February 19, 2013 Partners In Leadership is pioneering the way organizations train their leaders and change their culture. Through the use of cutting-edge technologies and the latest in training and development research, they bring a game-changing feature to blended learning in PILtools.com 2.0. With the release of this newly upgraded website, Partners In Leadership is introducing a fresh and innovative curriculum to the training and development industry.

PILtools.com is a powerful resource available exclusively to workshop participants, who have participated in the Self Track^TM or Culture Track^TM training workshops, or clients that have been licensed in either track. Companies can utilize this website to better develop their leaders and employees while helping their organization build and maintain a Culture Of Accountability.^® The latest version of this post-workshop tool provides newly produced videos, a robust array of online assessments, and revolutionary online resources that assist organizations with training, retention, and sustainability. In addition, PILtools.com 2.0 unveils two new virtual tools that give traction to the training process: The Automated Feedback System and the virtual Solve It^® Exercise.

The Automated Feedback System employs a virtual platform that allows users to give and exchange feedback throughout the organization. Users can conveniently initiate requests, participate in dialogues, obtain honest and candid responses and manage their feedback stream.

The virtual Solve It Exercise provides a powerful means to answer organizational or departmental issues. Users can select and invite participants to generate original solutions or select from a list of proposed options. As the group ranks and comments on the solutions, the best ones rise to the top!

Be sure to keep your eyes open for even more features and high-tech tools to be added throughout the year! Join Partners In Leadership's Accountability Community^® to be kept informed of updates and new material.

September 17, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce that Ryan Millar has joined the team as a Regional Vice President, Leadership Consultant, and Executive Facilitator, bringing with him fourteen years of professional leadership as an Olympian and professional athlete. Ryan played his first tour with USA Volleyball in 1998, and later helped the USA win their first Olympic Volleyball Gold Medal in twenty years at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Throughout his career, Ryan has competed in three Olympic Games and several world championships and tournaments. Ryan has received many awards and accolades during his athletic career, including Best Blocker at the 2008 Olympic Qualifier, and 2007 USA Volleyball Male Player of the Year.

Ryan's career granted him the opportunity to travel the world extensively, living in Italy, Poland, Russia, Turkey and visiting many other countries representing the USA as our Olympic team competed around the world. This has given Ryan a unique insight into diverse cultures. His seven years of playing professional volleyball in Italy also provided him the opportunity to become fluent in Italian.

Ryan is a graduate of Sociology at Brigham Young University, and was inducted into the BYU athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He served as Co-Head Men's Volleyball Coach at Brigham Young University for the 2006-2007 season, compiling a 23-6 record. In 2005, Ryan created The Next Level Volleyball Camps, owning and running one of the most unique volleyball camp experiences available. In addition to his stellar performances as a professional athlete and coach, Ryan has worked on projects for The Walt Disney Company, Mizuno USA, Hoven Sunglasses, and Rockwell Time.

Ryan has demonstrated tremendous charisma resulting from performing on the largest stage in sports multiple times, in front of millions of television viewers, as well as tens of thousands of live fans. He is energetic and shows natural enthusiasm in front of audiences, captivating people with his confidence and authenticity. Ryan's passion for performing in front of people is reflected in his presentations as a keynote speaker for multiple corporate trainings, leadership summits, award ceremonies, and fundraising events. Ryan's experiences, personality and leadership have given him a distinctive perspective on the core principles of Accountability and facilitation, making him a unique fit for Partners In Leadership.

June 24, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's foremost Accountability Training^® provider, launched the industry's first integrated online guided tutorial for training implementation at The Society For Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, held June 23-26, 2012 at Booth Number 2505. SHRM is the worlds largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 250,000 members in over 140 countries, the Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession.

Partners In Leadership presented PILtools.com, the industry's first ever post-workshop online-guided implementation tutorials, and provided 24 hour access to HR professionals interested in sampling the tools. This exclusive website was developed as a companion to the new workbook for use by those who have participated in Accountability Training workshops. This innovative website provides step-by-step tutorials, "how to" video segments, assessments, video resources, celebrity interviews, client case studies, and success stories, that help individuals and teams embrace and implement The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training in their daily work.

As an exhibitor, Partners In Leadership also participated in the SHRM Foundation Silent and Online Auction by donating a complimentary Quick Start Certification to train an internal facilitator in delivering The Self Track^TM Training ($3,250 value). The SHRM Foundation's auction raises awareness and funds to support important SHRM Foundation programs, such as scholarships, research grants, and educational programs.

Partners In Leadership hosted multiple Author Book Signings with guest appearances by Roger Connors, a three time New York Times Bestselling Author, providing a rare opportunity for attendees to meet one of the authors and receive a complimentary signed copy of The Oz Principle; Change the Culture, Change the Game; or How Did That Happen.

