﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>BLOG.MAGNALEADERSHIP.COM</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com</link><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:37:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:37:09 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2008 Magna Leadership Solutions LLC</copyright><itunes:subtitle>Magna Leadership Solutions - Measurable Results Across 70 National Cultures</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Quickly tap in Magna Leadership Solutions' experiences and use proven tools to navigate the challenges of your corporate environment.  We partner with you so that you can build strong teams, develop results-focused leaders, and advance your organization to the next level.</itunes:summary><description>Quickly tap in Magna Leadership Solutions' experiences and use proven tools to navigate the challenges of your corporate environment.  We partner with you so that you can build strong teams, develop results-focused leaders, and advance your organization to the next level.</description><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Dr. Ali Lakhani</itunes:name><itunes:email>info@magnaleadership.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="http://images.quickblogcast.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/DefaultImage/MagnaLogo_Final II_web.jpg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Management &amp; Marketing" /></itunes:category><item><title>Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA): The Key to Increasing Your Marketability</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2011/03/21/your-sustainable-competitive-advantage-sca-the-key-to-increasing-your-marketability.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>In October 2010, Dr. Kevin Gazzara, Drexel University&amp;nbsp;alumni from the class of 1979, presented a webinar titled "Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA): The Key to Increasing Your Marketability." &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Kevin shared his high tech career success story and showed participants how to understand their current SCA score and how to improve through five simple questions. If you weren't able to join us for the session, you can still learn about your SCA and how it can help you land the job of your dreams by simply viewing this webinar.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Download this video to view full-screen</description><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2011/03/21/your-sustainable-competitive-advantage-sca-the-key-to-increasing-your-marketability.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">699abc59-f722-4c22-b9cc-b5fbe2c095e7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:28:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA): The Key to Increasing Your Marketability</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:47:47</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/Media/Drexel%20SCA%20Webinar.mp4?ref=rss" length="44375169" type="video/mp4" /></item><item><title>Leadership for an Increasingly Complex World: Top 5 Reasons for Pursuing Your Doctoral Degree with the University of Phoenix</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2010/10/27/leadership-for-an-increasingly-complex-world-top-5-reasons-for-pursuing-your-doctoral-degree-with-the-university-of-phoenix.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px; " color="#0070c0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://focus-static.s3.amazonaws.com/hidden/webcasts/client-webinars/leadership-complex-world/Leadership%20for%20an%20Increasingly%20Complex%20World%20Top%205%20Reaso.html" target="" class=""&gt;Click Here to View Webcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;There is no better time than now to invest in your future. The complex demands of business, government&amp;nbsp;and education are becoming more challenging and require a new breed of business professionals, people like you, who can lead and define progress for the next decade and beyond.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Recognizing this, University of Phoenix is revolutionizing the doctoral degree process by working to meet the needs of contemporary post-graduate students who are seeking career advancement, active scholarship and life-enhancement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;In this Webinar, you’ll learn from faculty about what makes the programs at University of Phoenix differentiated; and more importantly, how a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) or Doctor of Management (D.M.) can transform you into a change agent in your industry.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Hear this recorded&amp;nbsp;LIVE event to discover how:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;The Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) and Doctor of Management (D.M.) programs at the University of Phoenix are delivered, including how you’d create a dissertation that can solve real-world problems. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Alumni have expanded their leadership capacity through the University of Phoenix coursework. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;The benefits of the school’s proprietary “Scholar-Practitioner-Leader” model can make you more marketable and valuable. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Working with expert faculty experienced in the field adds practicality to rigorous research preparation. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;University of Phoenix is changing everything about doctoral programs to meet the needs of doctoral students’ contemporary life and career realities. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Featured Speakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;Dr. Kevin Gazzara&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "&gt;Dr. Murtuza Ali Lakhani&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr. Julia A. Smith&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;Michael E. Dortch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Leadership</category><category>University of Phoenix</category><category>Higher Education</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2010/10/27/leadership-for-an-increasingly-complex-world-top-5-reasons-for-pursuing-your-doctoral-degree-with-the-university-of-phoenix.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">4332ab12-a20b-4268-841a-56820bb92b77</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CSTD: Linking Cross Cultural Leadership and Behavioral Styles to Sustainable Organizational Change</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/11/26/cstd-linking-cross-cultural-leadership-and-behavioral-styles-to-sustainable-organizational-change.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Dr. Kevin Gazzara presented "Linking Cross Cultural Leadership and Behavioral Styles to Sustainable Organizational Change" on October 16th, 2008 at The Canadian Society for Training and Development in Toronto, Canada.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This presentation revealed the results of a six-month funded research study linking Leadership Practices to:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Behaviors Styles using DISC- (The Language of DISC from TTI)&lt;/FONT&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Values and Attributes using PIAV - (Personal Interests, Attitudes and Values from TTI)&lt;/FONT&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Task balance preference using TQ - (Task Quotient from TTI)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Organizations all across the world invest tens of billions of dollars each year to assess the cross-cultural leadership effectiveness behavioral styles, values and task alignment of individuals. This session focused on presenting the results of a quantitative correlational research study that creates for the very first time a blueprint allowing global leaders to identify and adapt cross-cultural practices in a radically different way to implement sustainable organizational change. