Monthly Archives: January 2014
T-Group as Cutting Edge Post #5:
Implications for OD Practice The first major implication from what I have written above is that team and even some leadership development, not just T-group training, needs to be done with intact groups. This minimizes the problem of transfer of … Continue reading
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T-group as Cutting Edge Post#4: T-group Innovations: Our “Tough Stuff” Model
Our “Tough Stuff” trademarked name is true to the essence of the original laboratory training, but adapted to highlight workplace relevance. Our unique T-group innovations are interwoven throughout each Tough Stuff event. Each location we help transform has Tough Stuff … Continue reading
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T-Group as Cutting Edge Post #3: Differences Between “Stranger’ Groups and “Intact” Groups
Almost all T-groups have been composed of people meeting each other for the first time. Thus they were called “stranger” groups or laboratories (“laboratory training” was an early common term for the workshop that included T-groups). Even in corporations like … Continue reading
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T-Group as Cutting Edge Post #2: Making the Case for T-Groups Today – A Manufacturing Plant Adaptation
The following outlines the innovative way we used T-groups as a critical component of the strategy to transform the plant recognized by Obama in 2011. The intervention started in 2004 with two major events. The first was a joint T-group … Continue reading
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