May 10, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's premier provider of Accountability Training^® services, is pleased to announce Roger Connors and Tom Smith, Co-CEO / Co-Presidents and three-time New York Times Bestselling Authors, as featured speakers at The Executive Office of the President of the United States on May 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. In partnership with The Department of the Interior University, Roger Connors and Tom Smith will present The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training, which is based on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon.com Bestselling book, The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability.

The Executive Office of the President has 1800 employees that support the President, First Lady. and the Vice President. These functions include the travel office, mailroom, security, IT, accounting, finance, budget, and facilities. All managers and directors of these functions have been trained. Employees are on-call 24/7, constantly dealing with urgent matters, and live in a world of high expectations for accuracy and follow-through. There is a common thread of loyalty, proficiency, and professionalism amongst them. As one IT manager said, "The President's expectation is that his Blackberry will always be connected and our job is to ensure that." Another manager said, "I always know where the President is and ensure travel plans are in coordination with his support team, security, and the military."

The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training is used at the White House Executive Office of the President of the United States to increase efficiencies between functions and to prevent the tendency to focus on activity rather than achieving desired results. The common language of accountability is also helping the employees deal with work-life balance issues that are unique to their environment. Partners In Leadership is excited for this opportunity to support and strengthen The Executive Office of the President.

May 08, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce DOOR International B.V. as the Exclusive Authorized International Representative to deliver Partners In Leaderships curriculum and Accountability Training^® Services to the International markets through DOOR worldwide franchise network. DOORS extensive geographical coverage, proven coursework, and simplified pricing structure by territory makes DOOR the industry's best in training, sales, and entrepreneurship.

DOOR will be exclusively providing Partners In Leadership's Three Tracks to Creating Greater Accountability^® to international markets to fulfill the Accountability and Culture Change needs of Global companies. These tracks include the Self Track,^TM the Culture Track^TM and the Others Track.^TM

DOOR, founded in 1981, is currently in more than 90 countries around the world, with over a 1,000 facilitators, consultants, and coaches. DOORS trainers are skilled in areas of Adult Learning Concepts, Presentation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Maximizing Learning Content, Leadership Training and Organizational Transformations.

To learn more about our International offerings please contact us. To find out more about DOOR International, B.V., visit http://www.doortraining.com

May 7, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's premiere Accountability Training^® service provider, is pleased to reveal the industry-first, online-guided implementation tutorials at PILtools.com now available in a FREE iPad app. Download Now

The Implementation Tools Website is a one-of-a-kind offering in the training and development industry. It was designed with workshop participants in mind and is available exclusively to them to assist in fully implementing, integrating and sustaining the principles and practices of greater accountability learned in the workshop.

This Post-Workshop tool is made available for an initial 45-day access period (options to extend access are available) to everyone who participates in the full-day The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training Workshop. The website presents step-by-step lessons and is organized into three main areas, including: "getting started," "guided tutorials" and "additional resources." This exclusive website features video tutorials, virtual exercises for problem solving and feedback, personal and organizational assessments, e-mail reminders, tracking progress and additional resources.

It has never been easier for participants of The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training > to implement and maintain the training. Step-by-step videos, assessments, email reminder system, virtual Solve-It^® exercise, real-time tracking, and much more are now just a tap away. Train. Retain. Sustain.^TM

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May 7, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's foremost Accountability Training^® provider, is excited to announce that they will be launching the industry's first integrated online-guided tutorial for training implementation at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver, Colorado, held May 6-9, 2012 at Booth Number 907. ASTD is the world's largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field. As experts for over two decades in accelerating learning through Accountability Best Practices, Partners In Leadership will introduce the integrated online guided tutorial training, fully integrated with workshop training, that keeps participants engaged so they can create greater adoption and integration into their daily work.

New York Times Bestselling Author, Co-CEO/Co-President of Partners In Leadership, Tom Smith, will join Jared Jones, Area Vice President, Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Facilitator, in delivering The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training: Creating Accountability for Learning, Adoption and Sustainability on May 8, 2012. The Exhibitor Session will provide the introduction to the integrated online tutorial training. There will also be an Author Book Signing with Roger Connors and Tom Smith, three time New York Times Bestselling Authors, providing a rare opportunity for anyone to meet the authors and receive a complimentary copy of The Oz Principle after attending the Exhibitor session.

Partners In Leadership facilitators and clients will have an exclusive opportunity to attend on May 9, 2012 the "Meet and Greet" at Booth 907 with Roger Connors and Tom Smith where they can ask questions, discuss implementation and integration, and personally get to know the worldwide experts on accountability. There will also be a live Author Webinar with Roger Connors, Co-CEO/Co-President and Bestselling Author, which will be open to anyone and will provide to additional training on his and Tom Smith’s most recent Bestseller, Change the Culture, Change the Game. This webinar will be broadcasted with live video streaming from the tradeshow floor at the ASTD 2012 International Conference & Exposition to over 1,000 online participants and 8,000 registered ASTD attendees and will feature a live Q&A, real-time polling, video clips, and client case studies.

