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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. The executives, who huddled behind closed doors in the corner office, anticipated the typical buzz of energy with the promise of free pizza. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Around 10:30 a.m., Others simply disengaged.

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What really motivates you as a consultant? What really motivates your clients? by Carter McNamara

Consulting and Organizational Management

Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, is faculty member of the Consultants Development Institute. appeared first on Consulting and Organizational Development. Questions and Suggestions for Reflection: Are there other comments you could make that would help you (and maybe others) to more clearly understand what really motivates you?

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A Quiet(er) Mind

Brimstone Consulting

Even a few minutes of mindfulness practice daily allows the mind to rest, leaving us refreshed and able to lead with more energy, clarity, and focus. He is a former corporate executive with extensive background and experience as an organizational development specialist and executive coach. The Power of Mindfulness.

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The Power of Mindfulness

Brimstone Consulting

All distractions disappear, and we feel a sense of focus, energy, and aliveness. He is a former corporate executive with extensive background and experience as an organizational development specialist and executive coach. On the other hand, we all know the feeling of voluntary attention.

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The Power of Mindfulness: Remember, Recenter, Re-engage

Brimstone Consulting

Now, having remembered the present moment, and having recentered, we can re-engage with the fresher, calmer energy that we are experiencing. He is a former corporate executive with extensive background and experience as an organizational development specialist and executive coach. The Power of Mindfulness.

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Building Organizational Muscle

Kates Kesler

Both muscles in the body and capabilities in the organization: Turn energy into motion using positive tension. The challenge is to build the necessary components to ensure successful organizational development through several cycles to ensure the muscle is conditioned and developed to deliver.

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Put an end to the “Eternal Wednesday” and the “New Normal”

Brimstone Consulting

In the emergency phase, there is energy and a sense of urgency and purpose. Further, by engaging the leadership team and the organization in developing a vision and a plan for the future, leaders have the opportunity to align the organization. Collaboration and productivity increase as people instinctively pull together.

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