Andy Stanley and Emotional Intelligence
Effective leadership is often perceived to solely rely on the rational dimension of human behavior in problem solving, goal setting, negotiations, arguments, adapting to cultural differences, and organizing. (Hackman and…
Getting Buy-In for Cultural Change
Organizational change can be a very difficult endeavor for a leader, particularly when the change involves the culture of the organization the employees have accepted and become comfortable with. (Barret,…
Benefits of Coaching Around the OCAI
Coaching itself it a highly beneficial practice for organizations to implement regardless of their sector or global location. In fact the amount of statistical information on the benefits of coaching…
Effective Communication While Navigating Change
Like in marriage, the level of success of an organization can be tied to the quality of communication that is happening throughout the different levels of employees, stakeholders, and anyone…
Leaders Should Be Grounded For Change
In the one hundred years of formal leadership study there has been a myriad of definitions developed with one emphasis or another. Despite the fact there is a low degree…
The Need for Change
Every organization has a natural life cycle it progresses through over the course of its existence. As an organization progresses through its life cycle many things can change including motives…
The Validity of the CVF and OCAI
The Competing Values Framework (CVF) and the Organization Cultural Assessment Instrument (OCAI) have been successfully used worldwide in thousands of organizations to understand culture and navigate cultural change. (Cameron, 2011)…
Motivation of a Servant Leader
All leaders must decide how they are going to lead and what their motivation for leadership is going to be. Some leaders are motivated by the needs of the organization,…
Benefits of a Coaching Culture
Coaching is a holistic process of personal development that equips church staff and members with the ability to function effectively on relational, organizational, and social levels. (Wilson, 2011, p. 24) The potential…
Managing Employee Incongruence
As an organization progresses through its life cycle, there are moments of cultural adjustment needed. Leaders must understand how to navigate such cultural corrections before employee incongruence sets in. For…