A few weeks ago I co-hosted a webinar with Sara Ismail-Beigi and Jonathan Thomas Meenach, two students from Bowling Green University’s Masters of Organization Development Program. The first thing we talked about in our planning were our own experiences as both leaders and participants in other webinars. Here’s the short list we developed: There was …
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Read on to learn about adding another Critical Success Factor to put in place for your change work to work to the list of seven I have described in another article. I got an email last week from my wife. It was one of those notes that’s been forwarded across cyberspace until it finds its way into …
Large, complex, system-wide change is risky business. Real Time Strategic Change and the principles that guide this work ups the ante even further because it will make your future happen faster. When speed increases, your margin for error decreases. This article explains seven “must have’s” to ensure you succeed in all your RTSC work. Without …
My daughter Alison is an “equestrienne professional.” That’s her picture up above (says the proud Father). Ali has been in love with horses ever since she was 8 years old and had to clean stalls to earn riding time. You may wonder, “What is an “equestrienne professional?” Ali teaches riders, trains, cares for, helps buy …
A few years ago I had the privilege and pleasure of co-authoring You Don’t have to Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done with Dick and Emily Axelrod and Julie Beedon. At the beginning of the book we make the case for why NOT to involve others. It takes more time. It costs more money. In almost …
An increasing number of books and articles over the last two years have provided great insight into the neurological underpinnings of the human brain. You don’t just see these articles showing up esoteric science journals either. Special issues of Time, Newsweek, and other popular magazines have recently taken on the previously un-sexy topics such as neurotransmitters, the …
Wouldn’t it be great if you could eliminate forever those energy-draining, blood pressure-raising lose-lose debates in your organization? Sound like a tall order? Not if you follow the teachings of my long-time friends and colleagues, Barry Johnson and Chandra Irviv. They were in town the past two days teaching a Consultant Development Intensive on Polarity …