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Feature Article: The Integral Model of Leadership: The Cultural Imperative Integral Leadership – Part 20
Feature Articles / November 2002
Author Archives: Russ Volckmann
Leadership Coaching Tip
Leadership Coaching Tips / October 2002
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Explore Meaning Making Important to the coaching process is supporting the leader and the collective of which s/he is a part to gain clarity about how they make meaning in the face of change and ambiguity. One approach is to explore meaning making in levels that parallel those of learning: performance enhancement, individual and system change, and transformation–a change in meaning. Executives that I work with currently are finding the exploration of transformational learning, the learning …
Coda
Coda / October 2002
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Stuart L. Hart and Clayton M. Christensen, “The Great Leap: Driving Innovation from the Base of the Pyramid,” MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 2002, 44,1.
This article represents a larger view of leadership, business leadership, in the sense of a system leading on a developmental edge in a way that transcends many of the issues we face as a people on the planet earth. It presents a systemic developmental perspective that transcends and includes notions …
A Fresh Perspective: Generating Leadership Mike Jay and Generati
Fresh Perspective / October 2002
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Mike Jay is one of the most interesting people I have ever met. He is a bit of a diamond in the rough as a former collegiate football quarterback, US Marine Corporal and recovering consultant and aspiring developmentalist. Prolific in his intake of information and ideas, as well as his integration of these in constructive ways, he constantly pushes the envelope. Today he is the founder, creator and continuing innovator of B\Coach Systems, LLC, a world-class
…Leading Comments
Leading Comments / October 2002
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I am grateful to the more than 480 subscribers to Integral Leadership Review. Your support means that we can move closer to a way of viewing and being in the world that is integrative, generative and supportive of our evolving integrity – learning to align our theory and our action, our values and assumptions with achieving what is important to us. Also, I am grateful to the many kindnesses, suggestions and offers of support we …
Announcements
Announcements / October 2002
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Global Integral Research, Inc. Presents:
The Wade Mindsets Leadership Development Program, Jenny Wade Ph.D.
This two-day workshop is a certification program in the Wade Mindsets System for Leadership Development. This unique approach is based on adult developmental psychology and how it affects:
- The way people think
- The environment and work they prefer
- How they relate to others
- The way they respond to different incentives
- How they pay attention selectively
- How they communicate and respond to communication
Feature Article: The Integral Model of Leadership Meaning Making: Integral Leadership – Part 19
Feature Articles / October 2002
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In a report on research about leadership, the authors defined their study as “meaning making in a community of practice.” [Ospina, Sonia et al, “Co-producing Knowledge: Practitioners and Scholars Working Together to Understand Leadership,” Building Leadership Bridges 2002, Cherrey and Matusak, eds., International Leadership Association.] They went on to write,
“Leadership is perceived as a process in which people come together to pursue change, and in doing so, collectively develop a shared vision of what the …
Feature Article: The Integral Model of Leadership: Integral Leadership, Part 17
Feature Articles / September 2002
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As leaders, we are frequently looking for models, methods and perspectives that give us a better handle on the challenges we face. We have a myriad of voices clamoring for our attention, urging this behavior or holding up this standard. We seek the wisdom that helps us choose.
Or do we? Often we are too busy and too challenged to do anything more than just do the best we can – a stance Don Miguel Ruiz …
A Fresh Perspective: A Conversation with Bill Torbert, July 11, 2002
Fresh Perspective / September 2002
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William R. Torbert, PhD, author and teacher, consultant and artist in his own right, works with Susann Cook-Greuter and others in the application of integral and transformational concepts in leadership and organizations. His most recent book, co-authored with Dalmar Fisher and David Rooke is entitled Personal and Organisational Transformations: Through Action Inquiry. After teaching at Yale, SMU, and Harvard, Bill has been at Boston College for the past 23 years, serving as Graduate Dean of the
…Leadership Coaching Tip: Developing For Whom
Leadership Coaching Tips / September 2002
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- When coaching leaders in business and organizations the question of agenda assumes some primacy. Sometimes executives are assigned coaches as a reward and sometimes as “punishment” for not performing. Occasionally, we find organizations offering coaching as an intentional developmental tool.
- In any case, the agenda is not pure. There are multiple agendas at work: those of the individual, the leader sponsoring the coaching contract, strategic focus of the business and its implications for leadership, customers and