Ted Middleberg/Systemic Leadership summary

Host: cheap, fast, reliable
Buy Frontpage for him: $85 or $6

Logo ideas: center, circle, whole, center point radiating out
Idea for images: abstract art; themes in Google
Triangle theme
Style: not strong constrasts; softer blend of colors; likes scales of tone/hues of color; blues and greens; would like posterized picture of self put up
On site : White space that allows the boundaries to blur

Showcase what he has to offer; brochure, informational

Clients: entrepreneurial and Fortune 500; for-profit small and large companies

Themes: Change Management, leadership development, ****Ethics**hot topic

Selling points:

  • Business and academic: has background/experience in theory (teaching at grad level) and practice (VP of Finance)
  • broad perspective he can integrate at a systems level
  • Differentiators: maturity and experience
  • Ability to be integrative: see big picture, all the facts, understanding all the sides, making sense out of the total....Living organism/organization: organic
  • Key selling proposition: that he has many satisfied customers

What audience believes:

  • change management: that it's simple
  • leadership deveopment: interested but don't want to invest the time.....this is a very important thing becuase it is important to develop an environment with good leaders; ; that changes the environment: it makes people's experiences in an organization better, makes them feel accomplished, proud, spirit invested, sense of community, feeling valued and appreciated
  • Ethical business: underestimate the importance of role models

What he wants them to do next:

  • directly, call/email to ask for more info; contact him when they need help at a higher level
  • ants to say somethign that will make them curious
  • wants to have great resources: make it usable for clients
  • Wants to join clients in a partnership, a relationship for ongoing, repeat business

Soft sell, more sophisticated

Show them the real benefits

Feeling he wants to leave them with: sophistication; like he knows a lot and is willing to share; genuine, authenticated, crisp, clear, thoughtful, competent, trustable, that it is a worthy risk; sense of comfort/ease: not scary; being able to gauge the pace of change for people

Animal: paint horse: unique, familiar, sophisticated, powerful, not scary, furry

Car: Audi S4: more than meets the eye, subtle; understated sophistication, technology and price not readily visible

Project success based on: how many sign up for email; Positive comments; whether info accessible (3 clicks in)

Risks: that it won't be done with enough quality or in a timely fashion

For future materials: need to deliver .tif format of logo as well as EPS

Browser used: IE on a PC; Roadrunner