Happy and Prosperous New Year! With all your goals set, did you hit the New Year running or were you like me, a little slow and sluggish? Hopefully, now you are back on track and ready to tackle 2011! This month we hear from Kristin Robertson, President of Brio Leadership. She is a values-based organizational consultant, dynamic presenter and results-oriented business coach. Her passion is to help individuals and teams positively transform their lives to create lasting change. Her corporate training and consulting programs build values-based leaders who create highly productive and engaged work teams. Her coaching helps individuals to find their spirit and achieve their dreams. Take a break, sit back and enjoy your reading. Sincerely, President Technology Team, LLC   P.S. If you have interest in this service, or feedback about this subject please  . You can forward this eNewsletter to a colleague by clicking on the forward button at the bottom of this page.

Five Steps to Building the Transformational Leader inside YOU!
By: Kristin Robertson

Today, leaders must deal with complexity, ambiguity and constant change. If leaders are to be successful, they must possess not only mental maturity, but also maturity of heart, mind and the human spirit. Tall order for us mere mortals, huh? The good news is that transformational leaders, those who truly make a difference, are developed, not born. How can you become a transformational leader? New research is showing surprising answers to this question.

Individuals who achieve more advanced stages of adult development are more effective leaders, according to the research of many visionary thinkers. Dr. Daniel Goleman has extensively documented the positive effect of improved emotional intelligence, one measurement of adult development, on leadership performance. Other researchers have created models of adult development, such as Bill Torbert, Susanne Cook-Greuter, Richard Barrett and Jim Collins (author of "Good to Great"). Their work demonstrates that an individual who can think globally, act with wisdom and compassion, and create climates of innovation is more effective in business. And, the proof is in the organizations they lead, which enjoy organizational longevity, positive work environments, long-term profitability and high stakeholder value.

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