Eclectic Change

OD Interventions – World Cafe

I wrote about Large Group Intervention Strategies a little over a year ago with some links and a download.  I thought it would be a good idea to pick up on some of these tools and share a little more about them. I have chosen the World Cafe because - to be honest - I have just come across a wonderful 25 page book excerpt from Berrett-Koehler.  You can visit the World Cafe web site here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the first comprehensive book on the World Café, co...

Social Networks, Change and Organizations

I am being interviewed this evening by Kim Nishida.  Kim is a coach who works with service professionals who struggle with being their own boss.  Kim also runs a series of free teleclasses that I think are a great idea:  "We Learned the Hard Way So You Don't Have To" and I get to be the "expert" for LinkedIn. ================================== So, do you know how Kim and I met?  On Twitter of all places.  I had seen postings of hers on a Discussion Forum where we were both members and I deci...

The Integration Imperative for Merger Success

I took the title of this post from a recent article in Industry Week Manufacturing: Manufacturing Merger Success: The Sales Force Integration Imperative subtitled: "A powerful driver underlying B2B M&A outcomes is the degree to which sales forces are successfully integrated."  This is a very good article by Michael B. Moorman.  While he focuses his attention on the Sales Force, the integration risks that frequently undermine the degree of merger success as identified by a study from his firm...

Video & Book Review ‘Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell

Cover via Amazon Each month, one of our colleagues, David Chinsky offers a book review that he puts in his newsletter.  The choice is selected to both engage and challenge leaders as they seek to make a difference in their organizations. Their pick this month is Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.  I share David's preferences in authors and encourage you to visit his website. By Guest Author David Chinsky I must start by saying that Malcolm Gladwell is one of my fa...

Case Study Humor: The New CEO

Morris had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three envelopes number 1, 2 and 3. "Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," the departing CEO said. Things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a downturn and Morris was really catching a lot of heat. About at his wit's end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out...

Transparency by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O’Toole

In this  BNET video, James O’Toole, co-author of “Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor” argues that while many organizations talk up the idea of transparency, true transparency is still elusive. The book "Transparency" argues that while many organizations give lip service to the idea of transparency, true openness and candor is rare.  O’Toole explores the concept, answering questions like: What does it mean to be transparent? Why is it so important? What steps can businesses ...

White Paper – Post Merger Integration

It has been a little difficult for our readers sometimes to order and download our first White Paper on Post Merger Integration so we have loaded up here for our readers. Leading Cross-Cultural Re-Engagement Final

Personal Invitation: A Fantastic Video on how Kiva.org works

This video follows the path of a $25 loan from London, England to Preak Tamao village, Cambodia. Kiva.org is a website that allows internet users like you or I to lend money to people that need it in developing countries, with the aim of empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo. I want to recruit you to my lending team, Sustaining Change, on Kiva, a non-profit website that allows you to lend as little as $2...

Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence and Leadership

An interview with Daniel Goleman, Psychologist from Harvard Business Review. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization's performance.  Emotional Intelligence is about self management.   As a leader your success is based on influencing others - empathy and skilled interactions.  This is Social Intelligence. "You are the worst person to judge where you need to improve." Talk to us at 1-Focus about our 360 degreee Collaborative Leadership Pro...

Happy New Year’s – Our simple gift – this video

Yesterday we encouraged you to join us as a supporter of Kiva, a non-profit website that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur in the developing world.  Today we want to celebrate you along with the New Year.   We hope you take the 16 minutes to sit back and enjoy this video and message: "Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne. Winner of numerous Int'l Film Festiva...