Leadership Emerging / October 2006
The HBR Interview with James G. March, Harvard Business Review, 84, 10, October 2006, pp. 83-89.
When I was a graduate student at Berkeley during the 1960s among the names of important contributors to organization theory was James G. March, along with others such as Peter Drucker, Herbert A. Simon, Wes Churchman and a few others. He has published a number of significant books beginning with Organizations (co-authored with Herbert A Simon) …
Fresh Perspective / October 2006
Russ: Welcome to the Integral Leadership Review, John Smith. It’s a pleasure to have a chance to talk with you.
John: Thank you, Russ, for the invitation.
Russ: I’d like to start off by sharing a quote from Don Beck. It was a comment about you that at least captures the scope of some of the things that we may be talking about today. It says,
“John Smith’s unique culture is entirely…” and I believe by …
Leadership Coaching Tips / October 2006
Coda / August 2006
The editors have taken scraps of material and the products of extensive search efforts to assemble the pieces of this approximation of Clare Graves’ “last work.” Graves was injured in an accident and because of additional complications failed to finish the book. Working with a table of contents, Graves’ hand written notes and other material in the Graves archives, they have pieced together a presentation of Graves’ work that is superb and, much of it, fascinating …
Coda / August 2006
Don Beck, PhD, Spiral …
Leadership Coaching Tips / August 2006
I recently read somewhere (the source has momentarily escaped me – but the quote rangers are on the hunt already) that top executives make sure to include time for reflection in their daily activities. That reflection takes many forms: alone time to read, write, journal and the like; meditation; walking a golf course or other exercise with time to think; and the like. Coaches bring a partnership in reflection. Sometimes they are referred to as …
Announcements / August 2006
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Book Reviews / August 2006
Nathan Harter, Clearings in the Forest: On the Study of Leadership. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press.
Books on the study of leadership, rather than advice to those who want to be leaders, are rare. To find one that is aware of the multiple aspects of the study and practice of leadership is also rare. The work of Zacarro on executive leadership and a few others are exceptions.
While not integrally informed or build on …
Leading Comments / August 2006
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Book Reviews / August 2006
Nick Owen. (2004). More Magic of Metaphor: Stories for Leaders, Influencers and Motivators. Carmarthen, Wales, UK: Crown House Publishing Ltd.
Owen’s first volume, the Magic of Metaphor includes 77 stories for teachers, trainers and thinkers. It is in its sixth printing and has been published in five languages. I must confess, despite my life’s experience in each of these categories, that I have not read it. But I have read the current volume, about to …