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Russ Volckmann, Editor For anyone who notices, this issue of Integral Leadership Review is a bit late. We had intended a special issue on German-speaking cultures and Integral Leadership. This has been delayed. I am assured by the guest editors that it will be forthcoming this year. Stay tuned. Below I am asking for your […]

“The problem with even the best-intentioned recommendations for leadership competence in intercultural contexts is that they still have a cultural bias. In other words, the very concept of leadership is culturally bound. Leadership is not what you think of as leadership everywhere else on this planet.” ~ E.S. Wibbeke

Gut-wrenching Decisions: How Ethically Do You Behave in a Crisis? Judith B. Kaplan, Ruby A. Rouse and Richard S. Schuttler   Being in charge is often uncomfortable and thankless. Nevertheless, customers and employees expect leaders to make the ‘right’ decision – even when times are tough.  A national study of leadership, funded by the University […]

Leadership, Complexity and Development An Interview with Sandra M. Martinez by Russ Volckmann Russ: Sandra Martinez, you have had a varied career. You’ve told me that you once had an art gallery in Santa Fe; now you’re with a foundation in Honduras and in between you’ve been with the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. […]

Climate Change & Values How Different Countries See the Issue by Alan Tonkin Introduction It is perhaps appropriate at this time with the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference to consider the current debate around climate change from a totally different perspective. Allowing for the divergence of opinion between climate change supporters and detractors there […]

Family Owned Business Succession – Building on a Legacy Approach, Case Study, and Results by Maureen Metcalf and Carl Fernyak This article looks at the topic of using integral tools to help a family owned business transition ownership and operation from father to son. The son, Carl, purchased the 91 year old business from his […]

by Zack Smith and Chad Stewart Setting the Context for Leadership: Sustainability and Abundance When Sustainability is Unsustainable There is a lot of buzz about being “green” and acting “sustainably” these days. Unfortunately, a great deal of it seems to be just that: Buzzing. Not to say people are not trying or lack commitment. Many […]

The Future of Strategic Leader Development at the U.S. Army War College Col. Susan R. Myers and Jeff Groh Abstract This case study describes the design and implementation of the resident and distance education programs at the U.S. Army War College that prepares senior military officers and civilians to assume strategic leadership responsibilities. Development of […]

Subway Ride to the Bronx by Keith Bellamy I recently undertook one of those seminal transformative acts that not only changes one’s life, but continues to reverberate through one’s whole being even after the actual event is a distant memory. No this wasn’t a silent retreat, nor an ecstatic dance weekend, nor an exquisite deep […]

The Nonlinearity of Cultural Tradition: Baron Carl von Clausewitz, the First Vector of the On War Fractal X by Jeannie Carlisle Volckmann Few would disagree that On War by Barron Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), is the most influential book ever written on military philosophy in the Western world. Its popularity has not waned since the […]

Integral Leadership in Action Conference – 2009 by David McCallum Five years ago, back in February/March 2004, I attended the first Integral Leadership seminar that Integral Institute (yes, Institute—it was that long ago) offered. It was full of growth, development, community, exploration and a sense of creating a structure for something that we didn’t want […]

Integral Leadership in Action by Gary Hawke The 4th Integral Leadership in Action (ILiA) conference took place from October 15th-18th at The Crossings in Austin, Texas. Keeping connected to the inquiry of “What is Integral Leadership?” ILiA took the bold step to focus this conference on consciously leading and living through turbulence and transformation. The […]

Reflections from Prague: The International Leadership Association’s 11th Annual Conference by Jonathan Reams “Leadership for Transformation” was the theme, and the setting was just right – Prague on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Concerns that holding the conference away from the US, with the current economic constraints possibly restricting attendance proved […]

Integral University in Paris Michel Nguyen So far, the Integral University (“Université Intégrale” in French) in Paris refers to a cycle of conferences organized by the French chapter of the Club of Budapest, based on an idea put forward by Michel Saloff-Coste. It is not an institute as such, as it is still in its […]

