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Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge

QAspire

If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog. Each has an influence on the rest, and influence that is usually hidden from view.

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How to Lead Like Ellen DeGeneres

Leadership Freak

Your primary influence is the environment you create.” Peter Senge Lead like a comedian: Comedians influence others. Leadership is influence. But, successful leaders build energizing environments.

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Leadership Mindsets for a New World

QAspire

Here is an excerpt: We surveyed more than 4,000 managers and executives from more than 120 countries and conducted interviews with dozens of C-level executives, with the objective of understanding how a changing world and a changing world of work is influencing what it means to be a great leader. Peter Senge on Leadership Development.

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Stop Waiting for Someone Else to Provide Leadership

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

” ~Peter Senge Begin within your own sphere of influence. Where do you have the greatest influence? ~Michael Beer The first step in building shared vision is to give up the traditional notion that vision is always announced from “on high.” Most likely within your own team. This is the place to start.

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For All the Danny Downers

Leadership Freak

Peter Senge said, “Your primary influence is the environment you create.” You want the people around you to feel up not down, hopeful not discouraged. All successful leaders energize others. But, what if you aren’t the energizing type? Leaders often neglect environments in favor of getting work done.

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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Circle of Influence. The Learning Organization: From Vision to Reality by Margaret Wheatley and Peter Senge. Peter Senge on Systems Thinking. The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. Optimize the Overall System Not the Individual Components. Standardization With a Systems View Allows Creativity to Flourish. Edwards Deming.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. Most good performers, in a poorly designed structure, produce the results shaped by the structure.

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