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Nurturing Your Business Soul – Chris Monk
This article (was written and published in May 2008 – ‘Happiness: Energy & Spirit’ magazine [Business section] produced by Kath Templeton (Another CTT network member)
Approx 600 words
Written by Chris Monk
Chris Monk Associates
Office: +44 (0) 1395 274598
chris@chrismonkassociates.com
Thank you Chris.
Unfortunately many of us still feel that we need to temporarily discard our ‘genuine,...
“Naar een waardengedreven organisatie” – (Dutch)
Here is an example of best practices in Belgium.
This article was published in Dutch in “de Kwaliteitskrant – thema transformatie,” a magazine for quality managers in Flanders.
Featuring CTT members, Else Nollet and Piet Lammens, the article describes how Statoil Belgium used CTT in a whole system change approach.
CH artikel Kwaliteitskrant transformatie.pdf
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“Corporate Consciousness & Rewards” – Article by Susan Spargo, South Africa
This article shows how it is possible to build a remuneration, compensation and rewards package that fully aligns with the organisations values, mission and vision.
Written by Susan Spargo of Cebano Consultants in Cape Town, South Africa.
Susan’s contact details can be found at the end of the article.
Corporate Consciousness and Rewards.pdf
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Top Team Alignment – written by Pleuntje van Meer
This article addresses a process – integrating the Barrett model, Wilber’s, & Scharmer’s work – for aligning top teams.
What makes the leadership of top teams? While it is the corporate board that is collectively responsible for promoting the success of the company by leading and directing the company’s affairs, it is the top-teams of divisions and business units of large...
Valuing Our Needs article (written by Helen Oakwater, Adoption Now)
Valuing Our Needs article, written by Helen Oakwater in Adoption Now magazine.
This article about adopted children and the Barrett Model offers universal explanations of human needs theory.
Helen Oakwater, an adoptive parent, NLP Coach and Trainer,adopted a pre-school sibling group in the early 1990s and has
first-hand knowledge of living with ‘the child who hurts’. Her knowledge and perspectives...
Summary of Liberating the Corporate Soul in German
CTT Consultant Roland Gunther summarized, in German, the core elements of Richard Barrett’s book Liberating the Corporate Soul.
Das Thema Arbeit nimmt heute einen immer größeren
Teil unseres Lebens ein. Unternehmen formen unsere
Welt mehr als alles andere und mehr als je zuvor. Die
Konsequenzen dieser Entwicklung können heute aber
nicht mehr als uneingeschränkt positiv angesehen
werden. Wir...
Turning base metal strategies into gold – Malcolm Lewis Article
Turning Base Metal Strategies into Gold: Corporate Alchemy for the Modern Age
The attached article was published in the July/August 2009 issue of Finance & Management, the monthly magazine of the ICAEW’s Finance and Management Faculty.
“Orgnaisations need to embrace a much more holistic form of strategic leadership framework that combines both visionary leadership and managerial...
Hewitt on Culture & Engagement
When businesses confront an external environment characterized by challenge and confusion, why should they be interested in human capital management? The answer is simple. In times of uncertainty and change, it is crucial to have a clear sense of direction. The lack of engaged and committed employees, efficient processes and systems and a culture to support a productive workforce could lead to a potential...
The Role of Strategy, Culture and Leadership in the Nedbank Turnaround – The Tom Boardman Story
Tom Boardman’s time at Nedbank can be described as one where success has been achieved in the face of extreme adversity.
This adversity included negative market sentiment, low staff morale, a dysfunctional organizational culture, no clearly articulated vision and strategy,
and a low confidence level in the senior leadership of Nedbank.
The effective turnaround of Nedbank happened as Tom had promised:...
Values Study in Official Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Please find attached two PDF for your interest. The first contains the results of the initial work published in August 2009.
The second is an advanced version of the article appearing in the December 2009 issue of CA Magazine (The Official Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
- our media partner) featuring the second round research results about Leadership, Sustainability...
