About Charlene Li

Charlene Li is the co-author of the bestseller “Groundswell”, author of the new book “Open Leadership”, and Founder of Altimeter Group, a strategy firm that provides clients with a pragmatic approach to using new technologies.

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  • Facebook Places completes the picture
    By Susan Etlinger and Charlene Li (Note: Susan Etlinger is my colleague at Altimeter Group. She wrote this post, I edited, and it’s cross posted on her site as well as on Altimeter’s blog). Today, Facebook confirmed that it is adding location awareness to the Facebook experience. Facebook Places enables members to share where they are and who they are with, […]
  • Win a Free Meeting with Charlene Li
    Update: This contest is closed and winners have been contacted. Thanks so much to those who participated! I’m thrilled that my new book, “Open Leadership”, was recently named #5 on the New York Times bestseller list.To celebrate, I’m giving away five one-hour meetings (in person* or on the phone). You can use this meeting to ask questions, have me do a Webin […]
  • Join me at Clearvale SecondFloor speaking event, August 18th
    Please join me for an evening discussion at the Clearvale SecondFloor speaker series on Wednesday, August 18th at 5pm in Redwood City, CA. I’ll be doing a general Q&A and also discussing the “Open Leadership” book. (The date for the event was originally set for July 14th but I had to move it because of a conflict on my part.) The event will be hosted by […]
  • How open are you? Conduct an Openness Audit to find out.
    When “Groundswell” came out, I was frequently asked the seemingly innocent little question “How open do I need to be?” It was asked in the face of managers and executives being asked to engage with customers and employees for the first time. It seems fairly obvious to those of us steeped in the world of social technologies — you just are open, authentic, and […]
  • Looking for “Open Leadership” sightings
    Two years ago, Josh Bernoff and I really enjoyed watching our book, Groundswell, launch and roll into bookstores across the country. One enterprising person, eager to get the book, even went around to the store’s loading dock and got it right off the delivery truck! While the publisher, Jossey-Bass, has set Monday, May 24th as the launch date for Open Leader […]
  • Help make “Open Leadership” a bestseller
    I’m looking forward to finally launching my new book, Open Leadership. The official launch date is Monday, May 24th which is right around the corner. I could never have gotten to this point without the help of many, many people, and especially you, the long-time readers of this blog. So a big thank you! Now it’s time to celebrate, and to get the word out. Fi […]
  • “Finding and Supporting Open Leaders” Webinar slides & recording now available
    I conducted the third of four Webinars on the ideas around “Open Leadership” and am making available the slides as well as a video recording. This Webinar examines what it means to be an open leader — the characteristics, mindsets, skills, and behaviors. Past Webinars Making the Case for Open Leadership Developing And Measuring Open Leadership Strategies Ple […]
  • “Developing and Measuring Open Leadership Strategies” Webinar slides now available
    I conducted the second of four Webinars on the ideas around “Open Leadership” and am making available the slides as well as a video recording. This Webinar laid out how to create a an open strategy with four goals, and how to measure each of those goals. As I discussed in the first Webinar, leadership — especially in the era of social technologies — is about […]
  • “Making The Case For Open Leadership” Webinar slides & recording now available
    I conducted the first of four Webinars on the ideas around “Open Leadership” and am making available the slides as well as a video recording. This Webinar laid out the reasons why open leadership is inevitable and required because of the adoption of social technologies. I also define the 10 elements of openness and provide some information on how you can con […]
  • Review copies of “Open Leadership” available
    The hardcover version of “Open Leadership” is due to be in stores the end of May but I have 400 galleys of the book available for bloggers and Twitter-ers to review as long as you meet some basic criteria (see below) The galleys are preliminary, bound manuscripts and as such, contain some typos and errors (which we hopefully all found and corrected). While n […]