In this episode, I am joined by Lindsey Agness, CEO of The Change Corporation (UK). We discuss her book, Change Your Business with NLP.
Connect with Lindsey at TheChangeCorporation.com Email: [email protected]
Charles G. Chandler, Ph.D. — Host of The Age of Organizational Effectiveness podcast
Reference:
Agness, Lindsey. Change Your Business with NLP: Tools to improve your organization’s performance and getresults. Chichester (W. Sussex, UK): Capstone Publishing (A Wiley Company).
In this episode, I discuss a way to think about effectiveness in development projects & programs that could allow international development to deliver on its original promises of development effectiveness. I discuss Albert Hirschman’s ‘hiding hand’ that veils difficulties as well as the creativity available to solve problems as planners engage in the design process. The Goal Model is still prominent in development organizations, although it presents difficulties in actually verifying project effectiveness. Development agencies need to move toward the outcome-focused model (OFM, discussed in episode 025) to become more effective, due to its ability to verify the success of the causal chain. In addition, this offers a new way to improve the effectiveness of development organizations themselves.
In this episode, I welcome Jeff McManus to the podcast, who is the Director of Landscape Services for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). We discuss his 2017 book, Growing Weeders into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level, and we explore what it takes to create and maintain a pleasing environment on a college campus. Jeff and his team of professionals have won several national honors for the beauty of the Ole Miss campus, and he joins me from Oxford, Mississippi (USA) via Skype.
[This material first appeared as Episode 073 in July 2017]
In this episode, I am joined by Deborah Westphal, author of the book: Convergence: Technology, Business, and the Human-Centric Future. Deborah has been helping major companies craft their approach to a human-centered future for 30 years. She is a passionate humanist, operating in a technology-connected world.
In this episode, I talk with Storm Cunningham, author of the book, Reconomics: The path to resilient prosperity. Storm is the Executive Director of theRECONOMICS Institute in Washington, D.C. (The Society of Revitalization & Resilience Professionals) and editor ofREVITALIZATION(The Journal of Economic & Environmental Resilience). He has authored a total of three books (listed in the show notes, below). We discuss his process for the revitalization and renewal of degraded areas in a variety of natural & built environments.
In this episode, I am joined by Adam Braus — an author, consultant, and university professor who lives in San Francisco, California. He focuses on change, innovation, and new forms of leadership. We talk about his recent book, Leading Change at Work, which offers a unique approach to bringing about change (nemawashi). You can find out more about Adam on his website.
In this episode, I interview David Childs, Ph.D., who is the author of The Organization Whisperer: The 12 Core Actions that Ripple Excellence through your Organization. Join us as we explore key areas of focus for any organization.
The twelve core actions described in the book are:
Communication;
Worth;
Purpose;
Family;
Decisions;
Plan;
Do;
Measure;
Processes;
Resources;
Relationships; and
Habit.
This episode was first broadcast in November 2017 as Episode 083.
Today I am joined by Martin Leifeld, author of the book, Five Minutes for Fundraising. Martin directed the raising of over $500 million dollars during his 24 years of fundraising leadership in the St. Louis region. Martin’s book is a collection of expert advice from gifted fundraisers.
Visit Martin’s website for videos, free downloads, and other information about nonprofit fundraising.
In this episode, I welcome a guest author from the UK to the podcast. Paul Skinner is the author of Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success. Paul believes that collaboration is a worthwhile stance because most value is necessarily created by the customer (and other stakeholders), and co-creation of value with others can provide a winning strategy and a new path to organizational growth.
In addition to writing and speaking about Collaborative Advantage, Paul is the founder of the Agency of the Future, which helps clients create collaborative advantage to drive their own organizational success. He is also the founder of the social enterprise Pimp My Cause, which brings together marketers and good causes to create transformational pro bono projects for social good. In his book, Paul presents Collaborative Advantage as a radical alternative to the conventional goal of competitive advantage. Join this episode to gain an overview of Paul’s fascinating book.
Skinner, Paul. 2018. Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success. London, UK: Robinson – an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group.
In this episode, I welcome Jeff McManus to the podcast, who is the Director of Landscape Services for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Jeff has a new book titled Growing Weeders into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level, and we explore what it takes to create and maintain a pleasing environment on a college campus. Jeff and his team of professionals have won several national honors for the beauty of the Ole Miss campus, and he joins me from Oxford, Mississippi (USA) via Skype.
