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Four Key Ingredients for Engagement and Results
The first post in Chris Crosby’s new blog! http://www.chrispcrosby.com/blog/four-key-ingredients-for-engagement-and-results
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Micro-Invalidation & Micro-Aggression: Walking the Line Between Awareness and Dogmatism/Group Think
Summary: Until all human beings are consistently treated with equal respect, concepts such as micro-invalidation are needed. However, applied loosely and then defended, such concepts can also have an unintended chilling effect on cross-cultural dialogue. I’ve been part of an … Continue reading
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Why Does Your Business Exist?
I was recently asked that on a social media site. Here is my answer: My business exists partially in honor of my grandfather, who was an hourly worker on the railroad in Pittsburgh. My father, who founded Crosby & Associates, … Continue reading
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Are Leaders Born or Bred
Reprinted from the May 3 2018 Zimbabwe Financial Times HR PERSPECTIVE: Are leaders born or bred? MEMORY Nguwi (MN) caught up with one of the leading Organisation Development Experts from the USA and explored what makes a leader. Gilmore Crosby … Continue reading
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The Limitations of Traditional Leadership Programs
The most recent book by Organization Development (OD) master practitioner Gilmore Crosby, entitled Leadership Can Be Learned: Clarity, Connection, and Results, describes how leaders can be more effective in their interpersonal, group, and large-system interactions. During a recent conversation about his book, … Continue reading
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Leadership Can Be Learned Video
Join the author as he describes his second book!
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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
Stretch goals versus continuous improvement…a false dichotomy
A consultant named John Reeve posted the above picture on linkedin with the title “Continuous Improvement may lead to Mediocrity.” I agree, but fear this will become one more typically oversimplified consulting message, such as “core competencies” (which led to companies … Continue reading
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Our founder, and father, Robert P. Crosby, on his mentor, Howard Thurman.
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360 Anonymous Feedback – Is it giving your organization the blues?
Every organization I am familiar with in the US and abroad conducts 360 anonymous feedback for people in leadership positions (90% of all companies according to an ETS 2012 study). This holds true despite data indicating lack of results and other … Continue reading
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