Category Archives: March 2003

A Fresh Perspective: A Conversation with Fred Kofman

Fresh Perspective / March 2003

Originally from Argentina, Fred Kofman spent several years as a faculty member at MIT and worked closely with Peter Senge. Now in Colorado, his consulting and coaching practice has led to the creation of a new business and a close relationship with Ken Wilber. He is the author of Metamanagement, published in Spanish and soon to be available in English.

Q: There has been in recent years more and more literature about the importance of spirit in business, and …

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / March 2003

Many leaders have considerable skill in breaking things down. That is in the problem solving tradition they cut their leadership baby teeth on. Find the parts, test the parts, fix the ones that aren’t right and reassemble. Does reassemble offer us a clue as to what is required to achieve the kind of integrating skills that leaders need? I think it might suggest that there is a step beyond reassembling. That step is testing.

Testing provides an opportunity to see …

Leadership Quote

March 2003

“Executive team members fail to devote enough attention to developing team cohesion….Often, issues pile up which are never dealt with, thus damaging the fabric of the team. Top teams need regular health checks but there’s a special skill in being able to see clearly what is going on in a team. The CEO has to decide how to lead members through problems and dysfunctions and get the team to adjust its collective leadership approach. How a CEO manages this team

Leading Comments

March 2003

In Memoriam: Robert Tannenbaum

Robert Tannenbaum died this month in Carmel, California. In addition to being a pioneer in organization and leadership development, he was a leader in recognizing the importance of the development of the consultant, as well. I believe it was at the 1984 Organization Development Network Conference that he spoke to almost a thousand assembled consultants. At a time when the focus of the field seemed to be so much on tools and methods, he reminded us …

Coda

Coda / March 2003

Sara RossSara Ross, “A Developmental Approach : Integral Public Practice For Complex Public Issues”

Sara Ross has been concerned with community development for a number of years. She has brought her integral perspective to this challenge in her work independently and with the Kettering Foundation. She states, “Public processes are integral when they aim public attention at the real breadth and depth of issues. They do this by working with people’s different motivations, worldviews, and behaviors, with cultural influences, and …

Announcements

Announcements / March 2003

Significant Journal
Spirituality & Reality, New Perspectives on Global Issues

Nancy B. Roof is the editor of this journal, published Friends for a New Civilization. Their mission is “Contributing to the enhancement of the quality of life and to the humanization of global relations through the promotion of spiritual values.”

Volume II, Number 2, March 2003 features two articles by Don Beck and a colored insert of Spiral Dynamics Integral.

This issue is being distributed to all representatives to the …

Featured Article: The Integral Model of Leadership: Making Integral Leadership Actionable, Integral Leadership – Part 23

Feature Articles / March 2003

I was asked recently how I was applying my thinking about Integral Leadership in my coaching with executives and others. Part of my response included the observation that I rarely talk about integral or the idea of Integral Leadership. Rather, I use language that is more connected to the culture I am working in. And I referenced the old saw, “You’ve got to start where the client is at.” I do believe that whether as consultants or coaches, we find

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / March 2003

In Memoriam: Robert Tannenbaum

Robert Tannenbaum died this month in Carmel, California. In addition to being a pioneer in organization and leadership development, he was a leader in recognizing the importance of the development of the consultant, as well. I believe it was at the 1984 Organization Development Network Conference that he spoke to almost a thousand assembled consultants. At a time when the focus of the field seemed to be so much on tools and methods, he reminded us …