Resources: Articles
A Leader's Journey
by Pamela Kruger
Paul Wieand went on a quest for power and became one of the banking industry's youngest-ever CEOs. Then his world collapsed, and he went on a painful search for the real meaning of leadership. Now he helps other leaders on their journeys.
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Covey's Laws & Principles
From Steven Covey's work
An introduction to the work of Steven Covey.
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An Introduction to Zen Thought
by Lorna Gentry
This article provides learners with a flash of insight into the basics of Zen thought and practice.
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The Power of Presence:
What Actors Can Teach Leaders
by Christopher von Baeyter
Christopher von Baeyter is a professional actor, consultant and presence coach who has designed and delivered programming for the Ariel Group and Boston Consulting Group since 1996.
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Transformational Leadership
by Dr. John Hinchcliff
This article explores transformational leadership as a vast topic that covers everything we want to imagine as being changed for the better, and as our capacity to dream different dreams and see different visions.
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Find Your Strength
by Kevin Fong
Kevin Fong has developed "Working in the Hyphen," a system of organizational design and leadership development that combines the East Asian theory of the Five Elements with Western concepts of leadership.
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Leadership – Ben Zander
by Polly Labarra
Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, teaches us how to dream big and lead big.
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Are You on Digital Time?
by Alan M. Webber
Nearly 10 years ago, George Stalk Jr. literally wrote the book on how companies can compete on speed. Today, he says, time is still the ultimate competitive weapon, but by going digital, you can make your company even faster and even more competitive.
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Good to Great
by James Collins
Start with 1,435 good companies. Examine their performance over 40 years. Find the 11 companies that became great. Now, here's how you can do it too. Now you are in James Collins' world where leadership matters.
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The Evolutionary Vision of Dee Hock: From Chaos to Chaords
by Bonnie Durrance
Dee Hock — thinker, rancher, organizational visionary, founder and CEO Emeritus of VISA — explores organizational chaos as leverage.
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How Digital Is Your Company?
by Adrian Slywotzky
Going digital — converting from atoms to bits — gives your company a competitive edge, but only if you focus on the basics: money, talent, customers, and time.
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The Integral Approach
by Ken Wilber
This article explores integral thinking and the four-quadrant model as developed by Ken Wilber.
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The Art of Getting Things Done
by Paul Roberts
For more than 30 years, whether coaching executives or advising cabinet secretaries, Larry Smith has practiced the art of getting things done. Here is his action plan.
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Creating Quality Communities
by Peter M. Senge
We are losing ourselves as fields of dreams. To regain our balance, we must create alternative ways of working and living together.
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Dr. Senge and Dr. Wheatley — Changing How We Work Together
Interview by Melvin McLeod
Peter Senge and Margaret Wheatley are renowned organizational theorists, yet their agenda is surprisingly spiritual. Anyone who cares about the quality of our lives at work will find what they say important and inspiring.
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The 10 Challenges of Change
by Peter M. Senge
Grouped into three categories — challenges of initiating change, challenges of sustaining momentum, and challenges of system wide redesign and rethinking — these 10 items amount to what the authors call “the conditions of the environment that regulate growth.”
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Lifework of David Bohm —
River of Truth
by Will Keepin, Ph.D
This paper details the work of one of the world's greatest contemporary physicists, David Bohm. His profound contributions to science and philosophy have yet to be fully recognized and integrated on the grand scale that they deserve. This review attempts to summarize the fascinating contributions that emerged from Bohm's passionate quest for truth and to outline their growing impact on other fields. In what follows, it is not necessary to have a background in physics, although a basic familiarity with science will be helpful.
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