Can't make it to one of my Building Your Perfect Team workshops? Then I have good news. Your copy of my new action guide, Building Your Perfect Personal Team, is hot off the presses and ready to mail.

Building Your Perfect Personal Team will lead you through the process of building Your Perfect Personal Team. Each section starts by asking you to consider how you will apply The ARC of High Performance Success in your relationships. The ARC is based on my core philosophy that success must be grounded in three basic values; Accountability, Respect and Commitment.

You will then be presented with a number of exercises, checklists and suggestions to help you choose each member of Your Perfect Personal Team. One of the most important of these exercise, and one that you will see repeated in each section, is determining how each potential team member measures up against the seven characteristics of a Perfect Team Member.

This action guide will help you choose the best possible team to help you achieve your goals. You can reserve your copy here, and I'll put it in the mail as quick as you can say "Building Your ARC to High Performance Success."

...you may want to check out my home page. I'm happy to be able to say that it has - finally - been completely revised to more accurately reflect what I do and how you can benefit from partnering with me.

I would love it if you would give it a once over and then let me know what you think in the comments to this post.

Thanks!

And in my case that means I've got to heed the advice of those whose counsel I trust. Quite an amazing team is helping me capitalize on my strengths and overcome my weaknesses, and for the last month or so the message from my mentors, my accountability partner and my mastermind group has been uniform and unanimous: Focus in on your passions, define your message and take action.

And that's just what I'm doing. I've spent quite a bit of time over the last few weeks reviewing my workshops and speeches, my marketing material, my products and everything else I use with an eye towards whether they define, capture and support my central message:

High Performance Success is grounded in the values of Accountability, Respect and Commitment (The ARC of High Performance) and requires developing advanced Team Building, Leadership and Communication skills.

It's what I believe, it's what I do, and it's why I'll continue to refine my message and the ways in which I deliver it; I want to help you build Your ARC to High Performance Success.

...about dougpetch.com. Not too brag or anything, but I'm happy to note that this site has been included on a list of the Top 100 Leadership Blogs compiled by the folks at bestuniversities.com. More specifically, you'll find dougpetch.com listed in the Team Leadership category, one of 8 categories on the list.

The list is also an excellent resource if you're looking for new sources of leadership news, information and inspiration. With 100 sites to choose from you're bound to find a few that are new to you.

It's been on my to-do list for months (at least!) but it's finally moving from to-do to done. That's right -- the 1st issue of Highlighting High Performance is ready for delivery.

Please, hold the applause.

Those of you who only read my feed haven't seen the sidebar item about my newsletter, so here's what I'm talking about -

Highlighting High Performance is the monthly email newletter for anyone who wants to excel.

Each issue features a variety of tools, tips and techniques designed to help you achieve high performance in whatever you do.

I'll be hitting the send button on December 1st, so you still have time to sign up to receive the inaugural issue. And I'll even make it easy for you to sign up while it's still fresh on your mind -

So, what do you think? It took longer than I had hoped, but the updated dougpetch.com is finally open for business. As you can see, it has a new look, additional features, an upgraded, secure online shopping experience, and a host of behind-the scenes improvements to make the site easier for you to use.

I hope you'll take some time to check out the changes. We're still doing some fine-tuning but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by what you find. But please let me know if you're not, or if you find a glitch that we've overlooked. You can do so either in the comments to this post or by clicking on contact over there in the sidebar.

Oh, and one last thing. If you're using Internet Explorer Version 6 you're probably thinking the site is all messed up. I have bad news for you though - it's not the site, if you catch my drift. You really should consider either upgrading to IE 7 or switching to another browser altogether.