Category Archives: October 2002

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / October 2002

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 about the learner, to …

Coda

Coda / October 2002

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 like that of Jonas …

Leading Comments

Leading Comments / October 2002

Mission

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 have received.

The mission …

A Fresh Perspective: Generating Leadership Mike Jay and Generati

Fresh Perspective / October 2002

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 developer of business and

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Leadership Quote

Leadership Quote / October 2002

“Leaders and followers are both following the invisible leader – the common purpose. While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others, the ability to make purpose articulate. And then that common purpose becomes the leader. And I believe that we are coming more and more to act, whatever our theories, on our faith in the power of this invisible leader. Loyalty to the invisible
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Announcements

Announcements / October 2002

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
  • How they make decisions
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Feature Article: The Integral Model of Leadership Meaning Making: Integral Leadership – Part 19

Feature Articles / October 2002

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 world (or some part …