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Embody REAL leader behaviors to get you back on track, especially when you are having trouble building relationships with people who are different from you. •Acknowledge that we will always be up against a surface world. •Accept empathy and psychological safety as the engines of below the surface cultures. •Recognize that you have to get below the
... See moreLaTonya Wilkins • Leading Below the Surface
Thus, the multifaceted capacity to be present becomes a key factor in effective leadership: the quality of one’s capacity to be fully present, comprehend what is happening, hold steady in the field of action, and make choices regarding when and how to intervene from within the social group (from wherever you sit) in ways that help the group to make
... See moreSharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World
To think politically, you have to look at your organization as a web of stakeholders. For each stakeholder, you need to identify her: • Stake in the adaptive challenge at hand. How will she be affected by resolution of the challenge? • Desired outcomes. What would she like to see come out of a resolution of the issue? • Level of engagement. How muc
... See moreRonald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Wisdom traditions from around the world speak to this from a deeper level: at heart, we are all profoundly interconnected and part of a whole, but it’s a truth we have forgotten.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
Two Loop Theory
your organization grounded in responsibility, integrity, and service? Does it bring out whatever strength is present in each person? Does it foster a sense of community and citizenship?
Joseph A. Maciariello • A Year With Peter Drucker
What lies before us is the opportunity and imperative for a thorough cultural transformation — what eco-philosopher Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning, the transition from an egocentric “Industrial Growth Society” to a soulcentric “Life-sustaining Society,” or what economist David Korten in The Great Turning calls the transition “from Empire to Ea
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
Many wisdom traditions affirm that when we act from deep integrity and align with what we feel called to do, the universe conspires to support us.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
strong, shared culture is the glue that keeps empowered organizations from falling apart. Frontline employees are trusted to make the right decisions, guided by a number of shared values, rather than by a thick book of rules and policies.