Topic: Personal Mastery
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Check In, Check Out: A Tool for “Real” Conversations
Your daughter was sick last night and you didn’t get much sleep. Tony’s car was rear-ended on the way to the office. Vivian has…
Transformation of Ethos at the U.S. National Security Agency
In January 2000, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, engaged the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) to…
Transforming Leadership: The Story of Robert Greenleaf
When we read the stories of extraordinary leaders, we may be inspired to see new possibilities for ourselves. The biography Robert K. Greenleaf: A…
Toward Organizational Learning in the Singapore Police Force
Over the past two years, organizational learning has grown from a buzzword into an integral feature of the Singapore Police Force. It has been…
Mindshift on Meetings—Part I
Too many meetings!” “Most meetings are a waste of time.” These are the most common complaints we hear from our clients. Meetings are a…
Holistic Change: Creating Organizational and Individual Alignment at Genuity
Conventional wisdom says that 70 percent or more of business change efforts, such as process reengineering, fail to meet their objectives. Why? Because these…
From Students to Citizens and Workers: An Interview with Deborah Meier
You and some colleagues are on a retreat, discussing long-term strategies for your organization. As the hour grows late, someone brings up the issue…
Cause and Effect
Everything you do creates a consequence in your life. What you do may also create consequences in the lives of others. And the actions…
Operational Thinking
The first three systems thinking skills help you establish an extensive (breadth) and intensive (depth) boundary for your mental or computer-based model. The next…
Giving Up Your Soul Is Bad Business
During tough times, companies— and the people in them—tend to give up their souls. Workers put aside who they truly are, what they most…