Iceland National Assembly by Bjarni S. Jonsson A Short History from a Personal Perspective Every member of the organizing group, of the National Assembly, called the Anthill, has their own story to tell prior to the actual foundation of the group, since they had all been working one way or another towards some sort of […]

“Evoking Beauty—Music in Action” Transformative Workshops with Jessica Roemischer by Jessica Roemischer Over the past twenty-eight years, I have taught piano to hundreds of students. And yet, what probably comes to mind when you think of “piano lessons,” has little to do with what happens for people when they sit with me at the keyboard. […]

The ILA Experience by Hadassah Weiner-Friedman It all started two semesters ago at the Union Institute and University residency meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio when Dr. Bernice Ledbetter made the announcement of the November 2009 conference for the ILA (International Leadership Association) meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. At that point she got my full attention and […]

Authentic Leadership in Action-Europe Conference January 10-16, 2010, Elspeet, Netherlands by Emil Moller I’d like to start this review with the notion of courage and trust. The reason is that the morning I left the venue for my wife and children, there was an option to take the 10 am shuttle service and stay around […]

The Renaissance2: Great Shift Gathering And A Political Op-Ed Piece Too Good Not to Publish (with apologies to Terry for not asking permission—Russ) by Terry Patten On October 22th to 26th, 2009 over 70 participants from 20 countries and 4 continents gathered for the Renaissance2 “Great Shift Gathering: Catalyzing the Second Renaissance” at Chateau La Tour […]

Integral Spiritual Experience Year 1: A Part-Whole Experience of a Journey into Unique Self by Gayle Karen Young Five hundred people gathered in Asilomar, California over New Year’s Eve for the first ever “Integral Spiritual Experience” (ISE). The ISE experience was a banquet of tasting from various sources of deep devotion, including one’s own, the experience […]

E.S. Wibbeke. Global Business Leadership. Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009. What could be more natural than to discover a more robust treatment of leadership than one that requires attention to cultural diversity? That is what we find in Wibberke’s treatment of leadership in global businesses. Granted, the focus of his discussion is on American business leaders […]

Measuring Hidden Dimensions of Human Systems: “Foundations of Requisite Organization”, Vol. 2, Otto Laske, (2009) Interdevelopmental Institute Press, Medford, MA, USA by Bernardo A Merizalde In Volume 2 of his series, Measuring Hidden Dimensions of Human Systems: Foundations of Requisite Organization, Otto Laske presents the second, but not less important, strand of his Constructive Developmental […]

Monologism and Dialogism in Sense-Making and Meaning Making Per Linell, Rethinking Language, Mind, and World Dialogically. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009 Russ Volckmann Recently I have been musing a bit about language and meaning making. This has included exploring Otto Laske’s notions of dialectical thinking and the mindset that goes with it, […]

Howard Bloom’s The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Revision of Capitalism New York: Prometheus Books, 2009 by Keith Bellamy Recently, the thought of reading yet another Integral Theory book, or even an integrally informed book, has filled me with a sense of dread. Sadly, many of the books being published in this genre are, […]

A Holistic View for Responsible Leaders Review of Peter Merry, Evolutionary Leadership Pacific Grove: Integral Publishers, 2009 by Antonio Marturano Britisher Peter Merry calls himself a synnervator (from “Syn-“ to interconnect, and “-nervate” to vitalise) who spent much of his life moving around, living in Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Ghana, and currently he is in […]

Society for Research in Adult Development 25th Annual Adult Development Symposium March 9-10, 2010 ~ In Philadelphia Sofitel Hotel 120 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Hotel Website Symposium Fees Professional $60 ($75 at the door) Student $35 ($40 at the door) Register for the Adult Development Symposium online: http://adultdevelopment.org/register_now.html Alternatively, you may register by […]

Reflections on Power, Love, Don Beck and Rugby in South Africa Adam Kahane. Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2010. Hot off the presses! An impressive new book by consultant Adam Kahane on the relationship between power and love in change processes! This is an important topic for […]