Author Archives: Russ Volckmann

Summary: Mark Edwards, Another Way of Putting It, My particular take on the four quadrants, holons and suchlike

Book Reviews / March 2006

Edwards wrote this paper to provide a brief, clear guide to key points he makes in an extended presentation also available at Frank Visser’s web site It seems a number of individuals have approached him to explore this work, but not sustained contact. I have to confess that I am probably one of the poor misguided souls who has attempted to engage Mark Edwards in an exploration of his ideas about integral theory and modeling, only

Fresh Perspective: Integral Leadership Development: A Conversation with Bert Parlee

Fresh Perspective / March 2006

Bert Parlee

Q: You seem to be involved in so many things – your work with Integral Institute, with Integral Development Associates, with the Stagen Institute, teaching at JFK University, your role with Ken Wilber, leading an integral workshop at Esalen in Big Sur – that there are a number of different approaches we could have to this conversation. Let’s go right to the heart of my interests: What are you doing that is related to Integral Leadership?…

Leadership Coaching Tip: How do you know what progress is made?

Leadership Coaching Tips / December 2005

Dumb question? We all know that if the client thinks there is progress, that’s good enough for us, right?

Well, maybe! When working with a client who is looking for measurement of results it is important to start with an exploration of what is important to measure. Only then can you begin to explore approaches to measurement that would be appropriate. If a client is concerned about individual performance begin with clarity about the lines of …

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / December 2005

We are in the fifth year of publication of the Integral Leadership Review. It is increasingly taking the form that I hoped, although I am sure there is still much that can be done to make this a useful document that attracts a wider audience in the fields of consulting, training and coaching, as well as among business and other organizational leaders who have a passion for leadership.

I am grateful to the 1200 (Thanks, Warren—#1200) …

CODA: Introducing The International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Coda / December 2005

In his introduction to the first issue of The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, editor Larry Spears of Gonzaga University clearly lays out the essence of Servant Leadership and the work of those who have built upon Robert Greenleaf’s 1970 essay :The Servant as Leader.” He notes that there have been hundreds of books and artic les, over one hundred doctoral dissertations, translations of Greenleaf’’s work into a dozen languages, the formation of Greenleaf Center locations in

A Fresh Perspective: Values and Leadership A Conversation with Alan Tonkin

Fresh Perspective / December 2005

Alan TonkinAlan Tonkin is the Chairman and CEO of the Global Values Network (GVN) is an international consulting business committed to the practical use of the Values Technology originally developed by Professor Clare Graves in the 50’s and further developed by Dr. Don Beck over the last 30 years from the early 70’s.

The Global Values Monitor (GVM) developed and owns the unique proprietary technology providing the capacity to map global values under the umbrella of the …

Announcements

Announcements / December 2005

Alchemist at Work: Two Sessions with Bill Torbert, A Review by Russ Volckmann

Mike Ginn: A Report on the Integral Institute’s Presidents’ Circle Meeting

John Provost: Going Deeper into Integral Life Practice

Susann Cook-Greuter: Development Intensive For Professionals

Mike Jay’s new book: CPR for the Soul

Leadership Development Framework: Bill Torbert and Associates

Spiral Dynamics Integral Praxis: Applying Assessment Tools to Self, Others & Organizations, January 13, 2006, Vancouver, BC

SDi Macro*Memetics Conference CultureShift – …

Summary

Book Reviews / September 2005

Journal of Organizational Change Management: Integrally informed approaches to organizational transformation, Nancy E. Landrum and Jim Paul, eds., 18, 3, 2005.

There is no way I can do justice to the material in this publication. Therefore, I will highlight a couple of interesting pieces related to Integral Leadership. Here is the articles included in this issue:

  • Thierry C. Pauchant, Integral Leadership: a research proposal
  • Ron Cacioppe and Mark G. Edwards, Adjusting blurred visions: a typology of

Feature Article: Integral Scenarios for Leadership Development: Scenarios and Leadership Development — 4th in a Series

Feature Articles / September 2005

Russ VolckmannSo what is all of this about scenarios? For those who are tracking this series of articles the question of what has this got to do with Integral Leadership must have occurred by now. Well, I think it has a lot to do with how the individual develops and prepares for leadership roles. This involves our shifting from thinking about leadership development as something we do to individuals to something individuals engage in with the systems

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / September 2005

We are in the fifth year of publication of the Integral Leadership Review. It is increasingly taking the form that I hoped, although I am sure there is still much that can be done to make this a useful document that attracts a wider audience in the fields of consulting, training and coaching, as well as among business and other organizational leaders who have a passion for leadership.

I am grateful to the 1146 subscribers to …