April 1, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is excited to announce that Gordon Treadway has joined the team as Vice President, Leadership Consultant, and Executive Facilitator, bringing with him over two decades of professional leadership experience. Since 1992, Gordon has worked in various roles within the pharmaceutical industry in both established and well respected "big pharma" companies like Abbott Labatories and Sanofi-Aventis, as well as small and mid-sized companies like Kos Pharmaceuticals, Tercica, and Ipsen Pharmaceuticals. Gordon served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Ipsen Pharmaceuticals since mid-2007, where he worked as a member of the Executive Management Committee. While at Ipsen, Gordon oversaw the development of an organization that grew from just 22 sales personnel with gross sales of $1 million, to a current team of 75 professionals and gross sales in excess of $90 million. During that time, Gordon introduced The Oz Principle to the sales organization and then broadly throughout the entire company.

Gordon has guided organizations through significant periods of change and has twice coached teams through the after effects of mergers and acquisitions. With experience that ranges from front-line sales, sales training and facilitation, product management and marketing, sales management, and executive leadership, Gordon's experience in the pharmaceutical industry provides a unique perspective for any company seeking help in creating a more engaged commercial organization and high producing sales team.

Gordon is known for his comfortable and conversational approach to communication and executive facilitation that stems from his background in broadcast news. Gordon is a graduate of Communications and Journalism at Brigham Young University. As a News Anchor before turning to the pharmaceutical industry, Gordon is comfortable in front of audiences having presented keynote addresses at national sales meetings and facilitated training for over a decade. Gordon mixes a combination of passion, energy, humor, and engagement into every presentation of training.

March 28, 2012 - Temecula, CA Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce the launch of their newest website PILU.com. The launch of pilu.com completes a trifecta of world-class destination websites for Accountability Training.^® This website is available exclusively to certified facilitators, providing access to up-to-date materials, offering support, and furnishing opportunities for advanced learning.

PIL University^® features three centers for Certified Facilitator excellence encompassing Curriculum, Learning and Workshop Resources. Certified Facilitators gain access to valuable tools such as Facilitator Guides, Participant Workbooks and Slide Presentations. Within the Learning Center, Partners In Leadership Senior Leadership Consultants and Executive Facilitators demonstrate workshop delivery through Certified Internal Facilitator Video Segments. Each video corresponds to the activities found in the Facilitator Guide and demonstrates how to deliver the training. Certified Facilitators establish and reinforce key learning pointsthrough case studies, the Workshop Video Library, original PIL research and data found in the Workshop Resource Center, a place where experts engage in collaboration.

This website provides a learning community of certified facilitators representing some of the world's "Most admired" companies from over 50 countries, who are instrumental in creating greater accountability.

March 28, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership unveiled the newly designed and enhanced facilitator slide deck providing the next step in high-impact, results-focused training.

Complementing the design and content of the new Self Track^TM Participant Workbook and interactive websites, the expanded and enhanced Self Track Workshop Slide Deck and Facilitator Guide have been designed to take on that same new look and feel. Certified Facilitators may use these influential materials to engage participants in The Oz Principle Accountability Training with even greater impact and relevance.

This slide deck provides a new revolution for certified facilitators delivering The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training. Partners In Leadership incorporated new content, all-new graphics and animation, with optional videos forming the centerpiece of their world-class facilitator tools. These tools are designed to improve performance and influence Key Organizational Results in the workplace.

February 16, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's premiere provider of Accountability Training services, is pleased to announce the industry's first ever post-workshop online-guided implementation tutorials. This exclusive website was developed as a companion to the new workbook for those who have participated in the Accountability Training^® workshops. This innovative website provides step-by-step tutorials, "how to" video segments, assessments, video resources, celebrity interviews, client case studies, and success stories that will help individuals and teams embrace and implement the Accountability Training in every day work-life.

This exclusive website includes guided tutorials that provide a detailed overview of the models within each track. These tutorials are professionally produced to engage the listener, deepen understanding, and enhance retention. The tutorials are given by one of The New York Times Bestselling Authors or field practitioners at Partners In Leadership. The video tutorials are simple yet powerful and are only from 7 to 12 minutes in length. The guided tutorials give direct instruction and provide additional resources to fortify knowledge. The website allows participants to search for Best Practice examples and case studies in the Partners In Leadership database. In these searches, the participant can find videos and stories that reinforce principles of greater accountability.

This post-workshop tool deepens participants understanding and customizes learning experiences by tracking the progress of moving through the materials, creating a true measure of accountability.

This website helps regulate the process of maintaining a consistent effort of applying the training over time. In the "Using the Leadership Tools" section, organizational leaders can initiate tracking for their team by seeing who is using the site and how often they access it. One popular feature of the website is the Self-Assessment section. These assessments can be taken more than once to track proficiency in applying the tools of the website.

