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Development Is Not an Item
So much to say. So little room to say it. Development (personal, organizational, evolutionary — and maybe those ought not be separated) winds up as a noun in normal speech. Nouns wind up as things (as in “person, place or thing”, … Continue reading
Skip the Resolutions — Take On Consistent, Timely, Development Instead
New Years resolutions have a weak reputation. Few would stake their lives on it. Even so, many stake a piece of their future on it. And yet, a fresh year does seem to call for something to mark the changeover. I … Continue reading
One Size Fits One, Once
The more masterful one is with one’s work, the less one is attached to and reliant upon one’s favorite ideas, methods, and even orientations. One’s work evolves and stays creative, being adaptive and appropriate to audience and situation and timing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development, Power
Tagged Corporate Consulting, corporate development
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Right People, Right Place, Right Time with the Right Stuff
It is a matter of common sense that work and productivity go better if the right people are in the right jobs. Too bad common sense stops short of saying how one might go about telling who is the right … Continue reading
From What Perspective Do They Live?
Many conversations take place without regard to something of central importance. And that missing awareness is regarding the central perspective of the person or people being addressed. If you were talking with a child, you might naturally bring the conversation … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Self, Development
Tagged organizational development, personal development
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Are People Big or Small?
I have been struck by how often developers, leaders and managers come down on one side or another of this issue of people’s basic nature — mostly as a matter of belief rather than of observation. Those who want people to … Continue reading
Chief Development Officer — M.I.A.
Everyone knows there must be a Chief Operating Officer overseeing the major projects and activities of a large company. Why isn’t it also obvious that there needs to be a Chief Development Officer, at the same level of power and … Continue reading
Do Organizations Have An Unconscious?
Many psychologists are quite comfortable with the notion that individual people’s actions are often less than rational. They say that this can be accounted for by “unconscious” drivers. The nature and scope of speculations regarding the so-called “unconscious” have gone … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fulfillment
Tagged organizational development, personal development
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Honor in Development
Feel free to read the title in all its variations in meaning. There is honor in development. One can be in development regarding honor. One can have honor with respect to development. I recommend all three. Here is what I … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development, Power, Right Gradient
Tagged organizational development, personal development
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You Can Lead A Horse To Development, but….
I recently received an email from a friend that contained the quip, “You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can’t make them think.” It had a picture of a horse staring back at the reader, head held high but … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development
Tagged corporate development, personal development
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