NSA, Citadel Alumni, Consultant, Author
To produce a solid winning team, you have to start with strong leadership & great management. This weeks topic explores Business Leadership Excellence. This is the motto of The Citadel - one of the most distinguished military institution in the country & our guest is an alumni. Peter A. Land, MS, CSP, CMC, CPCM, heads an international management, consulting/training firm, Peter A. Land Associates, Inc.. For over three decades, he has conducted leadership and management development workshops on a wide variety of topics for more than 100,000 participants on four continents.
He is one of three people in the world to hold his earned professional credentials. The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) is the highest award presented by the National Speakers Association for many years of speaking excellence. Only 10% of the speakers in the world have been so honored. Additionally, he has been awarded the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by the Institute of Management Consultants and the Certified Professional Consultant to Management (CPCM) by the National Bureau of Certified Consultants; these credentials reflect his extensive training, experience and ethical performance.
His client list includes a wide range of organizations in the United States, Russia, Europe, Australia, Canada and Mexico. He has served Fortune 500 companies; multinational corporations; local, state and federal governmental agencies; as well as hospitals, school systems, churches, military units, nonprofit organizations plus many small businesses.
Pete has published numerous articles on leadership and related topics in various periodicals. All of his books on leadership are endorsed by Dr. Ken Blanchard, co-author of the "One Minute Manager". They include his first book: Managing To Get The Job Done, it received enthusiastic responses from a broad spectrum of readers — from CEO's to first-line supervisors. It was chosen by the Newbridge Executive Book Club in New York as an alternate selection; over 100,000 executives in the US and Canada have been offered this book in the past few years. His second book, How To Build A Winning Team (And Have Fun Doing It!) describes the team building process he has used successfully worldwide. Pete's third book, How to Delegate Effectively Without Losing Control, is the output of his teaching these critically important skills to more than 10,000 managers/executives in the U.S. and Europe.
He holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from The Citadel, plus an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California (4.0 GPA).
During twenty-four years in the Air Force, he served in a wide range of leadership and management positions. These include: Training Officer, Project Manager for Operational Test and Evaluation of Aerospace Systems, undergraduate management instructor, Air Operations Officer in combat, Base Commander, Management Consultant and Vice Commandant of the Air War College. He retired as a Colonel in 1982.
As Director of Management Consultation for the United States Air Force, he was instrumental in establishing and developing the Air Force consultation organization which grew to over fifty consultants employing the latest in computer-based organizational development techniques and methodologies for Department of Defense clients world-wide. He has received extensive formal consultant training and is a certified consultant by Inscape Publishing. Additionally, he has held active leadership positions in scouting, youth sports activities, civic groups, churches and schools. ~ PeteLand.com
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