February 16, 2012 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the World's premier provider of Accountability Training^® and consulting solutions, released its newly designed The Self Track^TM The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training Participant Workbook. This world class Participant Workbook is tied to the newly developed Implementation Tools website and is key for implementing greater workplace accountability for results in organizations and teams.

The Self Track: The Taking Personal Accountability Track Training Participant Workbook provides transformative and integrated teachings, and is filled with success stories, case studies, data from the original Partners In Leadership scientific research study, and full-page ads promoting the use of the Accountability Training tools. This content-rich workbook also includes brand new motivational posters, including a one-page Accountability Plan. It offers practical and clear methods for implementing sustainability for long-term engagement that produces record-breaking results.

October 1, 2011 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce the availability for Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) credits. The Partners In Leadership Public Workshops and Live Author Webinars are pre-approved for HRCI and NASBA continuing education credits. Upon completion of the approved course, the participant may contact Partners In Leadership to obtain the Program ID number that corresponds with the training. To view a list of the approved courses visit the Partners In Leadership website; NASBA, HRCI. Recertification credit hours awarded range from 1.5 hours to 7.5 hours. Participants can mail or apply online as soon as soon as they have attended the workshop.

Partners In Leadership offers HRCI credit through a variety of twelve different courses. More than 120,000 HR professionals maintain HRCI credentials, marking a high professional distinction worldwide. The HR Certification Institute is the global leader in developing rigorous exams where participants exhibit mastery in the application of the latest HR policies and principles. This makes HRCI an internationally recognized organization for the human resource profession.

Partners In Leadership also offers NASBA credit through seven unique courses. Partners In Leadership is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NABSA is committed to enhancing the effectiveness of the Country's state board of accountancy. It creates a forum for accounting regulators and practitioners where they can address relevant issues of the accounting profession. Members of NASBA are offered a rich portfolio of products and services, that are designed to aid boards in protecting the public. NABSA members strive to improve the state boards of accountancy by meeting specific goals and living values.

September 26, 2011 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce that long term client Morrison Management Specialists, the nation's only food service company dedicated to providing food and nutrition to health care and senior living communities, has been selected as the 2011 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) BEST Award Winner. The ASTD BEST Award recognizes organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee learning and development. On October 6, 2011 Morrison Management Specialists will receive the ASTD BEST Award at a ceremony in Washington, DC. They identified Partners In Leadership as being critical to their success.

Recipients of this award must demonstrate how the company uses employee learning and development to supplement their use of the learning function as a strategic business tool to achieve results. This award winning company invested in learning, created an engaging learning environment, found new ways to deliver via social media tools, and created a Culture of Accountability^® where innovation thrives.

Partners In Leadership congratulates Atlanta, GA based Morrison Management Specialists for being recognized as the 2011 Best Award Winner.

September 15, 2011 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's premiere Accountability Training^® services provider, is pleased to announce their new and updated ozprinciple.com website. This website gives access to over 300 videos where users can watch senior-leadership team members talk about impact on the bottom line, get the inside story with candid clips of client reactions to training and workshops, and watch topical overviews presented by The New York Times Bestselling Authors and senior leadership team.

This revolutionary website makes it easy for users to find exclusive business solutions within 14 practice areas, including access to a rich database of client case studies that illustrate the power and impact of the Three Tracks To Creating Greater Accountability Training^® and consulting services. This website displays new research that shows the effect accountability and culture has on results. Unique features of this website include real-time assessments, where users can compare results, and the ability to customize their visit with "click to expand" to view the most relevant content and advance menu options for better navigation through-out the site.

September 1, 2011 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, is excited to announce the Original Partners In Leadership Research and Data. With over two decades of experience working with thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of people in more than 50 countries this original data was compiled through historical webinar poll data, public assessments, organizational assessments and social media sources.

This data gives a comprehensive view of how accountability and key results are being achieved throughout leadership teams and organizations around the world. The data consists of polls on participant experiences with accountability, their organizational culture, employee engagement, and personal development. These studies also convey participant receptivity to the training.

Complete with pie graphs, bar charts, and multiple answer assessments, this data portrays participant reactions and beliefs towards accountability and culture within the workplace. This data was compiled, reviewed, and supported by Dr. Shane Reese, a current BYU Professor of Statistics who obtained his B.S. and M.A. in Statistics at BYU and then completed his Ph.D. in Statistics from Texas A&M University.

The data slides are organized by topic, and then arranged by module along with a recommended tee-up or description of the poll question. They can be downloaded directly from pilu.com in either a power point or keynote slide format. The charts and poll results are embedded into a master slide for easy insertion into any slide deck.

To learn more about the PIL University^® website or for more information about the Original Partners In Leadership Research and Data click here.

