Topic: Systems Thinking

The end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

So after 18 years of forced secrets and lying, military personnel are now allowed to be open about their sexuality without fear of termination or discrimination.

Les McKeown on Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track

A native of Ireland, Les McKeown became the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK.  After a brief period with Price Waterhouse, Les became Ireland’s youngest ever accounting firm partner. After a long career in advising individuals and organizations on growth and development, Les started his own training and development business. In a broadcast offered…

Free Webinar Recording: Developing Your Leaders with Web 2.0

Two-thirds of the world’s internet population visit social networks and 13% visit Wikipedia for, on average, five minutes each day. Social media platforms are changing the way we communicate and learn online. Real time discussions with real people on timely topics have changed the reflective model of learning to become global, dynamic, and continuous. Join us for an informative webinar on web 2.0 and leadership development.

Lynda Gratton on Creating Performance Driven Innovation within your Organization

On November 17th, 2010 Lynda Gratton, one of the world’s authorities on human resources strategy and author of “Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy — And Others Don’t” presented on “Creating Performance Driven Innovation within your Organization.” Dozens of organizations tuned in as part of Linkage’s Thought Leader Series. Afterwards, Linkage’s Rich Rosier sat down with Gratton to talk about the ingredients that make up Hot Spots and to discuss how leaders can foster a cooperative mindset and remove boundaries between people to increase their productive capacity.

Free Webinar Recording: Implementing an Employee Resource Network with American Express

Learn how American Express is focused on the development of their employee network leadership teams and how employee networks at American Express focus on how to develop and enable networks to be a resource to your organization.

Free Webinar Recording: How to Improve Employee Engagement and Performance by Understanding the Way the Brain Works

New research emerging about the social nature of the brain is pointing to the underpinning neurobiological drivers of engagement. These findings can help organizations drive engagement more effectively with highly targeted and cost effective approaches, with minimal above-the-line costs.

A Conversation with Peter Block, organizational development legend and recipient of Linkage’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Linkage’s Seth Resler sat down with Peter Block, organizational development legend and recipient of Linkage’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Best of Organizational Development Summit in Chicago.

Free Webinar: Five Steps for Practicing Appreciative Inquiry

Learn how to practice Appreciative Inquiry to positively impact your results as a leader, team member, and as an organization.
Appreciative Inquiry focuses on possibilities, not problems; what is right not what is wrong.

Dr. Louann Brizendine claims the nature vs. nurture debate is dead

Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of The Male Brain, claims the nature vs. nurture debate is dead.  Connecting gendered behavior to chemical disposition, Dr. Brizendine says, “you can retrain your brain circuits” Dr. Brizendine will be a keynote presenter at this year’s Women In Leadership Summit on Wednesday, November, 10th.

Leadership: Living in the Future vs. Business as Usual

Business-as-usual is the enemy of both ground breaking, innovative thinking and exceptional performance. It stifles fresh initiative and high aspiration. And yet leaders all to often unknowingly capitulate to the seductive allure of “good enough.” How do you raise your people’s consciousness about the crucial difference between leadership that inspires extraordinary results and that which merely sustains the current state?