Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

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Book Reviews / March 2010

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Raul Quinones Rosado
Consciousness-in-Action:
Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & Transformation
Caguas, Puerto Rico: Ile Publications, 2007
by Russ Volckmann

rosado covervolckmannHave you ever been to an integral event? Workshops near Boulder, Colorado? Or ILP sessions in San Francisco or New York? Or Integral Leadership in Action in Texas? Or the Integral Theory Conference in Concord, California? I have not been to all of those, but I have been to enough to hear myself wondering, “Where …

Leadership Comments

Leading Comments / March 2010

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Russ Volckmann, Editor

Thanks and Here’s More!

NOTE: Send your nominations for the book or article that is the best you read in 2009. Please do so by April 15. We will announce the award in the June 2010 issue of Integral Leadership Review.

russ@integralleadershipreview.com

I would like to thank all of you who responded to the request for support. I noticed today that the Friends Page looked different from the way I remembered it, so …

Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / March 2010

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“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”

~ William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

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Announcements

Announcements / January 2010

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Society for Research in Adult Development

25th Annual Adult Development Symposium
March 9-10, 2010 ~ In Philadelphia

Sofitel Hotel
120 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Hotel Website
Symposium Fees
Professional $60 ($75 at the door)
Student $35 ($40 at the door)

Register for the Adult Development Symposium online: http://adultdevelopment.org/register_now.html

Alternatively, you may register by mail; send a check (made payable to the Society for Research in Adult Development) with full contact information to:

Michael Lamport …

Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / January 2010

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“The problem with even the best-intentioned recommendations for leadership competence in intercultural contexts is that they still have a cultural bias. In other words, the very concept of leadership is culturally bound. Leadership is not what you think of as leadership everywhere else on this planet.”

~ E.S. Wibbeke…

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Leading Comments / January 2010

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Russ Volckmann, Editor

Leadership Coaching TipFor anyone who notices, this issue of Integral Leadership Review is a bit late. We had intended a special issue on German-speaking cultures and Integral Leadership. This has been delayed. I am assured by the guest editors that it will be forthcoming this year. Stay tuned.

Below I am asking for your support.

In this issue you will find a rich variety of material. There are three pieces that deal with the military. …

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / January 2010

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wibbeke coverE.S. Wibbeke. Global Business Leadership. Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.

What could be more natural than to discover a more robust treatment of leadership than one that requires attention to cultural diversity? That is what we find in Wibberke’s treatment of leadership in global businesses. Granted, the focus of his discussion is on American business leaders in different cultural environments from Canada to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. But much of what he attends …

CODA

Coda / January 2010

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Reflections on Power, Love, Don Beck and Rugby in South Africa

powr and love coverAdam Kahane. Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2010.

Hot off the presses! An impressive new book by consultant Adam Kahane on the relationship between power and love in change processes! This is an important topic for a number of reasons. First of all, I have experienced in myself and in the language and practices of other …

Review

Book Reviews / January 2010

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Monologism and Dialogism in Sense-Making and Meaning Making
Per Linell, Rethinking Language, Mind, and World Dialogically.
Charlotte, North Carolina:
Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
Russ Volckmann

linnel coverruss volckmannRecently I have been musing a bit about language and meaning making. This has included exploring Otto Laske’s notions of dialectical thinking and the mindset that goes with it, that is, seeing developmental problem solving as a dialectical activity of meaning making (http://www.integralleadershipreview.com/archives-2009/2009-10/2009-10-12-article-laske.php). This meaning making takes place in …

Fresh Perspective

Fresh Perspective / January 2010

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Leadership, Complexity and Development
An Interview with Sandra M. Martinez
by Russ Volckmann

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Russ: Sandra Martinez, you have had a varied career. You’ve told me that you once had an art gallery in Santa Fe; now you’re with a foundation in Honduras and in between you’ve been with the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Army War College, among other things. Why don’t you fill us in a bit on your professional history?

Sandra: Sure. First …