Carlsbad, CA - January 25, 2011 - Leadership is a relationship-one that exists in a context. Becoming a Leader We Need with Strategic Intelligence is a new program from Personal Strengths Publishing that focuses on the skills and qualities leaders need to be effective-no matter the context. This leadership development experience for senior leaders (and those who aspire to these positions) is the result of collaboration between world-renown leadership expert Dr. Michael Maccoby and Tim Scudder, President of Personal Strengths Publishing.

At the heart of this program is Strategic Intelligence, the distillation of decades of Michael Maccoby's research and practical experience as a consultant to many of the world's largest organizations. He identified the things that leaders do to affect sustainable change in organizations. This course condenses and communicates that wisdom while the integration of SDI helps to carry that wisdom into the relationships between leaders and followers. The synergy between the concepts of Strategic Intelligence and Relationship Awareness are rooted in a common foundation; Dr. Maccoby has written or co-authored 13 books including one with Erich Fromm, whose work was a major influence on Elias H. Porter and his development of Relationship Awareness Theory.

"Integrating the SDI and other works of Elias Porter into Michael Maccoby's powerful leadership concepts has been a peak experience for me personally," said Tim Scudder. "The integration of ideas was facilitated by the discovery of a remarkable common heritage."

Becoming a Leader We Need with Strategic Intelligence takes a systems view of developing the leadership capabilities of leadership teams. Leaders are challenged to clarify and communicate their philosophy of leadership-and of life. The course explores the fundamental relationship of the motives of leaders and followers, the four R's of motivation and how they are colored by different Motivational Value Systems, and many more important leadership concepts.

"This is the best leadership course by far," said Betsy Chittenden, U.S. National Park Service. "And I think I've taken at least one course from every management trend over the last 20 years."

Michael Maccoby will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Relationship Awareness Conference in Carlsbad, CA. Tim Scudder will present a special workshop at the ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement) conference in April of this year. A pre-print of a related article can be downloaded at

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