eBridge - May 2007

Article: Breakthrough Change
By Clare Coxey

Throughout my eleven years as a strategic consultant, I have interviewed hundreds of executives, their direct reports and their employees. The interviews are part of the data gathering segment of the process I use and most consultants use. This is where you begin to find out what is really going on in an organization. It is where you listen to what is said and not said, the emotion in which it is related, the body language in the moment it is said. This is where you look for disconnects from other interviews and commonalities. This is where you look for the message behind the message. This is where you look for not only Grindl but Grindl's mother, to use the story in Beowulf. This is where you seek out the nuances of the individuals and the culture of the client.

Read the complete article to learn how to create a culture of breakthrough change.

Upcoming Workshop: Leading and Managing Change

Learn the tools that are essential to achieving successful results in a change initiative. Participants will be able to recognize the phases and responses to change and will be equipped with strategies to manage them.

Date: August 9-10
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Tuition:

$875
Two Registrants: $750 each
Three or more Registrants: $699 each
Materials and meals included

Registration: Register online or call 317-822-8205.

Client Quotes From The Integrated Work of Leadership

"It was a much needed exercise for me; rarely do I stop to reflect in this manner. I think my organization could benefit."

"Thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow at a much needed time."

Article: Leading Change with Emotional Intelligence
By Joanna Murray

Increasingly, Ki ThoughtBridge is invited to assist businesses with conflict that results from internal change initiatives.

At Ki ThoughtBridge, in addition to giving attention to the technical aspects of change management, we focus our client's attention on the adaptive processes in leading change. Our integrated model for leadership formation encourages leaders toward a deeper understanding of the emotional impacts of transition and change. With this knowledge leaders can choose ways to influence the culture in which change takes place, and modify individual and group behavior.

Read the complete article to learn about the six leadership styles and how they influence the culture of change in an organization.

Quotable Quotes

"Culture manifests itself at three levels: The level of deep tacit assumptions that are the essence of the culture, the level of espoused values that often reflect what a group wishes ideally to be and the way it wants to present itself publicly, and the day-to-day behavior that represents a complex compromise among the espoused values, the deeper assumptions, and the immediate requirements of the situation."

- Edward Schein, Three Cultures of Management: The Key to Organizational Learning

"America's most winning companies invest heavily in leadership: recent estimates suggest that corporate America spends more than $10 billion every year on leadership training. Leadership is clearly a corporate priority. Creating and maintaining good leadership can and should become a measurable, operational process, just like reporting profit and loss every quarter."

- Robert J. Devine, Developing Great Leaders

"One of the most important functions of a leader is defining the key assumptions and values that will guide the decisions and actions of organizational members. Leaders inculcate these assumptions by building a shared understanding of what the organization is about and how it should operate."

- Jay Conger, Building Leaders

Suggested Reading

Building Leaders: How Successful Companies Develop the Next Generation
Jay Conger and Beth Benjamin; Jossey-Bass Inc., 1999

Upcoming Open Enrollment Events

Date Event

August 9-10 Leading & Managing Change

November 8-9 The Inner Work of the Leader

Workshop Fees

$875 for each two-day session
Two Registrants: $750 each
Three or more Registrants: $699 each
Materials and meals included

Registration: Register online or call 317-822-8205.

Here's What You Will Find in the Next Issue of eBridge

The July issue of E-Bridge will address the topic of "Creating Civil Conversations." Ki ThoughtBridge Consultants will examine the role of leadership when the temperature in a group/organization/community reaches boiling point and rationality seems to have been destroyed. See what leaders can do to minimize defensive, combative behaviors and maximize deeper listening, learning, and understanding.

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