This week Peter speaks with Weekly Leader colleague Dr. Ed Brenegar and young entrepreneur Guy Mitrano, ceo of Burlington Boat Yard about the importance of leaders reviewing the past year and goal setting the next.

Pam Interviews Amari Romero-Thomas, SVP, United Way of Silicon Valley, Social Media Minutes covers strategy+business 2009 Best Leadership Books by Charles Handy, Research Report of the Week is Blame Contagion and some great podsafe music

This week I went to Virginia Beach, VA to participate in the first annual United States Coast Guard PodCamp and recorded a roundtable discussion about social media and leadership in the Coast Guard. Roundtable participants: Mario Vittone, Daren Lewis, Katie Hood, Steve Flowers, Peter Stinson, Dan Taylor, Ben Strong Katie Hood's post on Leadership Lessons via Ashton Kutcher on Twitter My Podcasting Fundamentals presentation on SlideShare

This week Peter interviews Gary B. Cohen, founder of CO2 Partners and author of Just Ask Leadership podcast and Pam’s Research Report of the Week focuses on engaging men in gender initiatives. iTunes U and great podsafe music by George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Matthew Ebel, too.

• iTunes U (link to iTunes)
• WeeklyLeader Twitter Lists
  • Weekly Leader Team
  • Weekly Leader Guests

•  Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives: What Change Agents Need to Know  (Report PDF) Catalyst

• Gary B. Cohen, founder of CO2 Partners and author of Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions
  • CO2 Partners - Just Ask Leadership blog
  • Twitter: @garybcohen
  • Reading
    • Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good) by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

• Intro: Trance Sends by Trance Blackman
• George Thorogood and the Destroyers - I Didn't Know
• Matthew Ebel - A Cautionary Tale

This week Peter interviews Mitch Joel, president of Twist Image, a digital marketing agency and creator of Six Pixels of Separation book, blog and podcast. Pam's Research Report of the Week focuses on keeping star employees plus the November 2009  Leadership Development Carnival, Twitter lists and Podsafe music by David Usher, too.

This week Pam interviews Bruce McNamer, CEO of TechnoServe. Also, a follow up conversation on the Weekly Leader Podcast Special Edition Leadership Lessons from a Modern Day Mutiny and some great podsafe music by Angelique Kidjo.

This special joint edition of the Weekly Leader and Messing About In Ships podcasts tells an incredible story about claims of a modern day mutiny on a ship in the Western Pacific Ocean.

NPR's Scott Simon - A Salute to Captains of Integrity (April 18, 2009)

Music

This week we have the 2nd part of Peter's interview of Ed O’Malley, CEO of Kansas Leadership Center, our website of  the week is actually an O'Reilly webinar on Murderboarding, Pam's research report is about the difference between urgency and importance in leadership communications and some great podsafe music by Howard Jones.

This week Peter interviews Ed O’Malley, CEO of Kansas Leadership Center, our website of the week is Bridgestar.org and our research report is about The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle.