by Paul Childs
Leadership is always dynamic not static.  The ability to adapt not adopt is the key to thriving in a difficult economy.

SUMMARY : There are five key styles or structures that are contained in all high performing companies.  In this economy companies have far less margin for error.  As a result they need to be aware that all five of these styles must be present and brought out by the leaders during critical decision making and effective execution.  Leaders who are self aware understand that these five energies are always in a state of flux and is never an issue of resources.  Its an issue of understanding the environment and how co-creation takes place.

TAKEWAY: Powerful leaders understand the relationship between  people and  their environments.  They know that  different styles interpret reality in different ways, but they are masters at harnessing the nature of reality co-created in a learning environment.

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The key to the Inquiry process is to discover the key issues that reside in the organization and then to recognize the patterns and beliefs that underlie these issues. A powerful tool that can be used to discover the core issues is something called PIP, or Performance Improvement Points. The PIP process is nothing more than a way to get to the core issues that underlie the key problems in an organization so they can be solved. More…

Narcissism Defined

Historically, the term “narcissism” comes from the Greek myth of Narcissus. In one of the more common versions of this myth, Narcissus is a physically attractive young man, who, upon seeing his own reflection in a pond, is so taken with himself that he withers away while staring at his own reflection in the water. More…

PURPOSE

The purpose of deployment is to implement the initiatives in the workplace while continuing to look for the exploitation of unforeseen opportunities. It is to break the barriers that impeded progress and initiate change. It is to deploy the problem solving teams that are cross functional, systemic and collaborative in its approach. More…

Where the goal of inquiry was to dig deep into the root causes of the problem and discover the underlying Performance Improvement Points (PIPS), the purpose of the design stage is to prioritize those PIPS and then decide where one will get the maximum leverage.

It is the design stage which will allow the ALT to create a true framework for change. Design is more than just a plan of how to get from here to there, it is a way to create and innovative blueprint for the solving of the PIPS discovered during inquiry. More…