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Almost 25 years ago, one of the best-selling management books of all time was released: Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline. I know I was in the minority, but to be honest, I was not a big fan of the
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I recently saw Dr. Ed Schein speak at the South Bay Organizational Development Network meeting. Dr. Schein is professor emeritus from MIT and the one who practically invented OD process consultation. ...
In his autobiography, Miles Davis, the world renowned jazz trumpeter and band leader, claims to have changed…not just his style, but all of music six times. A bold claim to be sure, but many jazz mu
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Even though it was decades ago, I remember it like it was yesterday.
I was 29 years old, just finishing my Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. While completing my degree, I was doing consu...
How do you get the ship out of the bottle? No ship. No bottle. No problem.
~Sensei William Gleason~
I recently attended Human Synergistics’ 2nd Annual Ultimate Culture Conference in San Francisco.
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Bosses are making everyone I know completely nuts. It should not be surprising.
A recent review of the academic literature concluded that “one in every two leaders and managers” is judged “ineffectiv...
I am a bit of a logophile. I subscribe to dictionary.com’s Word of the Day because I really enjoy it when I can capture the essence of something with a single word.
That happened for me the other day...
One of my clients is interviewing for a bigger job and he asked me to help him prepare for his interviews. As an aside, it’s gratifying for me to see someone I have been working with be recognized for...
People say the darnedest things.
When taking a new job, they often tell their friends and family not to expect much of them because they are going to be “heads down for the next 90 days.”
Let me get...
A few years ago, I volunteered as the Strength and Conditioning coach for a nationally ranked youth hockey team. I was, at the time, already well-versed in functional, injury prevention oriented appro...
The OD toolbox is full of incredibly useful techniques for improving how organizations function. There are 360 surveys, conflict resolution strategies, team-building approaches from personality survey...
Talk of Executive Presence, Power Posturing and the like is everywhere. Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on Body Language and Power has been viewed an astonishing 28M times. A recent study by Sei Jin Ko, Melody S...
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