Category Archives: Organization Development
OD Soup a la Crosby
An OD student recently asked about favorite OD models on a social media site. Here, with a pinch of pepper, is my reply: I appreciate Edwin Friedman for putting leadership into a systems perspective. It’s not a visual model. It’s … Continue reading
Where lies the issue? The individual or the system?
I was recently queried about how to address poor performance by a front line supervisor. Here is my response: Agreed, the issue may lie with the supervisor. In my experience, however, many leap to that, because they don’t know where … Continue reading
Leadership Can Be Learned, Gilmore Crosby’s new book, is out!
The following is excerpted with permission: Introduction Despite all that has been written on the subject, the premise of this book is that leadership is poorly understood because human systems are poorly under- stood. Like the paradigms of old, which … Continue reading
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Matrixed Work, Authority & Hierarchy
I recently posted this to an OD group: I wrote this in the middle of the night last night, not specifically as a response to this string, but it is relevant. I was actually stimulated by my search, with the … Continue reading
T-Groups Applied to Industry
Posted in Culture Change, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking, T-Groups
Tagged Authority, Culture, Culture Change, employee involvement, Engagement, EQ, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Leadership Development, Lewin, OD, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking, T-Groups
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Generative Power
The following is an excerpt is from Chris Crosby’s upcoming book: Organization Alignment: Authority, Power, and Results Generative Power The intersection between authority, power, and love is where you will find a critical ingredient as to whether your organization is … Continue reading
Survey Feedback/Action Research
From a letter by Robert P. Crosby: …Later John Scherer and I began a company emphasizing survey feedback as much earlier developed by Floyd Mann and Rensis Likert, colleagues of Dr. Ronald Lippitt who had become both a champion of and … Continue reading
Addy Clip Three – Goal Alignment
High performance is possible in any organization. In this brief video (1 minute and 41 seconds), the third in a series, our founder describes a process that quickly aligned and engaged an industrial plant that went on to meet and … Continue reading
Addy Clip #2 – Key Factors in Engagement
High performance is possible in any organization. In this brief video (5 minutes), the second in a series, our founder explores the steps taken to engage work groups.
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