Category Archives: October 2006

A Fresh Perspective: Changing Self and World An Interview with John Smith, September 19, 2006

Fresh Perspective / October 2006

John Smith

Russ VolckmannRuss:  Welcome to the Integral Leadership Review, John Smith. It’s a pleasure to have a chance to talk with you.

John: Thank you, Russ, for the invitation.

Russ: I’d like to start off by sharing a quote from Don Beck. It was a comment about you that at least captures the scope of some of the things that we may be talking about today. It says,

“John Smith’s unique culture is entirely…” and I believe by culture he’s referring to …

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / October 2006

Purpose and Principle in Leadership

Dee Hock said, “I believe that purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code of any healthy organization.” Such purpose and principle as exists is initiated and sustained by players throughout an organization. Purpose and principle guide the actions of leaders, collaborators and followers. Gaining clarity about purpose and principle on the part of the organization as well as the individual provides the foundation, not only for the growing

Book Review: Building a Values-Driven Organization: A Whole System Approach to Cultural Transformation

Book Reviews / October 2006

Kalman’s Kosmoskalman photo

Richard Barrett (2006). Building a Values-Driven Organization: A Whole System Approach to Cultural Transformation. London: Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier.

When I read on Don Beck’s Spiral Dynamics Integral e-list that ” HearthStone Homes is one of the few companies that has instituted an Integral culture in the workplace” my ears pricked up. Has this Omaha-based home construction company really thrown down the gauntlet to other would-be ‘Integral’ businesses? Is it really ‘walking the talk’?

The e-list thread soon …