August 24, 2011 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership, the world's premiere Accountability Training^® service provider, is pleased to announce the new Workshop Video Library exclusively for Certified Facilitators. This Train-the-Faciliator Video Library can be accessed through the Resource Center within the PIL University website at pilu.com.

These workshop videos can be utilized throughout The Three Tracks To Creating Greater Accountability.^® They have been thoughtfully produced to coordinate with specific principles taught within each of the training modules. The videos are brief and feature Best Practices and success stories that provide convincing evidence that the principles taught in the training really work.

The workshop videos are organized by track, and then arranged by module, along with a recommended tee-up or description of the video that can be used with the workshop participants. The workshop videos are accessible by simply downloading the videos directly from pilu.com in either a power point or keynote slide format. The downloaded videos are embedded into a master slide for easy insertion into any slide deck.

To learn more about the PIL University website or for more information about the Workshop Video Library please click here.

May 19, 2011, Thanksgiving Point, UT - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce guest speaker Dale Murphy, 2-time MVP and All-Star Pro baseball player and a special Author appearance by Roger Connors, New York Times Bestselling Author & Co-CEO/Co-President of Partners In Leadership will be Featured Speakers at The Oz Principle Accountability Training Public Workshop on May 19th, 2011.

This Public Workshop is an excellent opportunity to experience the Accountability Training, which is based on our New York Times Bestselling trilogy on workplace accountability: The Oz Principle, Change the Culture, Change the Game and How Did That Happen?

Dale Murphy will talk about how the same accountability principles that led him to be an MVP on the baseball field can be integrated into your daily work environment. Participants will learn how to be a more accountable leader, hold others accountable for results, create a more accountable team and better manage unmet expectations

November 1, 2010 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is excited to announce the LinkedIn Certified Facilitator Group. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site that has over 90 million users and is fast becoming a central marketing and networking tool for any tech-savvy business. The LinkedIn Certified Facilitator Group has been organized by Partners In Leadership to facilitate communication and the sharing of best practices for Certified Facilitators who have been trained in The Oz Principle Accountability Training, The Culture of Accountability^® Process and The Accountability Sequence Training. Certified Facilitators can send in a request to join this social networking group and then engage in the benefits of this fast growing network.

The Certified Facilitator Group fosters open dialogue where PIL Certified Facilitators can discuss best practices, accountability models, success stories, and case studies. The group currently holds 544 members, with seniority accounting for 26% Directors, 25% Managers, 20% Senior Leaders, 11% Vice Presidents along with many other diverse positions. Members include Fortune 1000 corporations, such as Kroger, Walmart Stores, Inc , Hewlett-Packard and Verizon Communications. With this diverse setting, members have exclusive invitations to The Oz Principle Roundtable Discussions, access to Facilitator Best Practices, and the ability to network with the Authors and Certified Facilitators around the world.

December 6, 2009 - Temecula, CA – Partners In Leadership’s first groundbreaking work on accountability, The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability, has been named a New York Times Bestseller, making this the second book in a span of five months to make the list, as their new book How Did That Happen? made the list in August 2009.  The Oz Principle was also named to the following bestselling lists:

• The Wall Street Journal
• USA Today
• Amazon
• Publisher’s Weekly

“This book is in the top 5 bestselling books in the ‘Leadership’ and ‘Performance’ categories, year after year, since 1994,” said Adrian Zackheim, President and Publisher of the Portfolio brand of Penguin Putnam Books. “This book has become a classic and is in the top 30 bestselling business book in the last 15 years.”

The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times. The book shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today.  By taking the Steps To Accountability and helping people See It, Own It, Solve It and Do It, the authors help people take accountability and move Above The Line to take ownership for overcoming obstacles and getting results. The book spells out how to capture the power of positive accountability by helping people at every level of the organization ask the question, “What else can I do?” to achieve the result.

Over the last twenty years, Partners In Leadership has implemented the principles and training discussed in The Oz Principle with thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of people, from the executive suite to the front-line workforce. The training has produced record-breaking results including increased revenues and profits, reduction of costs and improvement of operating efficiencies and the successful implementation of key initiatives.

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November 3, 2009 - Temecula, CA Partners In Leadership's New York Times Bestselling book, "How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way," has been named the #4 Best Book for 2009 in the Business and Investing Category by Amazon.com and is the only leadership book in the Top 10 for 2009.

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“We are honored to be named as one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2009,” Co-Author Roger Connors said. “It is very satisfying to see this book receive multiple awards and make multiple Bestselling lists. It further validates the fact that accountability really is the answer for many problems that organizations are facing today, and through this book and our training we show individuals and organizations how to get results.” 

How Did That Happen? written by The New York Times Bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors explain the Accountability Sequence^™ model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

Over the last twenty years, Partners In Leadership has accumulated a library full of stories and case studies that illustrate how accountability, correctly understood and applied, produces results for companies all over the world.  The stories in this book have drawn heavily upon their own practical and real-life experiences with clients, illustrating successful tools and models for effectively holding people accountable.

