Sep 3, 2010

We talk about you a lot…thought we'd write some of it down.

Writing is an important part of how we learn about you.  We wrestle with big ideas and questions we feel better prepare us to serve you effectively.


Leadership Divided Leadership Divided: What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing
By Ron Carucci

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”Over two millennia ago, Heraclitus observed that "change alone is unchanging" and "a man's character is his guardian divinity."  For me, Ron Carucci has compellingly woven these two timeless themes into Leadership Divided.  The change we face as businesses and as individuals is the constant.  Positional authority isn't. We all seem to have the capacity to grow as leaders but many of us won't."

Tony Siesfeld, Ph.D., Partner, The Monitor Group


Leadership Divided Future in-Formation: Choosing a Generative Organizational Life
By Ron Carucci and Josh Epperson

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"Why are we here? What do we stand for? Where are we going? My job, and every leader’s imperative, is to make the answers to these universal questions come alive for others. That is no small task, which is why I found this book’s focus on “generativity” so compelling. Ron and Josh explore the attitudes and behaviors that can generate health, growth, and adaptability in an organization and lead to a more sustainable future."

Teri Ann Drake, Senior Vice President-Creative, Hallmark Cards Inc.


Companies Rehearse a Very Different Future: Connecting Leadership Capability and Strategy Execution Through Simulation

Published in July/August 2009 edition of Global Business and Organization Excellence, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
"...'Rehearsing the Future' simulations immerse leaders in a fictitious business context strategically similiar to their company's desired future to solve critical issues as a leadership team.  The author differentiates future rehersal simulation from computer simulation..." Read On

Building Trust and Cohesiveness in a Leadership Team
Published in May 2009 edition of The Systems Thinker, Pegasus Communications, Inc.
"Behavioral dysfunction was hampering the ability of a senior leadership team to work effectively and further a strategic agenda for the organization - a Fortune 100 manufacturing company. In seeking to address this dysfunction, we used an approach that focused not only on addressing the behavioral manifestation of the dysfunction in the team, but also at making the invisible source of this dysfunction visibile i.e. the beliefs and mental models that contributed to the behavior. This two-pronged model was a powerful approach that resulted in positive outcomes for the organization and for the team." Read On

Incubating Leaders from their Left Brain Worlds
Published in August 2007 edition of Leadership Excellence
"There are no magic formulas to succession...It's often postponed or given short shrift in smaller companies where managers are so focused on the day-to-day challenges of running the business that the future simply doesn't get addressed..." Read On

Cloned Development Contributes to Crisis of Leadership Supply
Published in August 2007 on www.TalentManagement.com
"The current generation's leaders always seem to have a list of complaints about members of the next generation: They're lazy. They're rude..." Read On

Stacking the Bench: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders
Published in June 2007 on www.TalentManagement.com 
"As businesses scramble to attract and retain top talent in today's competitive marketplace, they often neglect to secure the future leaders..." Read On

Relationships that Enable Next Generation Leaders
Published in Fall 2006 edition of the Leader to Leader Journal No. 42, Executive Forum
"...Many [CEOs] have concluded that quality 'future potentials' are rare.  However, their cynicism couldn't be more inaccurate.  Current research demonstrates..." Read On