Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

Leadership Quote: Mary Parker Follett

Leadership Quote / June 2011

“Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.”  ~Mary Parker Follett, The Creative Experience, 1924

Feature Article: Transdisciplinarity in Higher Education, Part 7: Conclusion

Feature Articles / June 2011

Synopsis of Integral Leadership Review’s Series

on Transdisciplinarity in Higher Education

Sue L. T. McGregor and Russ Volckmann

During 2010-2011, Russ Volckmann (Editor and publisher of the Integral Leadership Review) and Sue McGregor (Integral Leadership Council member) published six papers in a series about making the transdisciplinary (TD) university a reality. We profiled initiatives in United States, Europe (Germany, Austria), Mexico and Brazil, Australia, and Romania (the order they appeared in the series). We tried to …

Leading Comments : International and Edgy

Leading Comments / June 2011

International and Edgy

I want to encourage you to take a good look at the Notes from the Field section of Integral Leadership Review. The purpose of this section is to call attention to and report on the value added experienced by individuals pursuing their own and collective learning and development in many different contexts. You may find a report of an integrally informed development program in Nigeria, a report on a conference or workshop, …

Feature Article: Transdisciplinarity in Higher Education, Part 6, University Babes-Bolyai, Romania

Feature Articles / June 2011

Nicolescu in Romania

Sue LT McGregor and Russ Volckmann

Thus far we have looked at transdisciplinary programs at particular institutions of higher education in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Austria and the European Union, and Australia. In this penultimate chapter in this series we take a look, not just at a transdisciplinary PhD program in Romania, but at the remarkable Romanian who has encouraged and fostered so much attention to transdisciplinarity around the world: Basarab Nicolescu.…

Announcements

Announcements / June 2011

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Leadership Coaching Tip: Managing and Leading

Leadership Coaching Tips / June 2011

Russ Volckmann

If you are interested in developing your capabilities to step into a leader role or you are a consultant/coach who is working with clients to support such development, then here are a couple of tips that may be useful to you.

The first has to do with the distinction between manager and leader. Both are roles. A role is a set of expectations held by stakeholders of that role: your boss, peers, subordinates, clients …

Fresh Perspective: Developing Leaders: An Interview with Bruce Avolio

Fresh Perspective / June 2011

Developing Leaders: An Interview with Bruce Avolio

From the Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking Foster School of Business University of Washington

Russ Volckmann

Russ: I have been looking forward to talking with you because of your work in leader development. Where did you do your PhD work?

Bruce: At The Akron University, Ohio, in industrial, organizational and gerontological psychology.

Russ: That makes the link between psychology, leadership and organizations. My first memory of your work …

Intern, 2010-2011

Intern

 

Connie Schultz

As a student at Fielding Graduate University, I was exposed to Ken Wilber’s integral theory. Studying its application especially in healthcare has given me a new perspective. As a nurse I have worked in a variety of healthcare settings where four quadrant thinking is critical. I attended Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing in the early 70’s where I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree. Upon graduation, I became an Army …