A Leader’s Manifesto to be published

January 19, 2009 · Print this post

I’m delighted to announce that ChangeThis will publish A Leader’s Manifesto in PDF format, and will distribute it through their network, as well as host it for download. Anyone who wants to share the manifesto will be able to do so much more easily with the PDF.

I’ll keep you posted regarding the publication date.

I’m thankful to ChangeThis for providing this service. They rock. But they are publishing the manifesto because — and only because — of the support of people who voted at the ChangeThis site. A Leader’s Manifesto was the top vote-getter in this round of proposals, with 295 votes — a number that surprised and delighted me, given that most of the manifestos generated fewer than 100 votes, some fewer than 50. I am deeply grateful to all of you who blogged, tweeted and re-tweeted, emailed your friends, and took the time to vote yourselves. Thank you very much.

Posted by Kelley Eskridge · Filed under News 

8 Responses to “A Leader’s Manifesto to be published”

  1. Jennifer on January 19th, 2009 8:09 pm

    Great news. I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with. I plan to pass them around. :)

  2. jspad on January 20th, 2009 3:43 pm

    Glad to hear it! I also plan to distribute widely where I work :)

  3. Kelley Eskridge on January 20th, 2009 7:14 pm

    Thank you both very much! I’m thrilled about it, and grateful for your support. I have the vision of the revolution spreading one PDF at a time…

  4. karina on January 20th, 2009 11:38 pm

    Congratulations, Kelley. :-)

    This is great news. The week has started off with hope: this and the new president.

    Here’s to the revolution!

  5. Colleen Lindsay on January 21st, 2009 8:08 am

    Oh, YAY! It worked! I am so happy for you!!!

  6. Kelley Eskridge on January 21st, 2009 8:18 am

    Thanks to all of you, yes, it worked! I am truly grateful for the support and the fact that all of you were willing to vouch for me to your communities.

    It’s so interesting… so many folks these days are online, and there are so many clear management lessons playing out in the online world. One of the most important is the idea of mutual support. People who don’t play nicely out here, and who don’t have each other’s backs, don’t generally last long in the wider online community.

    Will have to think more about this as a way of helping managers (younger managers, in particular) connect some of the HAW concepts with their own experience.

  7. Mark Silver on February 19th, 2009 6:35 am

    I forgive myself missing this news since it happened barely a week after we got home with the twins, and I’m just getting my balance now- but I’m sorry to not celebrate at the time!

    Woo-hoo! I hope it brought you lots of well-deserved attention. You rock!

  8. Kelley Eskridge on February 19th, 2009 6:42 am

    Mark, thank you! You helped make it happen with all your support, and I really appreciate it.

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