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The last of six initiatives to transform individuals and organizations looks at how leaders can acknowledge and celebrate those who choose to take bold action for change. In doing so a leader reinforces the importance of doing adaptive work and encourages positive engagement and progress. Initiative #6: Acknowledge bold and courageous plans to act by […]

In this blog we explore the fifth of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. As leaders, part of our job is to bring people’s good ideas forward and hold them high enough for others to see. Initiative #5: Illuminate innovative ideas, new ways of thinking, and perspectives that become apparent. Herald the Arrival of […]

In this blog we explore the fourth of six initiatives in the transformation of individuals and organizations. Here we examine ways to draw forth and share insights that inspire us to change. Initiative #4: Help express new awareness and perspectives through discourse and deep listening. Describing What You’ve Never Seen Before When an individual or […]

In this blog we explore the third of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. In it, you will discover the most reliable methods to inquire more deeply and effectively into the dilemmas that face you. Initiative #3: Encourage the active challenge of prevailing mental models or habits of expectation by offering data that challenges […]

In this blog we explore the second of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. Initiative #2: Create a safe environment for critical reflection. Once we have revealed the disorienting dilemmas (see the prior post on Initiative #1) we recognize that maintaining the status quo, and the comfort zone it used to provide, no longer […]

In this blog we explore the first of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. Initiative #1: Surface disruptive and disorienting dilemmas that are emerging. A disorienting dilemma is a situation in which you are doing all the right things but not getting the results you need. Oftentimes, such problems are paradoxical in nature. That is, your […]

Are you called upon to facilitate change, either for individuals or an organization? It can be a challenge, but this blog series is here to offer help. Research into the inner experience of transformation showed that inclusion, deep reflection, dialogue, and acknowledgment in a supportive community are potent ingredients in a recipe for individual, organizational, […]