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August 21, 2009 - Temecula, CA – Partners In Leadership’s new book, “How Did That Happen? Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way,” has become a top bestselling book as it is currently ranked:

• #2 The New York Times Bestseller
• #2 The Wall Street Journal (Hardcover Business)
• #1 USA Today in Business/Management
• #1 Amazon for all book categories (August 11th)

“We are very excited to see such a positive reaction about our new book on holding people accountable in a positive, principled way,” Co-Author Tom Smith said. “We think the topic of the book hits home for a lot of people and organizations. Accountability really is the answer for many problems that organizations are facing today, and through this book and our training we show organizations how to get results through implementing positive accountability.” 

How Did That Happen? written by The New York Times Bestselling Authors Roger Connors and Smith is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors explain the Accountability Sequence^™ model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

Over the last twenty years, Partners In Leadership has accumulated a library full of stories and case studies that illustrate how accountability, correctly understood and applied, produces results for companies all over the world.  The stories in this book have drawn heavily upon their own practical and real-life experiences with clients, illustrating successful tools and models for effectively holding people accountable.

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August 18, 2009 - Temecula, CA – On the first day of its release the new book "How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way," written by the bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith, was ranked the #1 Bestselling book in all categories on Amazon.com

“We were thrilled to see our new book debut at #1 on Amazon,” Connors said. “To see that kind of reception on the first day of its release was really special.  I think this further validates the growing need of accountability in organizations around the world, which is a need that this book answers.” 

How Did That Happen? is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors explain the Accountability Sequence^™ model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

Over the last twenty years, Partners In Leadership has accumulated a library full of stories and case studies that illustrate how accountability, correctly understood and applied, produces results for companies all over the world. The stories in this book have drawn heavily upon their own practical and real-life experiences with clients, illustrating both successful and failed attempts to hold people accountable.

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August 11, 2009 - Temecula, CA – The highly anticipated book "How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way," written by the bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith is now available.

How Did That Happen? is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors will explain the Accountability Sequence model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers will learn how to master the Why-What-When model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

Over the last twenty years, Partners In Leadership has accumulated a library full of stories and case studies that illustrate how accountability, correctly understood and applied, produces results for companies all over the world.  The stories in this book have drawn heavily upon their own practical and real-life experiences with clients, illustrating both successful and failed attempts to hold people accountable.

Connors and Smith are the Co-Authors of the The New York Times Bestselling book "The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual And Organizational Accountability" and "Journey To The Emerald City: Achieve A Competitive Edge By Creating A Culture Of Accountability." They have published several articles on management and leadership effectiveness in major publications such as the Journal of Business Strategy and Corporate University Review. They have also appeared on television programs such as: CNBC "Power Lunch," OCN-TV "Prime Story," and KWHY-TV (Los Angeles) "Market Talk." Their radio broadcasts include Business Radio Network, UPI, and Voice of America.

Both hold a Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University. Connors holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University and Tom Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from University of California, Irvine. After founding Partners In Leadership over 20 years ago, they have spent the last decade pioneering the implementation of cutting-edge principles and technologies that assist leaders and teams in improving the effectiveness of organizations in achieving their key organizational results. Their varied experience has made them leaders in the struggle of coming to grips with how to create rapid culture change and greater accountability.

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July 20, 2009 – Temecula, CA – On Wednesday July 15, 2009 Partners In Leadership released their all-new webinar, “The Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way Webinar.”

The Webinar, which was conducted by Co-President and Co-Author Roger Connors, drew a large attendance of people who were excited for the new training and book.

“We were excited to have such a great audience,” Connors said. “We felt they were very receptive to the content presented, and we received a lot of feedback from people interested in implementing the training and ordering our new book that comes out August 11.”

This New Webinar introduces the "Other Side" of the Accountability Coin: holding others accountable in a way that produces results and builds morale at the same time. During this Webinar, attendees also learned about:

• Improving their ability to hold others accountable in a way that motivates and produces results
• Applying the Accountability Sequence Model to day-to-day accountability interactions with others
• Learning how to manage un-met expectations and have the Accountability Conversation that leads to better, and more consistent, results from the people on whom you depend

The new book, “How Did That Happen?” is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the Bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors will explain the Accountability Sequence model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers will learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

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July 1, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Adrian Zackheim, President and Publisher of the Portfolio brand of Penguin Putnam Books, recently announced, "The Oz Principle is in the top 5 bestselling business books in the 'Leadership' and 'Performance' categories, year after year, since 1994."

The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrated the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half-million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times.

The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today. By taking the Steps To Accountability and helping people See It, Own It, Solve It and Do It, the authors help people take accountability and move Above The Line to take ownership for overcoming obstacles and getting results. The book spells out how to capture the power of positive accountability by helping people at every level of the organization ask the question, "What else can I do?" to achieve the result.

