Update, as of Nov. 29: I believe many of the goodies associated
with the book release are still available.
Denning's book is a centerpiece of "Stories Reveal the Soul of Companies" by Barbara Rose.
Steve Denning's new book The Secret Language of Leadership:
How Leaders Inspire Action Through Narrative (Jossey-Bass)
was released on October 15, 2007. I'm one of the
folks offering bonus gifts for those who buy the book (see below).
Here’s what other leadership experts have said about the book:
Financial Times: “If business leaders do not immediately grasp the vital insights offered by this book, both they and their organizations are doomed.”-- Stefan Stern, Financial Times, August 29, 2007.Jim Kouzes: "I highly recommend you get it today and
read it tonight. Tomorrow will be an entirely different
kind of day if you do. –Jim Kouzes, Co-author of
the best-selling, The Leadership Challenge and A Leader’s
LegacyJames MacGregor Burns: "I don’t think I have ever read a more
compelling preface. And best of all, the advice Denning
gives to the reader about speaking and writing is exemplified
in the way he has written this impressive book."
–James MacGregor Burns, Author of LeadershipLarry Prusak: “Engaging and erudite, this book draws on very wide
reading and research to help any leader or manager master
the arts of narrative in a way that is both pragmatic and
original.”
–Larry Prusak, Co-author, What’s the Big Idea? and Working Knowledge
To celebrate the launch of the book on Oct. 15, I joined
with Steve and other colleagues, including Larry Prusak,
Jim Kouzes, Seth Kahan, Kevin Eikenberry, Steven Sonsino,
Rob Cross Annette Simmons, Chip Heath, Katalina Groh,
Madelyn Blair, Cliff Atkinson, Shawn Callahan, Svend-Erik Engh,
Lori Silverman, Stan Garfield, and the International Leadership
Association — in offering to purchasers of the book an impressive
array of supplementary bonus tools on leadership, storytelling and
knowledge management, at no additional cost to you.
Here’s how to take advantage of the offer:
you can get the book and all the supplementary leadership tools,
at:
http://www.stevedenning.com/launch.html
Check it out. I think you’ll find this offer
of considerable interest.
PS. Feel free to share this offer with friends and colleagues.
See the list of bonus gifts in the extended entry.
BONUS GIFTS (some may no longer be available)
LEADERSHIP TOOLS
- Bonus Tool #1: Jim Kouzes – What’s old, what's new,
in leadership? (35 minutes ; MP3) - Bonus Tool #2: Chip Heath – How to make ideas stick
(25 minute interview; MP3) - Bonus Tool #3: Larry Prusak on Conversation (60 minutes MP3)
- Bonus Tool #4: Kevin Eikenberry: 101 Ways To Be A
Remarkable Leader (6 pages) - Bonus Tool #5: Katalina Groh: Ben Zander and The Art of
Possibility (streaming video) - Bonus Tool #6: Seth Kahan’s legendary jumpstart storytelling
methodology (8 pages) - Bonus Tool #7: Proceedings from the ILA leadership conference in
November 2006 (CD-ROM) - Bonus Tool #8: ILA interview with Harsh Verma (5 pages; pdf)
- Bonus Tool #9: Rob Cross: Managing the Energy that Drives
Innovation (20 pages) - Bonus Tool #10: Dave Zinger: Change On A Page (1 page, PDF)
- Bonus Tool #11: Tony Quinlan: Mythology, Leaders and
Leadership (25 pages) - Bonus Tool #12: Steven Sonsino & Jacqueline Moore: The
Seven Failings of Really Useless Leaders (25 page pdf) - Bonus Tool #13: Daniele Chauvel & Stefane Gee: Leadership
en francais (50 percent discount on Paris workshop)
NARRATIVE TOOLS
- Bonus Tool #14: Annette Simmons: Building Trust Several Stories High (13 pages)
- Bonus Tool #15: Cliff Atkinson: Getting Started with
Beyond Bullet Points (28 pages) - Bonus Tool #16: Lori Silverman: 5 Sides To Every Story:
Which Are You Missing? (5 pages) - Bonus Tool #17: Shawn Callahan: The Ultimate Guide to Anecdote
Circles (32 pages) - Bonus Tool #18: Richard Stone: The Healing Art of Storytelling
(autographed copy) - Bonus Tool #19: Katharine Hansen: Storytelling That Propels
Careers (10 pages) - Bonus Tool #20: Svend-Erik Engh - Guide to becoming a better
storyteller (9 pages) - Bonus Tool #21: Randy Dipner: Telling the compelling technology
story (9 pages) - Bonus Tool #22: Larry Johnson: How Storytelling in School
Creates Successful Leaders (63 minute podcast) - Bonus Tool #23: Rachel Carey DeBusk et al: Sharpening Your
Culture Quotient (4 megs pdf) - Bonus Tool #24: Connie Ingram: Mentoring in the Mirror
(5 page article)
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
- Bonus Tool #25: Stan Garfield: 36 Useful Maxims for
Knowledge Sharing (2 pages) - Bonus Tool #26: Steve Denning The hidden side of KM: Risk
management (27 pages) - Bonus Tool #27: Steve Denning: What is knowledge management?
(20 pages)
COACHING AND MENTORING SESSIONS;
- Bonus Tool #28: Madelyn Blair: Coaching session
to keep your knowledge fresh (1 hour) - Bonus Tool #29: Svend-Erik Engh: Telephone coaching
session in storytelling (1 hour) - Bonus Tool #30: Michael Margolis: Crafting the right story for
innovation (1 hour) - Bonus Tool #31: Connie Ingram: On-line coaching session
(1 hour)
STEVE DENNING'S BONUS TOOLS
- Bonus Tool #32: Steve Denning’s leadership exercises
and templates (15 pages) - Bonus Tool #33: Steve Denning’s implementation tips and tricks:
(90 minutes: MP3) - Bonus Tool #34: Steve Denning's DVD in Streaming video:
Mastering the Springboard Story: (54 minutes) - Bonus Tool #35: Steve Denning reads the Preface to The Secret
Language of Leadership - Bonus Tool #36: Ten Minutes That Helped Change The World Bank (slides)
I just discovered this site through my old friend, Kathy Hansen. Can I still buy the Steve Denning book and get a bunch of these bonus tools? My son, Casey, is a freshman at the University of Central Florida where he’s in a Leadership program. He is the one who introduced me to Jim Kouzes’ books, which I’m reading to become a better swim coach, among other things. I’m also very interested in the story telling ideas.