Talking about my book, things got a bit delayed (any surprise?), unfortunately. I hope to get it published by July 05 - let's see how that works out. After having received very valuable input from my friends and business partners for improvement of my first draft, I finally completed the second draft some 2 weeks ago.
Luckily, I could find 4 internationally renowned leadership experts (click on their name to learn more about them) who are ready to give me their evaluation of my 2nd draft.
1) Marshall Goldsmith (considered by FORBES to be one of the top 5 executive coaches in the US, co-author of several books on leadership)
2) Mick Bennett (co-author of "Leadership & Talent in Asia" published in 2004)
3) Jean-Francois Manzoni (co-author of "The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome" published in 2002)
4) Roz Usheroff (leadership coach and author, known in N-America for her expertise in leadership etiquette)
I hope to get their feed-foward by the end of May so that I can finalize the manuscript in early June. Publishing could follow a good month after.
You might wonder how I got these rather famous people to do this for me? It seems too simple to be true: by asking. Last year I engaged Herbert Lee, a professional public speaker to help me improve my presentation skills. He kept saying: "Don't be timid. Ask in a friendly and respectful manner and you'll be surprised how people are willing to help you. This is even more true for many of the very successful people." So I did. Did everybody I contacted offer their help? No, of course not. Those who didn't, were either too swamped with other obligations, or had health issues or whatever. Did anybody brush me off? Not at all. All responses I got were extremely friendly and polite. Did everybody respond? No, but I have the impression that the response rate was much higher than when I send 'cold' emails to potential business partners.
If you are interested in having a glance at an excerpt of this book, visit "The Groupness Factor - How to Achieve a Corporate Success Culture through First-Class Leadership". Your comments are always welcome! Email me at charlie.lang@progressu.com.hk