While the metaphor of The Wizard of Oz receives a light treatment in The Oz Principle, Partners In Leadership effectively uses this story as a powerful illustration to show the positive impact that personal accountability can have in the quest for results. Each of the four characters in the story unlocks the Steps To Accountability that must be taken in the journey from feeling victimized to being accountable and able to move forward and make progress.

Partners In Leadership also offers training based on The Oz Principle, which utilizes the Bestselling principles taught within the book. The purpose of the training is to create greater accountability for achieving the key organizational results by proactively taking personal accountability for those results in spite of difficult circumstances and challenging obstacles. This training has helped over 700 clients in 50 Countries:
 

• Increase Revenues
• Reduce Costs
• Implement Key Initiatives

"People really gravitate to this material…" said Vice-President of Johnson Controls Inc., Mark Katz.  "Partners In Leadership keeps it very simple, but there's not been one session over the ten years that I've worked with the material that people haven't come up and just been really excited about the concepts and how they feel they can take it and put it to use tomorrow."

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June 19, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Portfolio books has announced that the new book "How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way," written by the Bestselling Authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith will be released August 11, 2009, but is available for pre-order now.

How Did That Happen? is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors will explain the Accountability Sequence^™ model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers will learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

Connors and Smith are the authors of the bestselling book "The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual And Organizational Accountability" and "Journey To The Emerald City: Achieve A Competitive Edge By Creating A Culture Of Accountability." They have published several articles on management and leadership effectiveness in major publications such as the Journal of Business Strategy and Corporate University Review. They have also appeared on such television programs as: CNBC "Power Lunch," OCN-TV "Prime Story," and KWHY-TV (Los Angeles) "Market Talk." Their radio broadcasts include Business Radio Network, UPI, and Voice of America.

Both hold a Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University. Connors holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University and Tom Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from University of California, Irvine. After founding Partners In Leadership over 20 years ago, they have spent the last decade pioneering the implementation of cutting-edge principles and technologies that assist leaders and teams in improving the effectiveness of organizations in achieving their key organizational results. Their varied experience has made them leaders in the struggle of coming to grips with how to create rapid culture change and greater accountability.

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June 8, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Soundview Executive Book Summaries has announced that "How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results The Positive, Principled Way," has been named one of the top 30 business books that they will review and provide a summary for in 2009.

"It is a great honor for How Did That Happen? to be named to this very prestigious list," Bestselling Co-Author Connors said. "We are very excited for the release of our new book and feel that it is very pertinent to the issues that all organizations are facing in society today."

Soundview Executive Summaries, was founded in 1978, and identifies the year's top 30 business books and summarizes each down to 8-pages of text and 20 minutes of audio. Throughout the years, Soundview has worked closely with the leading business book publishers of the world to offer print summaries of the thirty best business books of the year to its more than 100,000 worldwide subscribers. To visit their website and to view their summaries please visit,

• http://www.summary.com/

How Did That Happen? will be released August 11, 2009 by Portfolio books and is focused on holding others accountable and builds off the foundation laid in the bestsellers, "The Oz Principle" and "Journey To The Emerald City." Within this volume, the authors will explain the Accountability Sequence^™ model, which clearly illustrates how to hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way. Readers will learn how to master the Why-What-When^™ model of communicating expectations, along with a number of other practical tools that are easily remembered and applied.

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May 28, 2009 - Temecula, CA – Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce that Afan Consultores Internacionales is its new exclusive authorized representative in Mexico. The companies signed the Authorized Representative Agreement on May 28th, 2009 making the partnership official.

“We are very excited to announce this partnership,” said Tracy Skousen, Senior Vice President, President, International Division for Partners In Leadership. “This should allow us to continue to grow in South America and offer our award-winning accountability training services to more people than ever before.”

Partners In Leadership is the premier provider of Accountability Training^® services around the world. Founded over two decades ago, they have assisted thousands companies and hundreds of thousands of people in over 50 countries. They are also The New York Times Bestselling authors of “How Did That Happen?” as well as “The Oz Principle,” and “Journey to the Emerald City.”

Afan was founded in 1991 by a group of experienced professionals in the HR and consulting industry. They are based in Mexico, but have offices located throughout Central and South America. They will be a valuable asset to Partners In Leadership as the company continues to grow across South America and the world.

Afan's Co-presidents Octavio Aguilar and Ruben Aguilar have over 17 years of experience as consultants and have collaborated with more than 500 organizations including multiple unions, chambers and professional associations.

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May 4, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Roger Connors and Tom Smith, Co-CEO's / Co-Presidents of Partners In Leadership and Co-Authors of the Bestselling books, "The Oz Principle," and "Journey to the Emerald City," have announced their new blog where they will provide further insight and discussion into the key principle of accountability.

