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Corporate Social Responsibility – An Opportunity For Business and Social Change

In a recent conversation with colleagues about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) the discussion turned to where that function should reside in an organization.  The question being asked was should it

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Developing Effective Organization Development Competencies

Recently a colleague asked, “What are the competencies required of a good Organization Development (OD) professional?”
Good? Kidding, I responded,  “Now there is a value judgment. What about effective?”
Later, giving

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It’s Not Whether You Do Social Media, But How Well

The latest video from socialnomics.net is largely directed to advertisers, trends in communications are important harbingers for organizations as well. Consider how two-way communications made possible by the same

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If Leading Means Being The Expert, What Should You Be Expert At?

While conducting a recent workshop I was reminded about the pitfalls of thinking that as leaders or managers we have to be experts. Leading is not about “getting it

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Economic Crisis: A Focus for Leadership Development

Economics and Money. The economic crisis is on everyone’s mind. In a recent conversation about financial matters, a distinction between money and economics was suggested by a colleague. I can

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A Way to Ease Current Stress

A recent interview with Parker Palmer on PBS’s Bill Moyers’ Journal got me thinking about how the way we view the current state of the world might be worthy of

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What Makes Good Leaders, Makes Good Followers

What Makes High Performing Teams?

Participative leadership – creating an interdependence by empowering, freeing up and serving others.
Shared responsibility – establishing an environment in which all team members feel responsibility

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We’re All In a Hurry. But Where Are We Going?

The Fall seems like a blur to me. In late summer I started a large strategic planning project and by November the completion of several other long-term project converged.

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The Myth of Self-confidence

I was listening to an interview with the famous NY Times journalist, Bob Woodward talking about his new book. In it Woodward recounts how the self-confidence of an administration official

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Honestly Expressing & Empathetically Listening

10 Things You Can to Contribute to Personal, Community/Organizational and World Peace

Spend some time each day quietly reflecting on how we would like to relate to ourselves and others.
Remember that

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Advancing Your Global Leadership

It is no secret we are in an era of global business. Interconnected markets, processes and operations affect virtually every industry, company and worker.
And while issues differ by industry and

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Papers and Speaking Engagements

Recent
Perspectives on Virtual Collaboration Benchmark Presentation Slides: Boeing Corporation: Community of Practice in Project Management, May 2010

Open Your Systems for Virtual Collaboration, Pacific OD Network, March 2010
View slides for benchmark

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Welcome to Our Blog

The purpose of this blog is to share our musings about the world and life and perhaps stimulate some questions or ideas for the collective we. The hope is that

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A Learning Practice of Leadership

What Do We Mean When We Say Leadership?
Leadership is one of those words, like collaboration, that everybody loves and uses. Popular as it is, it mostly goes undefined. Most executives,

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