Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

Fresh Perspective: Putting Integral to Work: An Interview with Laura Roberts, CEO, Pantheon Chemical

Fresh Perspective / March 2011

The following interview is one of many initially conducted as part of the research for a writing project. We hope to share more of these interviews, because the work of these entrepreneurs and executives demonstrates the viability of a well conceived leader development program—in this case the Stagen Integral Leadership Program based in Dallas, Texas. Their focus is on developing integral leaders among the CEOs and executives in mid-sized companies. They have also provided similar training

Management Review Board Member

Management Review Board

Jeannie Carlisle

Jeannie Carlisle holds a BA and Masters in History from Arizona State University and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies with a primary focus on Ethical and Creative Leadership and a secondary focus on Public Policy and Social Issues. For many years Dr. Carlisle taught Geopolitical History, American Studies, and Ethics at Collins College in Phoenix Arizona, where she also served as Senior Lead Instructor, General Education and Academic Helpdesk officer. For the last ten …

Bureau Chief—China

Bureau Chief

Joey W.K. Chan

Joey has been a spearhead of the Learning Organization movement in the Greater China region for more than a decade. Starting with the MIT systems thinking approach, Joey is an Action Research life-practitioner. He embraces Argyris and Schon’s reflective approach as his core organizational development philosophy. Joey is committed to evolve an integral model that could be actionable enough to bring concrete result in this under-delivering consulting industry.

For over a decade, Joey …

Bureau Chief—Sub-Saraha Africa

Bureau Chief

Oliver Ngodo

Education:

  • University of Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia 2006
  • University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria 1985 – 1987
  • University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria 1979 – 1983
  • Boys’ High School Ihube, Okigwe, Nigeria 1977 – 1979
  • Eko Boys’ High School Lagos, Nigeria 1974 – 1977

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D. Human Resource Development (Transformational Leadership). Graduation by October, 2008
  • The Thrust of my Dissertation: Development and validation of a structural model linking transformational leadership, through the mediating influences of procedural

Intern

Intern

Matthew Rich

Matthew Rich is an independent scholar-practitioner and began his work in alternative education under the guidance of Sharon Caldwell at the Nahoon Montessori School. Since then he has worked extensively in Asia and Africa as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and consultant. He is a keen student of integral studies (particularly Wilber’s Integral Theory and Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga), alternative education (particularly the work of Montessori, Aurobindo, Illich, and Freire), and Nonviolent Communication and conflict transformation. …

Intern

Intern

Jamie Gairo

As a Consultant and Coach,

I work in a variety of industries doing a variety of things. I work as Organizational Development Consultant, Trainer, Instructional Designer, Leadership Coach, Career Coach. I have worked with Insurance, Consumer Banking/Lending, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Higher Education, and Utility. In addition, I have recently branched into the Non-Profit world. Much of my work is based in Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, but I pull from various bodies of knowledge to

Bureau Chief—Sib-Sahara Africa

Bureau Chief

Yene Assegid

For the past twenty years, Yene worked in human development programs mainly for the Sub-Sahara African region. She aims to transform lives, empower communities living at extreme poverty levels to become economically independent. Yene brings years of experience especially in the field of HIV/AIDS programs and Transformative Leadership Capacity Development. In the past, she worked mainly for organizations such as UNDP, GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), MSF (Medecins Sans Frontiere–Doctors without Borders), PACT-International and several …

Associate Editor and Bureau Chief—Scandinavia

Bureau Chief

Jonathan Reams, PhD

I am currently an associate professor in the Department of Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. I teach organizational counseling, coaching and leadership, and am pursuing research in the areas of leadership, dialogue and counseling. I also serve as Editor-in Chief of Integral Review.

My background began in agriculture, eventually turned to trucking, and has more recently focused on consulting. Between farming and consulting, I returned to university after a …

Associate Editor and Bureau Chief—Germany

Bureau Chief

Dr. Wendelin Küpers

At present he is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany where he teaches in the areas of management/leadership, organization studies and research methodology. Previously, I have worked for several years in the business world and have been affiliated with different universities in Europe. For some time I worked also as an Associate Professor at the School of Management, Massey University, Auckland in New Zealand.

Combining a

Bureau Chief—The Netherlands

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Alain B. Volz

Founder / Synnervator, ATMA – Authenticity Talent & Management Advice

Alain Volz M.Sc.(1969) has studied Business Administration and Organisational Psychology. He started his career with Royal Dutch Ahold and has worked with IPMMC and TC&O. For the last 10 years Alain has been working with Twynstra Gudde Consultants and Managers as senior consultant Human Talent & Change Management.

Currently Alain is co-director of the Center for Human Emergence in the Netherlands and founder …