Like everything else in life, trusting in a person, process or belief system is a choice. In business, trust is also a choice. Managers who choose to trust, value, respect and empower their employees will be rewarded with a motivated and productive workforce and greater profitability. Leaders who choose to communicate openly and honestly will … Continue reading
After contemplating Gregg Braden’s work in The Divine Matrix, I thought of another groundbreaking work in the New Sciences that was published last year. The Biology of Belief, by renowned cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton, showed that genes do not control our behavior, instead, genes are turned on and off by influences outside the cell, … Continue reading
Considered one of the world’s most influential management thinkers, Fons Trompenaars is the author of several books including the bestseller Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business. His latest book is Creating a Culture for Innovation. According to Fons Trompenaars, there is a need for a new paradigm. Linear thought is … Continue reading
Warren Bennis, the “Dean of Leadership Development,” is considered the foremost authority on leadership in the world. He has advised some of the greatest business and cultural leaders of our time and analyzed their approaches to find the common traits and behaviors that make exceptional leaders. He is a distinguished professor and founding chairman of … Continue reading
Roger Nierenberg, Music Director of the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, is the creator of The Music Paradigm, in which a symphony orchestra is used as a metaphor for an organization, especially for organizations who are facing a significant challenge or change. Since 1995, Music Paradigm sessions have been held for more than … Continue reading
The opening keynote of the Linkage conference was presented by Michael Beer, a world renowned authority on organizational effectiveness and change as well as human resource management. Michael Beer, PhD, is Cahners Rabb Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, and Chairman of TruePoint Partners as well as the TruePoint Center for High Commitment and … Continue reading
I’m starting off my blog with a recap of a conference I attended May 15-17th in Chicago, sponsored by Linkage, Leading Organizational Change & Transition: Maximizing Your Organization’s Change Capabilities. Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. One theme that I heard running through several sessions of the conference … Continue reading