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A happy New Year to you all!

I know it’s a bit late but I’ve only just returned from a great holiday at the coast. To start 2007 I have taken some time to reflect of what I achieved with this blog in 2006, my first year of blogging… Some of the the stats for 2006 include:

• Number of Posts: 211
• Number of RSS Readers: 300
• Number of Absolute Unique Visitors: 18,848
• Number of Comments: 88
• Number of Spam Comments Received: 26,787 !!!

Top six countries visiting this blog include:

The Most Popular Posts of 2006

1. Setting SMART Objectives
2. Leadership Lessons from Geese
3. 10 Steps to Setting SMART objectives
4. How to Read and Digest a Book
5. Developing a Leadership Philosophy
6. 25 Lessons from Jack Welch
7. Organisational Change and the Neuroscience of Leadership
8. How to Develop your Personal Growth Plan
9. Book Review: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
10. Book Review: Pour Your Heart into It
11. The Philosophy of Charles Schultz
12. Book Review: Execution
13. The Starbucks Secret Ingredient
14. The Structures and Tensions Required to Create Change
15. The Importance of a Leaders Attitude
16. 10 Rules for Innovators

Please Help me to Improve in 2007…

I spend time thinking about what to write that inspires and motivates those who have chosen to join me on my leadership journey. That’s where you come in….. Given that this blog is something I do after hours, I would like to ensure that my blog add’s value to you. To help me with this please provide your view on the following questions:

• What is it about this blog that you really like?
• What would you like to see more of?
• Which parts of my blog do you most enjoy or hate?
• Can you apply the things I write about in your daily work?
• Anything else you would like to comment on….

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