Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / March 2007

This section of Integral Leadership Review is provided to inform readers about current publications about leadership.— Russ Volckmann

In this issue we take a look at a new book by Porras et al. and some recent articles in Harvard Business Review.

Jerry Porras, Steward Emery and Mark Thompson,

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters.

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing (Pearson Education, Inc.), 2007.

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Fresh Perspective: Creativity and Leadership: Sir Ken Robinson in Conversation with Russ Volckmann

Fresh Perspective / March 2007

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has worked with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, not-for-profit corporations and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. He is in wide demand as an inspirational speaker with a unique talent for conveying profoundly serious messages with enormous humour, passion and wit. He speaks to audiences throughout the world

Leading Comments: Integral Leadership Review and You

Leading Comments / March 2007

 

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Volckmann imageAre you really paying serious attention to what this is all about? Maybe not, because I have not always been clear about that in my own mind and behavior, much less in my words to you.

First, let me say that it is extremely gratifying that we have over 1675 subscribers in more than thirty countries. The support shown for this project is encouraging. In addition to subscribers we have the support of a growing …

Announcements

Announcements / March 2007

International Leadership Association

International Leadership Association’s Calendar of Leadership Dates and Events

For an excellent source for leadership conferences Integral Leadership Review recommends:

http://www.ilanet.org/Calendar/View_Month.asp?EventMonth=3&EventYear=2007

Promotions by publishers, developers and others providing products and services related to leadership.

Adizes Institute

The 29th International Adizes Convention

July 1 to July 3 (closed session for qualified and certified associates)

July 3rd (opening dinner) until July 5 night (open convention to all.)

July 6 and 7, we will have an …

CODA: Complexity and Integral Theory

Coda / March 2007

Reframing Complexity imageReflections on Reframing Complexity: Perspectives from the North and South, Fritjof Capra, Alicia Juarrero, Pedro Softolong and Jacco van Uden, eds. Mansfield, M A: ISCE Publishing, 2007.

The relationship between integral theory and concepts and those found in complexity theory or other more recent applications of ideas from the quantum world is not readily apparent. A key concept from that world is the idea of complexity, an idea with at least 40 different definitions. In the …

Leadership Coaching Tip: Leadership and Organizational Culture

Leadership Coaching Tips / January 2007

Theorists from Ed Schein to Fred Kofman have been talking about the importance of organizational culture for organizational success. Culture has am important role to play for leadership. It shapes the meaning of the actions of leaders, as well as provides them with the context of their own meaning making. Much of integral theory, so far, seems to treat culture as that which is shared in a society or an organization. When you are exploring culture

Announcements

Announcements / January 2007

Notes, Conferences, Workshops and Letters
Bureau Chief/Associate Editor

The Integral Leadership Review is pleased to announce that it has begun filling positions as Bureau Chief/Associate Editor. We are looking for people in all major language groups who are interested in publishing in ILR, in finding appropriate materials from other authors, in providing information about leadership events in their areas of interest and in promoting complementary subscriptions to ILR.

Australia: Ron Cacioppe, Email: Ron@integral.org.au

Spain and Latin …

CODA

Coda / January 2007

Leadership and the Integral Leadership Review: Reflections on Kouzes and Posner, A Leader’s Legacy and a Presentation by Prasad Kaipa, “Leadership and the Being-Doing Gap”

Please indulge me. I’m going to get a little personal here.

I have been offering summaries of books and articles for several years in ILR. For the most part I have tried to reserve CODA for publications that inform an integral (transdisciplinary, developmental) approach to leadership. I will reserve that type …

Leadership Emerging

Leadership Emerging / January 2007

Summary: Ken Wilber Conversation with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods

Part 1: The Future of Business is Integral

Part 2: The Future of Politics is Integral Too

http://in.integralinstitute.org/search.aspx?keyword=!business.

This is, perhaps, one of the most stimulating and insightful conversations on the subject of business and an integral approach that I know of—and this coming from someone who has done numerous interviews in this arena. Why do I offer such high praise? Well, part of it …

Announcements

Announcements / October 2006

Notes: Resources

Promote your leadership related events and publications here. It does not matter where in the world they will take place or are distributed from. We have readers in that region and/or who may be traveling there.

We encourage you to send time-sensitive information to the Integral Leadership Review far enough in advance to be useful to its readers and to you. We apologize for late notices appearing here. We do our best to get …