Leadership Training You Can Skip

I came to learn over the years that most leadership training was beneficial and should be a top priority.   Recognizing, however, that time is a valuable resource, let me help you edit.   If, for some reason, these leadership seminars should ever come to a community near you - you can skip them.    In fact, you should probably run the opposite direction as fast as you can.

Living Conflict-Free with the Real Housewives:    Nene Leakes, Kenya Moore, Brandi Granville and Lisa Vanderpump. . . all speaking at separate times. . .share their secrets to the harmony that produces strong relationships and results.

Pathways to Collaboration with Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid.     For a very lucky audience, Mitch and Harry relinquish their tips for negotiations, their patented "give-and-take" conversation method and how to successfully come up with the best possible solution by removing roadblocks.

How to Have Calm Conversations "The Scandal Way."   The writers of one of TV's most popular shows demonstrate how to have thoughtful, zen-like conversations through the use of foresight and the variance of tone and pacing.

Keys to Diplomacy with Dennis Rodman.    Who knew?    Apparently all you need to do to make nice with a despot is a little game of basketball. . .after one or two. . .or three . . .or more adult beverages on your flight.

Vladimir Putin's Adventures in Diversity.  We wish we could describe this course in detail without it being labeled as propaganda. . .resulting in fear of imprisonment.

Clear, Concise Communication with Sarah Palin.   Ms. Palin er. . . well. . .you know, demonstrates to all the ability to have, well, don'tcha know, clear. . .well not exactly communication as our most well spoke of forefathers knew it, but. . .well, more like. . .you know. . . a thoughtful prayer or something like that it would speak volumes about the speaker's experience in speaking.

Which is a way of saying that much of popular culture has little to do with effective leadership.

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Brent Frerichs is the author of "Courageous Questions, Confident Leaders" available for e-readers, tablets and PCs on Amazon Kindle.