1) The document discusses the importance of civility, kindness, fairness and integrity in cultivating an engaged federal workforce. It introduces The Civility Cafe concept which explores how to be more aware of words and deeds for the betterment of oneself and others.
2) The Civility Cafe provides recipes and strategies for incorporating civility into daily interactions, such as practicing gratitude through Naikan reflection. It also discusses how to gracefully handle uncivil behaviors and redirect aggressive energies.
3) Examples are given of organizations that have adopted civility initiatives, and testimonials are shared about the benefits people experienced from participating in The Civility Cafe discussions.
2018-Leading Change: Building our Collective Capacity - white paperAnamaria Aristizabal
This white paper describes my view of leadership and the competencies I prioritize to foster leaderful communities that maximize collective intelligence at this time of global transition
How does your organization stand out and demonstrate your unique value? How do you raise more funds, engage more supporters and volunteers and promote your important cause? With over 2 million organizations in North America competing for shrinking dollars and consumer share-of-mind, it’s vital that nonprofits have a compelling and focused brand.
A strategically built and managed brand is one of the most overlooked and cost-effective ways a nonprofit can create value, improve its effectiveness, and rise above the crowd in a complex and competitive marketplace. Learn how you can turn your brand into a strategic competitive advantage that will transform your organization and the way people view and support it.
Catalogue Of Programs (Alex Ihama International)Alex Nosa Ihama
These programs are customizable and may be delivered in the form of a keynote, workshop or week or week-long seminar. For more information, call +1 (416) 902-6672
2018-Leading Change: Building our Collective Capacity - white paperAnamaria Aristizabal
This white paper describes my view of leadership and the competencies I prioritize to foster leaderful communities that maximize collective intelligence at this time of global transition
How does your organization stand out and demonstrate your unique value? How do you raise more funds, engage more supporters and volunteers and promote your important cause? With over 2 million organizations in North America competing for shrinking dollars and consumer share-of-mind, it’s vital that nonprofits have a compelling and focused brand.
A strategically built and managed brand is one of the most overlooked and cost-effective ways a nonprofit can create value, improve its effectiveness, and rise above the crowd in a complex and competitive marketplace. Learn how you can turn your brand into a strategic competitive advantage that will transform your organization and the way people view and support it.
Catalogue Of Programs (Alex Ihama International)Alex Nosa Ihama
These programs are customizable and may be delivered in the form of a keynote, workshop or week or week-long seminar. For more information, call +1 (416) 902-6672
Creating a Cultural Blueprint for the Invisible Architecture of a Community C...Joe Tye
PowerPoint slides used by Values Coach CEO Joe Tye in his keynote presentation for the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees, including a summary of the Culture Assessment Survey administered to faculty and staff of three Iowa community colleges.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - my perspectiveSimon Court
This is a topline view of how I approach DEI in today's world. My breadth of experience and creative strategy ensures the ability to create a true business strategy with DEI focused programs
In partnership with Macy's, Inc. Career Mastered Woman-to-Woman Business Collaborative held a standing-room only business roundtable discussion at the South Park Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Proceeds from the event directly supports Excel Village Center for Learning whose mission is to provide career planning for youth. The Top Ten Key Takeaways are provided herein. For more information log on to www.careermastered.com.
We need right ingredient , right recipe, right attire, right setup , right hygiene in order to deliver to our people.And this is achieved when we get genuine people .
This is part of a persuasive writing project for my seventh grade English class. It's a great way to practice making every word count and getting your point across. Works great with idealist.org
Insights Success brings to you, “The Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2019.” These women are redefining the parameters of leadership through their immense passion for their work and the drive for excellence.
[1 hr Lecture] Designing a Culture of Co-CreationTeresa Brazen
My talk at the Big (D)esign Conference 2012. Synopsis below.
Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence.
