Author Archives: crosbyod
Trouble…Right Here in OD City!
Oh we’ve got trouble! Right here in OD city! With a capital T, that rhymes with C, that stands for complexity! Oh we’ve got trouble! We’ve got terrible terrible trouble! We’ve got to find a way to make OD relevant … Continue reading
The Group is the Thing…in Leadership Coaching and Development.
Coaching has become an enormous industry. Almost all coaching occurs in one on one conversations. Out hypothesis, based on more than a combined century of work, is that development of leadership skills and habits best occurs in the context of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Kids These Days – Retaining Generation Z
I wrote this in response to a post on LinkedIn about a 25 page report explaining how to retain young people. While times of course are changing I cant help but notice during my 64 years on this planet that … Continue reading
Posted in Generation Gap, Gilmore Crosby, Lewin
Tagged Authority, generationz, Leadership
Leave a comment
The 12 ODs of Christmas
12 podcasts casting, 11 fields unfreezing, 10 groups brainstorming, 9 Lewinians leaping, 8 groups a forming, 7 groups a storming, 6 groups a norming, 5 groups performing, 4 measurable goals, 3 OD professionals screwing in a lightbulb, 2 leaders self-differentiating, … Continue reading
Posted in Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Gil Crosby, Organization Development
Leave a comment
Lewin in a Nutshell: A Scientific Method of Change
My latest podcast! Everything you need to know about change! https://ascienceofchange.libsyn.com/lewin-in-a-nutshell-a-scientific-method-of-change
Posted in Change, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Leadership, OD, Organization Development
Leave a comment
In Defense of Defensiveness
An excerpt from Spiritualty and Emotional Intelligence, 2021, by Gilmore Crosby …Defensiveness has been so demonized in the modern corporation that most people put a lot of effortinto trying to pretend they are not feeling or being defensive, and “You’re … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Gilmore Crosby, Leadership
Tagged Emotional Intelligence, EQ, Leadership
Leave a comment
Diversity without Dogma – Quotes leading into the book
As part of an upcoming podcast, I just revisited…and continue learning from…the quotes leading into my latest book, Diversity without Dogma: “The burden of being black and the burden of being white is so heavy thatit is rare in our … Continue reading
On-Line (and In-Person) Meeting Dynamics
The post-pandemic world is awash with hybrid and remote work, and the use of virtual meetings. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, but just as is true of in person interaction, quality is up to us. The following are … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Life During Wartime – A conversation with Ukrainian Social Scientist Kanykei Tursunbaeva
I’m not going to post all my podcasts here…follow them if you want to hear the latest…but this one is important! https://ascienceofchange.libsyn.com/life-during-wartime-a-conversation-with-ukrainian-social-scientist-kanykei-tursunbaeva
What is Organization Development (OD) by Gilmore and Robert P. Crosby
The following are responses to a valued colleague , Joseph George Anjilvelil, of the Tata Institute of Social Science. Joseph posted this query to our on-line OD group: Robert responded first: “This is a post-diagnosis decision point, after data is … Continue reading
Crosby & Associates Leadership and Organization Development Blog 