By: Kristin Hamilton on May 18, 2018
“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.” – Mae West[1] My first work experience with organizational change and transition came when I was a brand new government employee at the age of 21. We were told there would be a major reorganization (forever nicknamed THE…
By: Katy Drage Lines on May 17, 2018
By mid-August, nothing looks better to an eight-month pregnant woman than a window air-conditioner. Lugging a waddling body up a hill in 90% humidity, the cool apartment seems like heaven. While the first sign of pregnancy seemed like a celebration, by the eighth month, you just want to get that damn thing out. “I’m so…
By: Stu Cocanougher on May 17, 2018
I grew up in a small town of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. We had one elementary school and one high school. Just as I became a preteen, Mt. Juliet grew enough that they built a separate Junior High School. As Nashville experienced rapid growth in the 1990s and beyond, my hometown changed to become a trendy…
By: Jim Sabella on May 17, 2018
Change is inevitable! In the time it takes for me to type this sentence things have already changed. For one, there are 18 words on this page that didn’t exist before. Now there’s 34. I know this is an oversimplification of an important reality, but it does illustrate how no thing, and therefore nothing ever…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on May 16, 2018
As a therapist, the predominate diagnosis I treat with my clients is adjustment disorder, with or without anxiety, or depression. This disorder is due to an individual enduring a major life stressor, everything from a death of a pet to the loss of a family member, marriage, or job, and are experiencing a difficult time…
By: Mary Walker on May 16, 2018
“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson William Bridges’ work has guided thousands of individuals and organizations through the transition process that accompanies change. Bridges was (he died in 2013) considered a preeminent authority on change and transition and transformed the way people think about change. His…
By: Lynda Gittens on May 16, 2018
http://www.strategies-for-managing-change.com/william-bridges.html CHANGE IS COMING!!! This book, Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, focuses on the leadership of an organization and how they approach sharing the decision of the change with those affected by the change. With many companies merging, downsizing, in bankruptcy, or closing this book would be a great asset for…
By: Kyle Chalko on May 13, 2018
This book had it’s limitations. The concept has it’s virtue. Let’s start with the former. David Livermore said in a self-promotion video on his website, “Cultural intelligence is your level effectiveness working across culture. In fact, CQ is proven to predict your success or failure in working in today’s global marketplace.” This opening statement I…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on May 12, 2018
Key Takeaways In reading and reflecting on chapter 2 “Experiencing Slow Death” of Robert E. Quinn’s book Deep Change, there were so many jewels but a few that stood out to me the most were: Transforming conflict into collaboration is the essence of leadership.[1] All organizations have some form of conflict. How a leader views…
By: Jason Turbeville on May 11, 2018
The first time I was faced with the need to have a cultural intelligence was my first international mission trip to Nis, Serbia. The person leading the trip was a former missionary who had just come back off the field so he and his wife could finish seminary. The first thing he did was give…
By: Chip Stapleton on May 11, 2018
The book The Deep Change Field Guide: A Personal Course to Discovering the Leader Within by Robert Quinn is a culmination of Quinn’s past works and (exactly as advertised) walks you through a process of discovery about what ‘Deep Change’ is and how to become a leader capable of navigating an organization (and yourself) through that deep…
By: Kristin Hamilton on May 10, 2018
When I worked for the government, our Executive Director asked each manager on her team to read Robert Quinn’s Deep Change. In my undergrad church ministry class, we were assigned the same book. In one of my MDiv classes, once again Deep Change was on the syllabus. Now, here I am in my final semester…
By: Trisha Welstad on May 10, 2018
A little over a year ago I watched the following video at a pastor’s conference. The focus of the gathering was around holiness in the 21st century but the video cut through to the heart of where culture is going and the need for us to not only be prepared but adaptable as ministry leaders.…
By: Shawn Hart on May 10, 2018
I apologize in advance for the lacking quality of this posts…tragically, my laptop has breathed its last and gone on to that computer graveyard in cyberspace.I am now forced to use the borrowed laptop of my college son, as well as try to scramble to get this delivered in time. Now to the point; “Leading…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on May 10, 2018
To change organizations, one must experience deep change within, so in the end, “excellence is infectious”[1]for personal and organizational change. “Insights into one level help us understand the other better”[2]as we develop a symbiotic relationship with the organization and the individual. The following are points Quinn gave to develop a deep change in the person…
By: Jean Ollis on May 10, 2018
David Livermore, author of Cultural Intelligence, The Real Secret to Success cites empirical evidence which indicates that “a diverse workforce, whose members have developed their cultural intelligence, is a more productive workforce—and a diverse team with high cultural intelligence will outperform homogeneous teams.”[1] The research finally validates what the field of social work has always…
By: Greg on May 10, 2018
I love chili and don’t get to eat it as often and I like. I remember thinking that I ate chili the normal American way…until I married my wife. Her family made chili -that was different than my family- and ate it with Fritoes chips (gross) while my family had chili over rice (the normal…
By: Stu Cocanougher on May 10, 2018
Babies with dirty diapers like change, yet most of the rest of us aren’t very excited about it. Even when individuals and organizations see the necessity of change, excuses are often fielded which keep much-needed changes from happening. Why is it so difficult to change? That question is the subject of The Deep Change Field Guide:…
By: Mark Petersen on May 10, 2018
During our year of living in Asia, I boarded a Thai Airways flight from Manila to Bangkok. Prior to this trip, I had received a quick cultural lesson on peculiarities to Thai culture – don’t touch someone’s head, keep the soles of your feet facing the floor, never disrespect the king, and in lesson 101,…
By: Dave Watermulder on May 10, 2018
One of the best-known episodes of the US television show “The Office” is called “Diversity Day”. The setting is in a “typical” American office workspace, where the staff has to attend a mandatory “diversity sensitivity” event. Part of the reason that this episode is so memorable for people, is that the basic premise of enforced sensitivity…