Teresa Brazen will draw from her experience bringing this holistic outlook to the design process. Pulling from methods used in filmmaking, fine art, design research, facilitation, improv, and UX design, she crafts “intentional environments” for her teams and clients. These literal and figurative environments cultivate work that is actionable, co-created, co-owned, and much more likely to succeed in the world.
She’ll discuss the benefits of intentional environments, walk you through how to design them and share methods for keeping them activated throughout the design process. You’ll walk away understanding how to cultivate intentionality and inspire teams and clients along the way. But more importantly, you’ll have a powerful new framework that will enrich your entire design process.
Igniting a Compassion Revolution @ How Kids Learn IILynn Johnson
Lynn Johnson, Co-Founder/CEO of Glitter & Razz Productions, spoke at Learning in Afterschool's How Kids Learn Conference in San Francisco on January 9, 2013 about igniting a compassion revolution by putting girls center stage.
"The spiritual transformation of impact investing".
We often think that there is a disconnect between our spiritual lives and how we allocate our time and our capital. This speech explores the connection between our spiritual lives, our values and how we engage in the workplace and in our lives. It explores tools for integrate our spiritual and material realities.
Many organizations flatten management structure when they transform to agile. It soon becomes obvious that important activities done by managers are still needed. A community can fill these gaps. They can provide morale, governance, learning, and mentorship, recruiting and hiring, mutual support, coordination, sharing, innovation and more! Unfortunately few companies manage to create a strong community. Even fewer empower that community to fill these gaps. This means they are missing the ultimate benefit of a community: a strong, empowered community can transform the organization itself! Join Shahin and Shawn in this interactive session to explore communities in organizations. Examine the benefits of building great communities. Learn how to spark the community, and how to support it as it evolves. Hear stories of communities empowered to improve the organization. Learn how to make a community into a driver of positive change.
THE KINSHIP PROJECT INTENTIONS
Connecting through Kinship: We look to conduct primary research that aims to assess and quantify the influence of kinship and kinship groups on the achievement of sustainable change. Our corporate agenda aims to define the conditions and practices that can accelerate and sustain institutional change intentions. Our social agenda examines the correlation between kinship presence and the demonstrated advancement of social change as defined by indicators in selected areas of focus.
Igniting Social Movement: Kinship research is to be broadly shared to accelerate and sustain any intention for change. We believe that the conditions and practices that contribute to kinship can be leveraged far beyond the walls of any institution or defined group. We believe that kinship is a stimulant for social movement. When we learn to openly create meaningful and authentic relationships, we have the potential to significantly improve living conditions throughout the world pyramid.
Inspiring Global Kinship: We have a picture of success where kinship helps us move from segmented, regional interests to shared, global connections. Through an awareness of kinship as an accelerant to meaningful, sustainable change, we aspire to transform the way people live and work. And, as a result, inspire a million small unforeseen efforts and partnerships for social cures.
Future Forecast: Measuring Impact for Life After Covid-19Christian Jennings
Survey reveals 98% of consumers believe there will be positive long-term impact, prioritizing growth through an evolve with intention mindset. Read the full report.
Burning Man is a unique gathering of people in the desert where community, possibility and creative expression are the foundations for an experience unlike any other on Earth. If companies like Google have successfully injected Burning Man principles into their culture and benefited from it, what might it mean for your company's culture? How do we foster new possibilities and build a stronger sense of community within our organizations using guidance from the Burning Man experience?
Creating a Cultural Blueprint for the Invisible Architecture of a Community C...Joe Tye
PowerPoint slides used by Values Coach CEO Joe Tye in his keynote presentation for the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees, including a summary of the Culture Assessment Survey administered to faculty and staff of three Iowa community colleges.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - my perspectiveSimon Court
This is a topline view of how I approach DEI in today's world. My breadth of experience and creative strategy ensures the ability to create a true business strategy with DEI focused programs
In partnership with Macy's, Inc. Career Mastered Woman-to-Woman Business Collaborative held a standing-room only business roundtable discussion at the South Park Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Proceeds from the event directly supports Excel Village Center for Learning whose mission is to provide career planning for youth. The Top Ten Key Takeaways are provided herein. For more information log on to www.careermastered.com.
