Book Archives - Charlene Li

Disruption Learnings from Self-Publishing a Book and Going to Burning Man

2 Comments / Book, Disruption / By Charlene Li

This fall I did two things that pushed me far out of my comfort zone: self-publishing my latest book and going to my first Burning Man. These seemingly unrelated adventures have some surprisingly common challenges. Book publishing is an arduous process that requires seemingly unending days of solitary focus, laboring over words that won’t come. …

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Reflecting on 10 Years of Groundswell and What To Do Next

1 Comment / Book, Culture, Employees, Future, Leadership, Privacy, social, Social business, Social networks, Strategy / By Charlene Li

10 years ago, my co-author Josh Bernoff and I released our first book, Groundswell: Living in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Today on this anniversary, I reflect on what our expectations were when we published that work, what has changed, and what has not.

My New Book The Engaged Leader is Now Available!

1 Comment / Book, Leadership, Shameless plug, Strategy / By Charlene Li

I’m excited to unveil my latest book, The Engaged Leader, available today. I held it for the first time on Friday and there’s nothing like that first view of your “baby.” I wrote the book for all of the leaders who know they need to engage in digital and social channels — but aren’t. At stake …

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Announcing My New Book The Engaged Leader

Book, Culture, Employees, Leadership, Open Leadership, Social business, Strategy / By Charlene Li

My work with CEOs and other leaders has proven time after time that the wisdom and experience a great leader brings to the table are the keys to making his or her digital transformation stick. Any one of the tens or hundreds of digital natives within your organization can teach you to use Twitter, but …

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New Book: The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy

3 Comments / Book, Enterprise, Leadership, Research, Social business, Strategy / By Charlene Li

I’m very proud to announce the publication of an eBook that I co-authored with Brian Solis, entitled “The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy.” Based on research as well as real-world experience with our clients, Brian and I found that there are common characteristics of successful social business strategies, the most important one being a …

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Book review: The End Of Business As Usual by Brian Solis

7 Comments / Book, Leadership, Strategy / By Charlene Li

My colleague Brian Solis has just published his latest book, “The End Of Business As Usual: Rewire The Way You Work To Succeed“. I was so excited to finally hold the book in my hands, especially after months of having talked and worked with Brian about the ideas in the book. This is not a …

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Groundswell Paperback: A Look Back Three Years Later

2 Comments / Book / By Charlene Li

Three years ago, Josh Bernoff and I proudly launched our book, Groundswell. To our astonishment, it has sold more than 100,000 books and now a new, updated paperback version is available (links below), with two new chapters on how to use Twitter and social maturity. A lot has changed over the past three years – …

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Last chance to enter the Open Leadership Awards (plus a bonus)

6 Comments / Book, events, Leadership, Open Leadership, Shameless plug / By Charlene Li

A final reminder that the Open Leadership Awards submission process is drawing to a close. There were some problems with the Web site and submission details, so we are extending the deadline to Monday, September 13th at 6pm Pacific Time for submissions. And I’m offering a special bonus to the first three organizations to submit …

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Win a Free Meeting with Charlene Li

6 Comments / Book, Leadership, Open Leadership, Shameless plug, Uncategorized / By Charlene Li

Update: This contest is closed and winners have been contacted. Thanks so much to those who participated! I’m thrilled that my new book, “Open Leadership”, was recently named #5 on the New York Times bestseller list.To celebrate, I’m giving away five one-hour meetings (in person* or on the phone). You can use this meeting to …

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Join me at Clearvale SecondFloor speaking event, August 18th

9 Comments / Book, Leadership, Open Leadership / By Charlene Li

Please join me for an evening discussion at the Clearvale SecondFloor speaker series on Wednesday, August 18th at 5pm in Redwood City, CA. I’ll be doing a general Q&A and also discussing the “Open Leadership” book. (The date for the event was originally set for July 14th but I had to move it because of …

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