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Humble Leadership

Leading Blog

Edgar Schein and Peter Schein call this Level 1 based leadership. The process of creating and maintaining Level 2 relationships requires a learning mindset, cooperative attitudes, and skills in interpersonal and group dynamics. I T NEVER HURTS TO BE REMINDED of the need for humility.

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Edgar Schein on Dialogue #teams #coaching

Management Craft

I love this quote from an Edgar Schein (father of modern org culture theory and practice) piece from 1993 called, On Dialogue, Culture, and Organizational Learning from Organizational Dynamics , 22 (2), 40-51. You can download a reprint from the Society of Organizational Learning here. It is a great piece.

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Leadership Lessons On Listening, Questioning, And Moving Others To Act

Tanveer Naseer

But as organizations become more diverse and complex, and as everyone is called upon to work more independently, refining these skills has become an imperative. Schein and Daniel H. Schein, is a testament to the importance of asking questions in a way that enables others to feel comfortable giving honest answers.

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Resistance to Change. Fear of Temporary Incompetence

Mike Cardus

This is when I understood ‘ psychological inertia ’ – comfort and stuckness in thinking AND what Schein meant in Stage 1 of change Becoming Motivated to Change when people show denial; scapegoating; maneuvering and bargaining. Edgar Schein. An area of change we fear. Fear of temporary incompetence.

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Excellent Interpersonal Communication Requires a Safe Environment

Lead Change Blog

Edgar Schein suggests our Western culture is about telling instead of asking questions. It does require a skill: asking the right questions (see also my post, Good questions, bad questions ). In a classic experiment, leaders were asked to manipulate the way they entered the work floor every morning. Change your culture.

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Workplace and Life Advice You Can Use

Leading Blog

Schein : “The warning signs are never ‘cultural.’ But often those won’t work, business eh business is now demanding that they pull back, escalate, and tap into different skills, a new mindset, and a radically changed pattern of behaviors than what made them successful in the past.” Anticipating resistance can’t be an afterthought.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/29/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Eccher Peter Gray: Part 2 Rob Goffee Rutger von Post strategy+business talent management The McKinsey Quarterly The Referral Engine These Soft Skills Can Go a Long Way Thomas Williams Zig Zag' Lawler III Gareth Jones HBR How to Use Your Online Network to Test Ideas John Jantsch Keith Sawyer Management Tip of the Day motivation Paul H.

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