Tag Archives: Culture
Lewin on Racism: The Methods Exist, The Will is Required
The tools exist to greatly decrease racism in the United States. The time has come to use them. Social Scientist Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) demonstrated that “incorrect stereotypes” (prejudices) are functionally equivalent to wrong concepts (theories),” and could be changed through … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Change, Diversity, Gilmore Crosby, Groupdynamics, Lewin, Organization Development, Racism, Systems Thinking
Tagged Change, Culture, Diversity, Gil Crosby, Lewin, OD, Racism
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Work culture as a restraining or a driving force in change management
A colleague posted about the importance of effective change management in concert with project management. He lives and works in an country with an authoritarian government. According to Kurt Lewin (1890 – 1947), broadly acknowledged as the founder of organization … Continue reading
Posted in Alignment, Change Management, Cross-Functional Work, Culture Change, Gilmore Crosby, Groupdynamics, Leadership, Matrixed Work, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking
Tagged Authority, Change, change management, Culture, Engagement, Implementation, Leadership, Nuclear, OD, Performance, Systems, Systems Thinking, vision
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From Conflict to Collaboration – A true T-group story
Be the change you wish to see in the world. —Mahatma Gandhi The T-Group based workshop has just begun. The 24 participants and the 3 faculty members have introduced themselves, and the CEO (who is himself participating) has briefly explained … Continue reading
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
Posted in Diversity, Group Think, Groupdynamics, Uncategorized
Tagged Conflict, Culture, Diversity, Groupdynamics, Groupthink
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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
Leadership and Human Systems – How Authority Relationships Influence Behavior
Edwin Friedman This is an expansion of an earlier post: A colleague in the nuclear industry recently asked my opinion of the role “boss stress” plays in nuclear safety culture. Research (study after study indicates that the boss-subordinate relationship is … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Culture, Friedman, Gil Crosby, Leadership, Nuclear safety culture, Systems, Systems Thinking
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Tuckman – Navigating His Stages: Leading Groups from Forming to High Performing Post #6 (Final)
Continued from an earlier blog entry: Stage Four – High Performance/Self Renewing Activities High Performance is not a given, but if you have followed the path we have outlined thus far, it is likely. By successfully influencing your group dynamics … Continue reading
Navigating Tuckman’s Stages: Leading Groups from Forming to High Performing Post #5
Continued from an earlier blog entry: Stage Three – Active Norming As an active leader, if you have followed our guidance, you have already established “norms” by now of inclusion, dispersed participation, and of calmly and intentionally surfacing differences. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, Culture Change, employee involvement, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Tuckman
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