Seeking Info - Leadership Training And About Video,book Leadership Training ?

Q: seeking info - leadership training and about video,book leadership training ? I have a group of managers who want to learn to a) stop micro-managing b) improve and encourage communicaitions c) do what they say they will do d) encourage risk-taking e) involve employees in decision-making and f) learn to listen. Can you advise me on training options?

A:-may I suggest the following product, it sounds like the right focus for your clients: "Inspirational Management" (6 audio cassettes by Everett T. Suters) Truly effective management means trusting people, allowing them to do their job and inspiring them to attain higher levels of success. It doesn't mean rolling up your shirt sleeves and helping them do their work. Yet that approach to business leadership is a highly unnatural act. everett T. Suters, author of dozens of books and articles on management, has over 30 years of experience as CEO of companies he either built or acquired. In "Inspirational Management", he says that a manager's job is to think, plan, inspire and empower others. He reveals how many businesses are being "micro-managed" into the ground. Most importantly, he teaches you a powerful truth expressed by the ancient philosopher Lao-Tse: 'when the great leader's job is done, his people say, "We did it ourselves"'. Product Retail is only $59.95 U.S. and is available at 20% off with a Preferred Pricing Membership ($25 annual fee). We can supply you with over 300 Personal/Business devpt. products, please email with postal address for more details -An affordable way to approach this opportunity would be to purchase the book "Flight of the Buffalo", co-authored by James Belasco. I know, the title sounds funny, but the book deals with how to make people responsible and accountable. It shows you how to begin giving up the role of leadership and passing the responsibility to more people in the organization. The title of the book comes from the analagy of a herd of buffaloes compared to a gaggle of geese. Remember in the cowboy and indian days, the cowboys would ride over the ridge and find a herd of buffalo? All they had to do was shoot the head buffalo and the rest of the herd would just stand around not knowing what to do...needless to say, they all got slaughtered. Compare this with a gaggle of geese.

They fly in a "V" formation (which allows them to fly 60% farther than if they flew by themselves) constantly switching off the lead position. They all know where they are going. If one should get sick and need to land, two other geese will land with it to protect it. While in flight the geese behind the lead goose are continually honking praise to keep him going. At any rate, the book is very readable and enjoyable. It has a lot of info that can be applied very easy. I think it is a must for all managers and employees alike to read. -There is also a "Flight of the Buffalo" video (they showed it where I worked) but I don't know the source. Anyone out there?