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.magnaleadership.com/Teleconferences/Materials/CSTD_1008.pdf"&gt;Download PowerPoint Presentation&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;After listening to our podcast, post your answer to the following question:&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;"In your opinion, what role do you think behavioral styles, values, and/or task preferences&amp;nbsp;play in the effectiveness of a leader?"&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #7d0828"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><category>Presentations</category><category>Conferences</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/11/26/cstd-linking-cross-cultural-leadership-and-behavioral-styles-to-sustainable-organizational-change.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">3a4a08e2-026a-4d51-960f-e5c90c5e8ffb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>CSTD: Linking Cross Cultural Leadership and Behavioral Styles to Sustainable Organizational Change</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>01:05:26</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/Media/CSTD%20Conf%20call%2011_06_08-a.mp3?ref=rss" length="22771512" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Six Sigma: For Service Organizations -- Recorded Teleconference</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/08/13/six-sigma-for-service-organizations--recorded-teleconference-august-13-2008.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>&lt;br /&gt;
Welcome to our second podcast on Six Sigma. We have attached the audio recording of Dr. Ali Lakhani's conference call that was held on 08/13/08.  Also you can download the presentation from the teleconference here:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/a&gt;</description><category>Six Sigma</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/08/13/six-sigma-for-service-organizations--recorded-teleconference-august-13-2008.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">b8a5fc8f-d165-40dd-9539-e9d1b23b5a52</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:54:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani and Dr. Kevin Gazzara</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Six Sigma: For Service Organizations -- Recorded Teleconference</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:40:37</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>Six Sigma, Service Organizations, Leadership</itunes:keywords><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/Media/Six%20Sigma%20for%20Service%20Organizations.mp3?ref=rss" length="38996378" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Introduction to the Principles of Marvelous Leadership -- Recorded Teleconference</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/08/11/introduction-to-the-principles-of-marvelous-leadership--recorded-teleconference-august-5-2008.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics of the Teleconference:&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Overview of the new book "The Leader of OZ" - &lt;i&gt;Revealing the 101 Secrets of Marvelous Leadership for the 21st Century&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Getting simple leadership initiatives started with your organization&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Applying the 10 principles of leadership in the workplace&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Best known leadership practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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</description><category>The Leader of OZ</category><category>Teleconferences</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/08/11/introduction-to-the-principles-of-marvelous-leadership--recorded-teleconference-august-5-2008.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">d1b6378a-b050-4666-ae18-e61d9d475775</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani and Dr. Kevin Gazzara</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Introduction to the Principles of Marvelous Leadership -- Recorded Teleconference</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>The two authors (Lakhani and Gazzar) of "The Leader of OZ" deliver a 40 minute Podcast on the book and how to apply the leadership concepts in the workplace.</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:40:23</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>OZ, Leadership, Magna Leadership</itunes:keywords><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/Media/OZ%20conf%20call%20PodCast.mp3?ref=rss" length="13751976" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>The Leader of OZ</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/07/10/the-leader-of-oz.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>Dr. Kevin Gazzara and Dr. Ali Lakhani wrote this "lighthearted, but not lightweight" parable shows how each one of us can transform a complacent and conflicted workplace to one that embodies inspiration and empowerment. </description><category>Leadership Book</category><category>The Leader of OZ</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/07/10/the-leader-of-oz.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">fa80455c-977c-4793-93cb-c402ec37ae5d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six Sigma: A 10,000-Foot Overview -- Recorded Teleconference</title><link>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/07/09/six-sigma--application-for-manufacturing-and-beyond.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Magna Leadership Solutions</dc:creator><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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Welcome to our first podcast on Six Sigma. We have attached the audio recording of Dr. Ali Lakhani's conference call that was held on 07/09/08.  Also you can download the presentation from the teleconference here:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.magnaleadership.com/sixsigma/Magna%20Leadership%20Six%20Sigma%20July%20Intro.pdf"&gt;http://www.magnaleadership.com/sixsigma/Magna Leadership Six Sigma July Intro.pdf.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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We look forward to hearing your thoughts and we encourage you to post any questions that you would like here in our BLOG.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dr. Ali Lakhani, Dr. Kevin Gazzara, and Marleen Lundy - Senior Partners - Magna Leadership Solutions LLC&lt;br /&gt;</description><category>Certification</category><category>Six Sigma</category><comments>http://blog.magnaleadership.com/2008/07/09/six-sigma--application-for-manufacturing-and-beyond.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c7b2b33c-55b7-4416-b0da-3e2ab93406bc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:22:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. Ali Lakhani</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Six Sigma: A 10,000-Foot Overview -- Recorded Teleconference</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Six Sigma - Dr. Ali Lakhani provides you with a 10,000 foot overview of what Six Sigma really is, how it works, and why it makes so much sense for manufacturing as well as all transactional businesses.</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:56:14</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>Six Sigma, Management, Certification</itunes:keywords><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/3/0/4/1/3/140557-131403/Media/Six%20Sigma%20Call%2007_09_08.mp3?ref=rss" length="38939736" type="audio/mpeg" /></item></channel></rss>