"We feel that our blog will give us another avenue to talk about the ever-important issue of accountability," Connors said. "It gives us a platform to discuss current-day issues as they relate to accountability."

Joining Bestselling Authors Connors and Smith will be author Craig Hickman who was a Co-Author on "The Oz Principle." Hickman is the author of more than a dozen books, among them such national and international bestsellers as The Oz Principle, The Strategy Game, Mind of Manager, Soul of a Leader, and Creating Excellence.

He earned his MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School and has consulted for corporations and organizations around the world, lecturing abroad for the U.S. State Department, and serving as a member of the Board of Directors for several companies. He lives in Chicago.

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Along with their blog you can also follow Partners In Leadership on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

"We are always looking for ways to better communicate our message and social media gives us a great medium to do just that," Connors said.

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April 23, 2009 - Temecula, CA – Partners In Leadership’s International Division President, Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Facilitator Tracy Skousen recently conducted a very successful conference in Warsaw, Poland partnering with ICAN.

ICAN is an exclusive partner of Harvard Publishing in Poland for selling their corporate learning solutions (including e-learning and blended products). They are also the publisher of the Polish Edition of the Harvard Business Review, which gives them a unique access to the target market there.

“I was thrilled with the reception we received in Poland,” Skousen said. “Accountability is a global issue that every organization faces, and at Partners In Leadership we have the tools and Accountability Training necessary to help organizations decrease costs, increase revenues and achieve key results.”

During the three-day event that went from April 20-22, Skousen met with numerous HR Executives, CEO’s and the general public, and presented a keynote speech to the entire conference on April 22nd.

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April 10, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Roger Connors and Tom Smith, Co-Presidents of Partners In Leadership and Co-Authors of the Bestselling books, "The Oz Principle," and "Journey to the Emerald City," announced today that Partners In Leadership will now have a Three Track approach to Creating Greater Accountability.

"We are please to now make this announcement and feel that many of our past and future clients will be very excited about our Three Tracks," said Connors. "With the upcoming release of our new book, "How Did That Happen?" The Three Tracks will align perfectly with our three books covering the Self, Culture and Others Track."

Self Track:

This track lays a foundation of personal accountability. The training is based upon the bestselling book, The Oz Principle, and the Steps To Accountability Model. This training helps people to embrace their own accountability for achieving organizational results. With the foundation of greater accountability, they internalize the need for change and take the Steps To Accountability and move Above The Line to See It, Own It, Solve It and Do It. With their heightened personal accountability, they continually ask the question, "What else can I do?" to overcome obstacles and achieve the result.

Culture Track:

This track builds on the foundation of the Self Track to accelerate the transition to a Culture of Accountability. This process is based upon the bestselling book, Journey to the Emerald City and The Results Pyramid Model. This process assists clients in identifying and internalizing the needed Cultural Beliefs, the case for change and the key results. This process integrates the key culture management tools proven to accelerate both individual and organizational change around how people need to think and act throughout the organization in order to achieve the needed results now.

Others Track:

This track completes the next step in the logical sequence of implementing accountability throughout the organization. This training is based upon the forthcoming book, How Did That Happen? and The Accountability Sequence^™ Model. This training helps people effectively hold others accountable for results in a positive, principled way so that people deliver on expectations and follow-through on what is required to be successful. This approach helps people get results and build positive morale at the same time.

"This is probably one of the best training programs I've gone through," said Ken Buchanan Executive Vice-President of Revenue Management at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. "Working with Partners In Leadership was fabulous. It was really outstanding. They took the time to come in and know our business, and catered the training to DFW, and I thought that was very, very important."

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March 18, 2009 - Temecula, CA - Partners In Leadership is pleased to announce that Tracy Skousen, International Division President, Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Facilitator will be speaking at the ASTD International Conference and Exposition in Washington D.C. on June 1st at 2:15 p.m. The title of his session is, "Building An Accountable Culture."

Tracy O. Skousen is an International Division President, Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Facilitator with Partners In Leadership, Inc. He has over 16 years of experience in the leadership development and consulting industry. Tracy has extensive experience and has developed expertise working with groups at all organizational levels, including global, multi-cultural environments. He is widely respected as an executive coach and consultant and is recognized as a passionate, authoritative, and captivating speaker. Tracy has worked with hundreds of senior executive teams, as well as with thousands of managers and leaders in a wide range of industries. He continues to help leaders in both public and private sectors achieve personal and organizational key results.

In addition, Tracy speaks fluent Spanish. Tracy holds a degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development.

All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the bestselling book on accountability, "The Oz Principle." Partners In Leadership will also have representatives at the conference at booth number 1407.

What: The Building An Accountable Culture Breakout Session

Who: Tracy Skousen, International Division President, Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Facilitator of Partners In Leadership

When: 2:15 p.m. EDT June 1, 2009

Where: Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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