There is a fundamental flaw in how we do business today. In theory, we're supposed to be running businesses to generate profit. But the way we run them creates a host of problematic side-effects, including disengaged employees, externalized costs to society and the environment, and a growing feeling of impending doom. Many business leaders can see and feel the strange disconnect between traditional business techniques and the rapidly changing world we face today, but few know what to do about it.

If you like, you can hire expensive consultants to tweak your compensation plan or help you develop a mission statement or a strategic plan, but these, too, are part of the current paradigm. The problem with a paradigm is that we're all in it together and it's hard to see any other possibility.

If you're still reading, you’re probably frustrated by the fact that those around you can’t see how broken it is and aren’t more outraged. You know in your heart that the way we’re working together is no longer working. You know there is something you’re here to accomplish, and you know you can’t do it alone. But now you’re coming to realize that you can’t do it without significantly changing the way you get work done today.

If you’re ready for a new way of working together in true collaboration, I invite you to join me for a 2-part call hosted by Tim Kelley and Rachel Conerly, the creator of the Collaborative Operating System.

DATE: Thursdays, February 4 & 11, 2010
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 PST, 6:00 – 7:00pm EST

REGISTRATION: http://bit.ly/bvrQpW
COST: None

On this call, you’ll not only find out how the current paradigm of hierarchy is holding you back from doing what you’re here to do, you’ll also learn how to collaborate in a way that maximizes your team’s creative problem-solving potential. You’ll also discover that you don’t need to have all the answers in order to be an effective leader.

Who should attend?

Executives, business owners, consultants and executive coaches who:
• Recognize the flaws of the current business paradigm
• Feel frustrated by the lack of progress and know deep down there is a better new way
• Are exhausted from being responsible for good teamwork, but not having the right tools
• Want to connect humans through business, not divide them.
• Know that change is urgently needed and would like to help make it happen!

This 2-part leading-edge course will not only give you new tools to work synergistically with others. It is a comprehensive, revolutionary, sustainable approach to leading and managing organizations in the 21st century.

After attending this free 2-part series, you will:
• Know why the way we solve problems in business doesn’t actually work (resulting in wasted time and money)
• Know the 5 powerful elements of collaboration, along with when, why and how to use each one
• Understand how to be a leader who plays a win-win game
• Be equipped with a compelling, scalable alternative to the hierarchical norm
• Understand an environment that supports employees in being their best selves, resulting in greater integrity, trust, creativity, and productivity

Although there are lots of programs offering to teach you effective business strategies, there’s been no comprehensive and practical system for how to collaborate with others in a scalable way that makes solving the BIG problems possible; no system of collaboration to promote a sufficient level of creativity and consciousness for tackling the most intractable issues. As a result, many leaders like you feel that something must change. You know that there has got to be another way.

Here’s the bottom line: We believe that work can and will become a place where people can be human again and express themselves fully.

If this message doesn’t speak to you, this course probably isn’t for you. But if you’re feeling activated, curious, nervous or excited, chances are this course is for you. I trust that you will know, and if it is, that you will take a moment right now to register for the first call.

Register now at: http://bit.ly/bvrQpW

We look forward to working with you!

Elizabeth Agnew
Leadership Coach & Collaboration Expert
Integrative Leadership Strategies