Multiple Perspective Assessment (Sande, Preera)
MULTI PERSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS – LEARNING FROM OUTSIDE IN & INSIDE AND OUT!
by Martin Sande, Management Consultant and Owner, Preera
The most common way we use Cultural Values Assessments is to help our clients create a mirror in which to see themselves and to provide a common language to enable dialogues that transform. The questions we use are, more or less, the standard ones focusing on...
Understanding Complexity
With the current economic and political situation the world has become volatile and complex.
This affects individuals, companies, and countries alike.
What to do in such situations requires experience and cool headed leaders.
This short presentation tries to show how things can move quickly, how one issue leads to another and how it should be handled.
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Building A Values––Driven Organisation
SALLIE LEE AND JOAN SHAFER
A cohesive culture based on values is rapidly becoming
one of the most important criteria for business success.
Many organisations have chosen core values and have
not had the expected results they imagined.
Understanding the personality and strengths of a culture––
its motivating drivers––the stories that illuminate the
values, and the directions that the employees...
Top team alignment
What makes the leadership of top teams? While it is the corporate board that is collectively responsible for promoting the success of the company by leading and directing the company’s affairs, it is the top-teams of divisions and business units of large companies that are more closely involved with the day-to-day development and execution of operational strategies. These senior executives are critical...
What are your values?
When I was a teenager, the highlight of the week was finding out which records were in the top ten, whereas now I look at the bestselling book lists to see what heads the paperback fiction charts. And from the number of lists in magazines and newspapers – everything from the best-dressed man to the most popular pet – I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks they’re fun.
That must...
Beyond Bonuses: Motivating Your Managers
BusinessWeek reader David Gebler advises senior management to create a two-way communication with employees in order to motivate them
By David Gebler
BusinessWeek‘s Matthew Boyle recently wrote a column discussing the need—and the effort—to keep managers motivated in tough economic times. The premise that middle managers must lead the effort to motivate employees, especially when there is...
Case Study: Getting Beyond the Numbers: How to Identify the Root Cause of Unethical Conduct
By David Gebler, President, Skout Group, LLC
The use of ethical climate surveys, which provide a baseline comparison of a
company’s ethics standing against other companies and gauge internal changes from year to year, has become prevalent among many companies. But, while these surveys offer information on a company’s position on ethics, it’s often hard to discern the root cause of the behavior...
Der kollektiven Seele begegnen
Die Entwicklung eines neuen Bewusstseins
in Unternehmen und Organisationen
Überlegungen zur Psychologie von Unternehmen;
dieser Aufsatz bezieht sich in wichtigen Teilen auf
Erkenntnisse des Buches „Liberating The Corporate
Soul – Building a Visionary Organization“ von Richard
Barrett, Woburn, USA, 1998.
von Roland A. Günther
www.business?in?resonanz.de
Das Thema Arbeit nimmt heute einen immer...
MULTI PERSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS – LEARNING FROM OUTSIDE IN & INSIDE AND OUT!
by Martin Sande, Management Consultant and Owner, Preera
The most common way we use Cultural Values Assessments is to help our clients create a mirror in which to see themselves and to provide a common language to enable dialogues that transform. The questions we use
are, more or less, the standard ones focusing on personal values, current culture and desired culture.
A real eye? and mind?opener came...
What are your values?
by Gwyneth Olofsson
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When I was a teenager, the highlight of the week was finding out which records were in the top ten, whereas now I look at the bestselling book lists to see what heads the paperback fiction charts. And from the number of lists in magazines and newspapers – everything from the best-dressed man to the most popular pet – I don’t think I’m the only...
Beyond Bonuses: Motivating Your Managers
BusinessWeek reader David Gebler advises senior management to create a two-way communication with employees in order to motivate them
By David Gebler
———
BusinessWeek‘s Matthew Boyle recently wrote a column discussing the need—and the effort—to keep managers motivated in tough economic times. The premise that middle managers must lead the effort to motivate employees, especially...
