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Notes from the Field: Interview for CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Association) with Ichak Kalderon Adizes

Notes from the Field / October 2009

[This is the first time that Integral Leadership Review has published something that had previously been published elsewhere, in this case as a blog. Ichak Adizes is the author of Corporate Life Cycles. This seems to be a useful and timely set of reflections. Note that at the end of the interview there is a free offer for a video, ”What is a leader.” Integral Leadership Reviewis NOT promoting this video, but has agreed to make …

Notes from the Field: Peter Merry and Meshworking for Change and Development

Notes from the Field / March 2009

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There is no way we could present a more powerful item for the Notes from the Field section than this presentation Don Beck announced to some list serves. To listen (and watch slides) from a presentation by Peter Merry on some pretty amazing activities going on in Europe, go here:

http://www.petermerry.org/Peter_Merry/Film/Entries/2009/3/7_Meshworking_for_MDG5.html

And, by the way, Peter Merry’s book, Evolutionary Leadership , is now available. Order before April 15, 2009 and receive a 20% discount off the …

Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / March 2009

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In writing about leadership in the American Indian Nations:

…anyone can begin to tell the story in new ways. Ideally, the process will involve elected leadership; after all, elected leaders usually hold positions of influence and may be able to make things happen quickly. But seizing the future can begin anywhere in the community, and anyone can be a leader in that position. ~Steven Cornell, Miriam Joprgensen, Joseph P. Kalt and Kathertine Spilde Contreras – “Seizing …

Fresh Perspective: Entrepreneurship and Self-Development: A Conversation with Brian Johnson of PhilosophersNotes

Fresh Perspective / March 2009

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Russ: Brian Johnson, I welcome you to the Integral Leadership Review. I’m really excited about our talk today.

Brian: Likewise. I appreciate the invitation.

Russ: I discovered in hunting you down that you’re no longer on the mainland US; you’re on Bali. What are you doing there?

Brian: I like to say I left my iPhone and my personal history in Los Angeles. I came out here for what I intended to be a sabbatical for …

Leadership Cartoon: Bill Bates Update

Leadership Cartoon / January 2009

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Bill Bates, University of Texas, Advertising Major. Illustrator-Air Training Command. Creator of comic strip “PING”. Artist -In-Residence for Royal Viking Line. To date has produced 23 Cruise sketchbooks, including eight World Cruises. Cartoonist for the Carmel Pine Cone since 1972. (17 of these cartoons permanently displayed in the Carmel U.S. Post Office.) His cartoons have also been regularly published in theMonterey County Herald. Bill has been published and those books are “Carmel By-The-Bates” and …

Leadership Quote: Peter Rennie

Leadership Quote / January 2009

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“The CEO and his executives often have difficulty in letting go of tendencies towards heroic leadership that are inherent in our society. Heroic leaders, who are usually male, often resort to underhand means in order to win and look good. These behaviours support the development of FIBS* cultures. The heroic leader is often driven by unrecognised fears of not being needed or of others being powerful. They seek to accumulate power and disempower others.” ~Peter

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Leadership Quote: Dee Hock

Leadership Quote / October 2008

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Here is the very heart and soul of the matter of leadership: If you seek to lead, invest 50% of your time (attention) leading yourself-your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over youand 15% leading your peers – Use the remainder to induce those you “work for” to understand and practice the theory – If you don’t understand that you should be working for your mislabeled “subordinates,” then

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Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / August 2008

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[E]nvironmental leadership and leaders…are critical to the future of human well-being world-wide. Therefore, there is no more urgent task than to encourage and nurture the next generation of environmental leaders. The most important message we have to offer is that environmental leadership consists largely of learned skills and styles and that learning needs to begin early and last a lifetime. This requires creating and tending to your own leadership tree, understanding the characteristics of environmental problems,

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Notes from the Field: Integral Theory Conference, 2008

Notes from the Field / August 2008

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I would suggest that the Integral Theory Conference, held at JFK University in August 2008 was an unqualified success. Sean Esjborn- Hargensand Mark Foreman were the organizers with a whole lot of help from others. In order to provide you with a sense of the conference I asked Ed Kelly of Ireland, Australia and currently France, and Gayle Young of the US to join we me in sharing our experiences with the readers of the Integral …

Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / June 2008

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Leadership in complex systems “takes place during interactions among agents when those interactions lead to changes in the way agents expect to relate to one another in the future.”

Source: Hazy, J. K., Goldstein, J. & Lichtenstein, B. B. (2007). Complex systems leadership theory: An introduction. In J. K. Hazy, J.Goldstein, & B. B. Lichtenstein (Eds.), Complex systems leadership theory (pp. 1-17). Mansfield, M A: ISCE Publishing Company

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