By: Rose Anding on October 27, 2016
Are Leaders saying ,”I have no ideas where I ‘m going? “ Introduction This blog is a brief review of The Leadership Mystique: Leading Behavior in the Human Enterprise by Manfred Kets de Vries. In this new release of his book, acclaimed management master Manfred…
By: Katy Drage Lines on October 27, 2016
Who counts as a leader? How many lives must one influence to be considered a leader? (17) The Jesuit perspective finds leadership opportunities “not just at work but also in the ordinary activities of everyday life” (15). And the ones that lead? It’s not solely those with the leadership title (“what you do”), but those…
By: Jim Sabella on October 27, 2016
I concur with Chris Lowney about the volume of leadership books on the shelves of bookstores. About a week ago I stopped into one of the small airport bookstores just to take a look at the number of books on leadership. I counted no less than 50 titles on the top-seller list! There is no…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on October 26, 2016
As a child, one of my favorite activities was Saturday morning cartoons. I would endure “Tom & Jerry”, and “The Smurfs”, before I could get to my all-time favorite cartoon “THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!” I still feel giddy with anticipation recalling the main characters: Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and my favorite, Wonder Woman. It…
By: Mary Walker on October 26, 2016
The Jesuit principles “are rooted in the notions that we’re all leaders and that our whole lives are filled with leadership opportunities.” (Lowney, p. 5) “The paradox is that the energizing power lies precisely in the combination of nonnegotiable core beliefs and a willing embrace of change.” (Lowney, p. 248) Chris Lowney’s book, Heroic Leadership,…
By: Geoff Lee on October 25, 2016
Heroic leadership by Chris Lowney As the great philosopher Mariah Carey once said: “There’s a hero/If you look inside your heart/You don’t have to be afraid/Of what you are…” Chris Lowney agrees with Mariah, it seems. Using the Jesuits as the inspiration for his heroic leadership, he riffs on four key leadership traits that marked…
By: Kevin Norwood on October 22, 2016
At the heart of every church plant or some may say (split) there are elements from Albert O. Hirshman’s book Exit, Voice and Loyalty. The information that is shared in this quick 126 page read is still true today and is translatable to the church. The authors observation that “under any economic, social, or political…
By: Pablo Morales on October 21, 2016
SUMMARY In Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Albert Hirschman argues that people respond to organizational decay by leaving the organization (exit) or by voicing their concerns (voice). The degree in which people engage with these two behaviors is directly determined by the levels of loyalty to the organization, cultural perceptions, and the nature of the organization. Consequently, the…
By: Jason Kennedy on October 21, 2016
Albert O. Hirschman’s book, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations and States is a complex work that defines the choices people have when the organization, state or firm no longer is operating to the expectations of its clients or consumers. Hirshman promotes three basic choices from the consumer. First, they can…
By: Garfield Harvey on October 21, 2016
In 1969, Ronald Reagan signed the “No-Fault Divorce” bill, which gave people the opportunity to divorce their spouses for any reason. We should note that his wife had applied in 1948 for a divorce, but the judge rejected it. Divorce before 1969 required two things: 1) both parties would have to show up to a…
By: Aaron Cole on October 20, 2016
Summary: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States by Albert O. Hirschman is an academic approach to the movement of people with given systems. Hirschman begins the book with his basic belief: “Under any economic, social, or political sysetem, individuals, business firms, and organizations in general are subject to lapses…
By: Phil Goldsberry on October 20, 2016
Introduction People come and people go. The choice is how they go and when they leave. In church ministry, as well as in the corporate world, this revolving door seems to have moments when it spins uncontrollably. The challenge is how do you mitigate the revolving door? Albert Hirschman in his work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: …
By: Kristin Hamilton on October 20, 2016
Maybe I shouldn’t have waited to post until after last night’s presidential debate. I had one post almost completely written yesterday, but had to scrap it and start over after watching the debate. In my original post I mentioned a couple of questions I had about Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools by Paul and Elder,…
By: Aaron Peterson on October 20, 2016
What do you do when you experience a disappointment in something? Hirschman answers that question in his famous 1970 work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Humans tend to leave an organization or speak up and attempt to change an organization when we think things are not working the way they should. The invisible hand, or context…
By: Marc Andresen on October 20, 2016
Calvin Presbyterian Church of Corvallis Oregon is a textbook case study in Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Albert O. Hirschman wrote Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States as a study of businesses and organizations, and what happens when the quality of the products or of the organization itself decline. He…
By: Claire Appiah on October 20, 2016
Albert Hirschman—Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States Summary In this work, the late Albert Hirschman expounds, “Under any economic, social, or political system, individuals, business firms, and organizations in general are subject to lapses from efficient, rational, law-abiding, virtuous, or otherwise functional behavior.”[1] These lapses occur regardless of the…
By: Mary Walker on October 20, 2016
Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools, Richard Paul & Linda Elder “If we want critical societies we must create them.” (Paul and Elder, p. 23) “Critical thinking” is a term we hear frequently these days as a form of training which will herald a new day in mass schooling. It certainly will, if it ever happens.…
By: Stu Cocanougher on October 20, 2016
Egocentric thinking results from the unfortunate fact that humans do not naturally consider the rights and needs of others…We do not naturally recognize our egocentric assumptions, the egocentric way we use information, the egocentric way we interpret data, the source of our egocentric concepts and ideas, the implications of our egocentric thought. We do not…
By: Geoff Lee on October 20, 2016
A miniature guide to critical thinking This is what you might refer to as “short and sweet”, bringing with it the gift of succinctness to some busy demon students, which is more than welcome in my world. Because of its brevity, it is a fairly dense little book, which will serve as a good point…
By: Chip Stapleton on October 20, 2016
The short text by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, might be quickly dismissed as ‘just’ an introductory tome – another one to go in our ‘toolkit’ and definitely keep for reference, but – like an encyclopedia – useful, but not really all that important. I actually think this would…
