Leadership Quote / January-February 2014
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
– Nelson Mandela…
Leadership Coaching Tips / January-February 2014
Russ Volckmann
Assessments are used in many ways in individual development, whether through direct feedback from others, questionnaires, etc. Each individual, each assessment, is based on a set of values that shape criteria. When someone identifies a set of criteria or offers learning from experience, these can be a good place to start in gaining insight into our own situation.
The following (edited) material was posted by Michael Lamport Commons on January 11, 2014. While the advice is directed to …
Notes from the Field / January-February 2014
Alia Aurami
Leadership on the Bleeding Edge of Humanity’s Evolution
All event photos courtesy Alyssa Morin, used by permission.[i]
Most challenges for Integrally-oriented leaders stem from working with people/situations primarily at First Tier consciousness. If you’re interested in the following entirely different kinds of leadership challenges, you would have loved the 2013 “Integral Living Room” event (and might love to be involved in the next one, May, 2014.)
Perhaps you’re interested in such challenges as:
Notes from the Field / January-February 2014
Mark Roddam
Like I am sure many other readers of the Integral Leadership Review, I have a deep appreciation of the need for humanity to take a giant leap in consciousness if we are to successfully tackle the collective challenges we face. Humanity is edging ever closer to crisis. The old ways of doing things simply won’t cut it if we are to successfully tackle challenges such as climate change, globalisation and a financial system in seemingly constant turmoil. …
Notes from the Field / January-February 2014
Eugene Pustoshkin
November and December 2013 were rich on Integral events in Russia.
In November, the Russians finally saw the fruits of literally a few years of publishing endeavors. The long-awaited Ken Wilber’s works Integral Spirituality and Boomeritis were released as ebooks; and Moscow-based Postum Publishers printed Wilber’s A Theory of Everything. Now a team of enthusiasts (myself included) works on preparing the Russian ebook editions of Integral Relationships by Martin Ucik, Integral City by Marilyn Hamilton, Integral …
Fresh Perspective / January-February 2014
Russ: Welcome back to the Integral Leadership Review, Don. You’re one of the important guiding lights for the very existence of this publication. The work that you and your colleagues have done around the world, has been noted to some degree at least. I’m not sure if there ever can be enough in the pages of Integral Leadership Review devoted , not only to reporting what you and your colleagues are doing, but what you and others have learned …
Column / January-February 2014
Lisa Norton
“The opposite of play is not work. The opposite of play is depression” – Steve Keil
I recently had the chance to learn more about the work of Philipp Guzenuk, the creator of “Happiness in Action: energy sources for peak performance” an innovative approach to leader and organizational development when I interviewed him as part of an online summit on new entrepreneurship. For four days in November, some 30 pioneers of generative and creative enterprise …
Feature Articles / January-February 2014
Israel R. Kabashiki
Purpose – This paper intends to explore leadership in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on ideas developed from reading editorials and articles on leadership in several journals. The study is also based on discoveries from a survey administered to some Africans to gather their perception about leadership in sub-African countries.
Findings – The study results are alarming. The study reports a lack of effective leadership in the region, a tension between political and …
Announcements / January-February 2014
Danah Zohar, “SQ and Quantum Leadership”
Oxford, UK, February 16-21
(http://danahzohar.com/www2/?page_id=142 )
WHAT the Course Covers: teaching, dialogue, exercises, and course materials to guide participants in enhancing their own and their clients’ vision, values, motivations, sense of purpose and vocation, adding value to their personal lives and enabling them to become high SQ and Quantum Leaders within their organizations. Participants will become familiar with the 12 transformational principles of SQ:
Leading Comments / January-February 2014
Here are a few morsels to whet your appetite for more information about if an how adult development, integral, complexity and other perspectives are being used to understand leadership in this widely diverse region of the world. Our first installment includes an interview with Don Beck about his recent trip to South Africa. We hope to follow this up in three or four weeks with an interview with Graham Linscott, South African journalist and co-author with Don Beck of The …