Author Archives: crosbyod
Leadership
The following is a response to a colleague on a e-mail based group list serve that has run since at least 1996. E-mail was new tech! What is unique is that deep relationships have formed within this group, often leading … Continue reading
Posted in Friedman, Leadership, Lewin
Tagged Authority, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Social science and democracy
The following is the introduction from my upcoming book, Democracy versus autocracy in the USA: How to resist the autocratic playbook and be a more effective citizen of any democracy I was born in the United States in 1959 and … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Involvement, Democracy, Organization Development
Tagged Culture Change, Democracy, history, OD, Organization Development, politics
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Leadership and the Front Line Workforce: Lessons from the Targets of Change podcast by John Bates with guest Gilmore Crosby
From Live Like a Leader podcaster John Bates Listen here! https://livelikealeader.show/episodes/episode-142-gilmore-crosby Episode Summary Today I have a fun conversation with Gil Crosby, an organizational development pro who’s been in the field since 1984, a professor at the Leadership Institute of … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Change, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Ego and Essence – A love story
In the beginning there was Essence. Essence floated in warmth and protection, her needs being met immediately and without effort. Essence was one with all that she knew. Then something happened. Essence was separated. There were delays between wanting and … Continue reading
Posted in #self development, Emotional Intelligence
Tagged #Emotional intelligence, #EQ, #self development
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Time to Re-brand DEI?
A colleague asked that question. Here is my response: The problem imho is not the brand. The problem is, there is and always has been a very real battle in the US between those who want a more equal society, … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Diversity, Lewin, Racism
Tagged #Autocracy, #DEI, #Democracy, #LEWIN
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Generation BS*
*Any generation that complains about young people First there were the boomers, then generation X and the millennials. then Z, Alpha and Beta. And so was born an army of “experts” on how to relate to each of these generational … Continue reading
Posted in Aging Workforce, Leadership
Tagged #GenerationZ, Authority, Leadership, life, OD
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Leadership and the Frontline Workforce: Lessons from the Targets of Change
My latest and greatest book is out, in which frontline workers tell true stories of Lewinian change from “us versus them” to high performance and morale! Listen in here as AI team pf podcasters briefly review it: https://traffic.libsyn.com/59ce511e-0f15-4965-ae74-09993330565a/LFW_AI_Podcast.mp3 This book … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Culture Change, Gilmore Crosby, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Culture Change, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Dialogue versus debate
A colleague of mine posted the following after listening to my most recent podcast: While there is a difference between debate and dialogue in many cultures, in other cultures it is more blurred. Three examples will suffice. The Dutch are … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Groupdynamics, Organization Development
Tagged Communication, Culture Change, Leadership
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Anti-DEI versus Pro-DEI: Divide and conquer strikes again
In 1625 Sir Francis Bacon successfully convinced the British ruling class that their best strategy to quell widespread and frequent rebellions by an ever growing number of poor throughout England was “…dividing and breaking of all factions and combinations that … Continue reading
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