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We are elated to have the <a href="http://www.billtreasurer.com" target="_blank">Bill Treasurer</a> as our Lead Change Group sponsor for January 2017! Bill is the Chief Encouragement Officer (CEO) of <a href="http://www.giantleapconsulting.com" target="_blank">Giant Leap Consulting, Inc.</a> He has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and many others.
<h3>Bill's Books Motivate and Inspire</h3>
This month, Bill will be releasing his latest book, <a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/kickass/" target="_blank">A Leadership Kick in the Ass: How to Learn from Rough Landings, Blunders, and Missteps</a>. This book covers how even the best leaders -- in fact, most of the best leaders -- start out as decidedly bad ones. And sooner or later they reach a moment of reckoning that Bill calls a leadership kick in the ass. When it happens, it feels like it's all over. But properly navigated, Bill shows how that kick can be a new leadership beginning. Based on his work with thousands of leaders, this book reveals how to turn those ego-bruising events into the kind of transformative experiences that mark the paths of great leaders. As Steve jobs famously said, "Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to me."

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This book is a survival guide, coach, and morale booster to help readers use that kick to more forward instead of fall down. Top leadership expert Ken Blanchard calls the book "a wake-up call for leaders at every level."
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Bills other books include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Open-Doors-2nd-Performance/dp/1562869647/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483123268&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=bill+treasurer" target="_blank">Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance</a><span class="a-size-large">, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Goes-Work-Backbones-Performance/dp/1576755010/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483123439&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=bill+treasurer">Courage Goes to Work: </a></span><span id="productTitle" class="a-size-large"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Goes-Work-Backbones-Performance/dp/1576755010/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483123439&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=bill+treasurer" target="_blank">How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Right-Risk-Powerful-Principles-Taking/dp/1576752461/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483123439&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=bill+treasurer" target="_blank">Right Risk: 10 Powerful Principles for Taking Giant Leaps With Your Life</a>.</span>
<h3>Bill is a Sought After Keynote Speaker</h3>
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In the past two decades, thousands of executives across the globe have attended Bill’s keynotes and workshops. Benefiting from the concepts first introduced in Bill’s bestselling books, participants come away with stronger leadership skills, improved team performance, and more career backbone.

Previous speaking clients include, among others, Hugo Boss, Saks Fifth Avenue, CNN, The Home Depot, Fortune Magazine, and the National Science Foundation.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GiantLeapConsulting" target="_blank">Bill’s YouTube page</a> for loads of leadership tips and excerpts from his speeches.</span>
<h3>Bill and Giant Leap Consulting Provide a Suite of Services</h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to his new and previously published books, Giant Leap Consulting, the company Bill founded in 2002, provides an array of other services..</span>
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Giant Leap Consulting designs, develops, and delivers comprehensive <strong><a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/services/leadership-development/" target="_blank">leadership development and succession programming</a> </strong>to deepen organizational bench strength.  <strong> </strong>

Through its <strong><a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/services/strategic-planning/" target="_blank">strategic planning services</a></strong>, Giant Leap Consulting engages stakeholders, clarifies goals, helps set measurable objectives, and facilitates the identification of mission-critical actions in order to help organizations reach their goals faster. Bill and Giant Leap have provided strategic planning services to corporate, non-profit, and academic research settings.

Giant Leap's <a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/services/team-building/" target="_blank"><strong>team building services</strong></a> range from issue-focused team strengthening meetings, to spirited experiential team building excursions. For <a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/services/meetings-retreats/" target="_blank"><strong>meetings and retreats</strong></a>, Bill and the Giant Leap team can help you get the most of any group, no matter how diverse their backgrounds, agendas, or points of view may be. In addition, Giant Leap delivers unique training solutions that elevate individual and organizational performance. To learn more about designing content and programs that ensure your desired outcomes happen, click <strong><a href="http://giantleapconsulting.com/services/training-courses/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.
<h3>Interact with Bill and Marshall Goldsmith!</h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to learn more about Bill and Giant Leap Consulting? Bill will join legendary organizational theorist Marshall Goldsmith – the world’s top executive coach – for  a free webinar on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 1 pm ET. Bill and Marshall will share leadership insights and practical tips on the power of being humble. Click </span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1326102661380723457"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to register!</span>

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<h3><strong>Other Resources</strong></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about Bill and his company at:</span>

<a href="http://www.couragebuilding.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.CourageBuilding.com</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></a><a href="http://www.billtreasurer.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.BillTreasurer.com</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></a><a href="http://www.leadersopendoors.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.LeadersOpenDoors.com</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
</span></a><a href="http://www.couragebuilding.com/Kickass"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.CourageBuilding.com/Kickass</span></a>

Join Bill on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/BTreasurer" target="_blank">@BTreasurer</a>, on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/courage" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TakeGiantLeaps/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.

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Thank you again, Bill, for your support of the Lead Change Group!
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