or career to a new level while achieving a fulfilling and balanced life.  I provide coaching services to individuals and small groups who are seeking to dramatically improve their personal, professional and financial effectiveness.  To achieve this I work with clients to enhance their "other critical business skills", those skills outside their particular career specialty.  These skills include leadership development, strategic planning, time management, change management, conflict resolution and career management.  As I develop this blog I will post articles and resources that address these critical skills.

Also, you will find resources or services that I personally use and recommend.  These are listed in the left-hand column.  I also include a short list of recommended books as well.  I have read each and highly recommend them to anyone interested in further developing their personal and professional skill.  I'll comment on these and other books in upcoming posts.

If you have an interest in or question about personal coaching services that I provide or just coaching in general, please don't hesitate to drop me a note.  You can find additional information at my website - New Destinations Personal Performance Coaching.  Welcome to The Deliberate Life.  I hope you will visit often and refer your friends and colleagues.

A White Dog Thought

A thought for the day from Judy Wicks, President and Founder of White Dog Enterprises:

"Everyone is always trying to find out, 'How can my business be different from someone else's?  How can my business be unusual?'  Well, don't look too far," Judy advises, "because the way your business can be usual is by having it reflect yourself.  Everybody is different, and if your business actually reflects you as an individual, it's going to be different.  My business is who I am"

From Mark Albion's Making a Life, Making a Living: Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life.