The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. The leadership team often sees HR as a constraint on their operations or not effectively serving their needs.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Peter Senge. Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. There is a proverb that says, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism. It can get pretty complex.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Peter Senge Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives. But suffice it to say that in an age where shared leadership is, or will become, critical, the need to understand the dynamics and functional operation of teams is pretty great.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

Many organizations have historically operated on the “there is one best way” school of management. A classic example was the old Bell System. A classic example of a new-world organization is AT&T Wireless Services (formerly McCaw Cellular Communications); which AT&T paid twelve billion dollars to acquire.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. You can find examples of servant-leaders historically and today. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : I love it.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. You can find examples of servant-leaders historically and today. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : I love it.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Of all the definitions, I like Peter Senge''s old but simple one best. Senge''s distinction between detail complexity (driven by the number of variables) and dynamic complexity (heightened by any subtlety between cause and effect) is not only key to explaining why some overhyped tools don''t deliver.

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