Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

Coda: Compassionate Self-Discipline and Integral Life Practice

Coda / March 2009

russ volckmannIf you are anything at all like me, even a smidgen (a small bit), some changes just come very hard in your life. I know that quitting smoking was like that for me, until the day I just did it cold turkey twelve years ago (after decades of smoking) and haven’t had a cigarette since; actually, like many ex-smokers, I hate the smell of cigarette smoke. Getting in shape with diet and exercise has been another

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / March 2009

3 laws coverSteve Zaffron and Dave Logan, The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Drawing on “an interdisciplinary slew of disciplines as disparate as brain science, linguistics, organizational theory, and complex adaptive systems with a few fundamental laws of human and organizational behavior” (Warren Bennis in the Editor’s note), these authors are reaching for the kinds of integrative approaches to leadership we seek. The authors were …

Announcements

Announcements / March 2009

Peter Merry, Evolutionary Leadership

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Order now!
20% off advance copy if ordered by April 15, 2009.

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ALIA Institute Authentic Leadership Programs

Join Bill Torbert and an inspired community of thought-leaders at the Authentic Leadership in Action (ALIA) Institute programs. ALIA Institute offers a uniquely dynamic and integrative model of leadership development that includes skill-building modules, plenary sessions, creative process and mindfulness meditation. In such times of profound change, we invite you to release your …

Book Review: Transdisciplinary Horizons

Book Reviews / March 2009

Russ VolckmannLest you are concerned that this may be another academic treatise and of little practical value, please consider this: How we make meaning in the world governs all of our choices and influences our actions. The reason that work in fields such as integral and transdisciplinarity is so important is that they offer far more powerful ways of making meaning in our lives, our work and our relationships. Let’s face it. The universe is giving us

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / March 2009

russ volckmannPlease take note that we have some exciting streaming audio interviews posted on the website with folks like Ian Mitroff,Barbara Marx HubbardDebbe Kennedy and Don Beck. The most recent one is with Craig Park, vice president of marketing for a major construction firm; interesting where you find Ken Wilber fans.

And, in case you haven’t noticed, we are forming Integral Publishers. We will be publishing books by Peter Merry,Evolutionary

Fresh Perspectives: Exploring the World of Integral Leadership: A Conversation with Jay Davies

Fresh Perspective / January 2009

Russ Volckmann

Jay DaviesRuss: Jay Davies, you’re with Integral Development in Perth, Western Australia and the company is led by Ron Cacioppe and works in government, business and NGOs.

Jay: Yes, that’s right. Not for profit organizations, as well as top end businesses here in Perth, and also government organizations.

Russ: What is your role?

Jay: My role is in three parts. The most important is as the coordinator and research assistant for the Global Integral Leadership Study. The …

CODA

Coda / January 2009

Top Ten Forecasts for 2009 and Beyond

http://www.wfs.org/Sept-Oct08/Nov-Dec, FUTURIST/topTen.htm

futurist coverEach year since 1985, the editors of THE FUTURISThave selected the most thought-provoking ideas and forecasts appearing in the magazine to go into our annual Outlook report. Over the years, Outlook has spotlighted the emergence of such epochal developments as the Internet, virtual reality, and the end of the Cold War.

Here are the editors’ top 10 forecasts from Outlook 2009:

1. Everything you say and …

Announcements: 2009 Readers’ Choice Award

Announcements / January 2009

What have you read related to Integral Leadership in 2008 that you think is outstanding?

It is time once again to submit nominations for the

Integral Leadership Review’s

Readers’ Choice Award

It can be a book, an essay, an article in any publication!

Send your nominations to russ@integralleadershipreview.com

2007 winners:

Bill Joiner Steve Josephs

Bill Joiner and Steve Josephs for Leadership Agility

Help us pick a 2009 winner today! Send in your nomination at

russ@integralleadershipreview.com

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Leadership Coaching: Tip Coaching and Mentoring: It is in the Questions

Leadership Coaching Tips / January 2009

Russ VolckmannOne of the areas frequently cited as indicative of effective leaders is developing others. This is the idea of and individual in a leader role as coach. And it underscores the importance of individuals who are leading to learn about effective coaching. Fundamental principles and skills are not all that difficult to learn. Integrating them into behavior is a challenge, since applying them involves new ways of understanding others and, more importantly, new insights about one’s

Book Review: Obama, Leadership and Hierarchical Complexity

Book Reviews / January 2009

A Review of

Leadership Mode coverDon DunoonDon Dunoon, In the Leadership Mode. Vancouver, Canada: Trafford Publishers, 2008.

And a nod to

World FuturesSara RossSara Nora Ross, “Fractal Transition Steps To Fractal Stages: The Dynamics of Evolution, II,” World Futures, Vol. 64 Nos. 05–07 (2008); and “Perspectives On Troubled Interactions: What Happened When A Small Group Began To Address Its Community’s Adversarial Political Culture, “ Integral Review, http://integral-review.org/back_issues/backissue2/index.htm

President-elect Barack Obama has been very clear in announcing his appointments …