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Learning How to Read the Room: Organization Development Network Conference, New Orleans, Oct 18, 2010 3:00pm
"What is going on in this group?" "Why are the interactions unproductive?" "How can I help the team have healthy conversations that lead to good decisions and productive relationships?" Every OD consultant, leader, manager, and group member asks these questions and at times struggles to find the answers. Using David Kantor's theory of Structural Dynamics, Nancy Lonstein, Principal, and Dr. Anne Perschel, President, Germane Consulting, explain the The Four Player Model, the most accessible and discussable framework for understanding and improving the often invisible structures in face-to-face communications.

Only when the invisible becomes seen, can we take action for positive change.

Work-Life-Flow: Webinar Recording

Two big questions have been following me for a number of years.

1. How can we shift the paradigm and the experience from work life no balance to work life integration?

2. How can we restore soul to work at the corporate and individual levels?

Then along comes Flow. A state of maximum engagement based in the intrinsic meaning of work.

I’ve adapted Csikszentmihalyi’s ... Read more »

A Working Mother's Guilt Relieved

Are you a Mom and a Professional? Do you suffer guilt over not being a “better” mom? Then consider these words of wisdom from my son who was 15 years old at the time. May they relieve some if not all of your guilt. (For working Dads who are Moms too.)

I returned to work as a manager in a Fortune 100 company when ... Read more »

Work-Life Out of Balance? Try Flow Instead.

Work life balance is a myth for many people. Sixty percent of executives report working at least 50 hours per week. That doesn’t include the additional time they spend thinking about work. Ten percent work more than 80 hours per week. This situation is even more intense for 92% of working women who go home after a full day of ... Read more »