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Inspired To Bravery – A Leadercast 2015 Recap

Lead Change Blog

I attended Leadercast 2015 last Friday. We develop it by leaning into the pain. My own note related to the fact that my greatest objectives lay on the other side of my own discomfort. Don’t focus on the obstacles, focus on the objective. The conference topic was The Brave Ones. I confess I wasn’t excited about going.

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Reconciling Workplace Values and Practices: Seeing people at work with awe and reverence

Mike Cardus

“When we see a world of objects rather than animated presences and conceive of an earth without agency and intelligence, we generate technologies that are apt to manipulate and exploit. The Impact of Worldview on Technology and Culture The worldview we adopt fundamentally shapes the technologies we develop and the cultures we foster.

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Organizational Health and Performance: Beyond Performance 2.0

Leading Blog

We need t look no further than Volkswagen’s “dieselgate” scandal in 2015. These are the five frameworks for performance : Aspire : Strategic objectives. Define the portfolio of initiatives to deliver on your strategic objectives and meet your skill requirements; then sequence your actions and reallocate resources accordingly.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

From Everybody Matters which helps us to look at those we lead as family to Becoming Steve Jobs that looks at the development of a leader as a life-long process, the following books help us to do just that. They were basically self-taught with a well developed love of reading. Lead the larger story. * * *.

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2015 Deming Prize Winners

Deming Institute

The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has announced the 2015 Deming Prize winners. Distribution of winning organizations since 2000 (including prizes for 2015). 2015 Deming Prize for Individuals. One company was awarded the Deming Grand Prize this year: National Engineering Industries Limited (India).

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Featured Leading Voice: Chip Bell

Lead Change Blog

” Following graduate school and the military (including a tour of duty as an infantry unit commander in Viet Nam) Chip was director of management and organizational development for NCNB (now Bank of America). 12/2015: John Stoker. 11/2015: Sean Glaze. Previous Featured Instigators: 3/2016: Eunice Parisi-Carew.

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Featured Instigator – Chris Edmonds

Lead Change Blog

Chris received his BA from Whittier College, a secondary teaching credential from California Lutheran College, and a Masters of Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. If money was no object, Chris said he would “play music”! 12/2015: John Stoker. 11/2015: Sean Glaze.

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