We need right ingredient , right recipe, right attire, right setup , right hygiene in order to deliver to our people.And this is achieved when we get genuine people .
This is part of a persuasive writing project for my seventh grade English class. It's a great way to practice making every word count and getting your point across. Works great with idealist.org
Insights Success brings to you, “The Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2019.” These women are redefining the parameters of leadership through their immense passion for their work and the drive for excellence.
[1 hr Lecture] Designing a Culture of Co-CreationTeresa Brazen
My talk at the Big (D)esign Conference 2012. Synopsis below.
Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence.
Teresa Brazen will draw from her experience bringing this holistic outlook to the design process. Pulling from methods used in filmmaking, fine art, design research, facilitation, improv, and UX design, she crafts “intentional environments” for her teams and clients. These literal and figurative environments cultivate work that is actionable, co-created, co-owned, and much more likely to succeed in the world.
She’ll discuss the benefits of intentional environments, walk you through how to design them and share methods for keeping them activated throughout the design process. You’ll walk away understanding how to cultivate intentionality and inspire teams and clients along the way. But more importantly, you’ll have a powerful new framework that will enrich your entire design process.
Igniting a Compassion Revolution @ How Kids Learn IILynn Johnson
Lynn Johnson, Co-Founder/CEO of Glitter & Razz Productions, spoke at Learning in Afterschool's How Kids Learn Conference in San Francisco on January 9, 2013 about igniting a compassion revolution by putting girls center stage.
"The spiritual transformation of impact investing".
We often think that there is a disconnect between our spiritual lives and how we allocate our time and our capital. This speech explores the connection between our spiritual lives, our values and how we engage in the workplace and in our lives. It explores tools for integrate our spiritual and material realities.
Many organizations flatten management structure when they transform to agile. It soon becomes obvious that important activities done by managers are still needed. A community can fill these gaps. They can provide morale, governance, learning, and mentorship, recruiting and hiring, mutual support, coordination, sharing, innovation and more! Unfortunately few companies manage to create a strong community. Even fewer empower that community to fill these gaps. This means they are missing the ultimate benefit of a community: a strong, empowered community can transform the organization itself! Join Shahin and Shawn in this interactive session to explore communities in organizations. Examine the benefits of building great communities. Learn how to spark the community, and how to support it as it evolves. Hear stories of communities empowered to improve the organization. Learn how to make a community into a driver of positive change.
THE KINSHIP PROJECT INTENTIONS
Connecting through Kinship: We look to conduct primary research that aims to assess and quantify the influence of kinship and kinship groups on the achievement of sustainable change. Our corporate agenda aims to define the conditions and practices that can accelerate and sustain institutional change intentions. Our social agenda examines the correlation between kinship presence and the demonstrated advancement of social change as defined by indicators in selected areas of focus.
Igniting Social Movement: Kinship research is to be broadly shared to accelerate and sustain any intention for change. We believe that the conditions and practices that contribute to kinship can be leveraged far beyond the walls of any institution or defined group. We believe that kinship is a stimulant for social movement. When we learn to openly create meaningful and authentic relationships, we have the potential to significantly improve living conditions throughout the world pyramid.
Inspiring Global Kinship: We have a picture of success where kinship helps us move from segmented, regional interests to shared, global connections. Through an awareness of kinship as an accelerant to meaningful, sustainable change, we aspire to transform the way people live and work. And, as a result, inspire a million small unforeseen efforts and partnerships for social cures.
Future Forecast: Measuring Impact for Life After Covid-19Christian Jennings
Survey reveals 98% of consumers believe there will be positive long-term impact, prioritizing growth through an evolve with intention mindset. Read the full report.
Burning Man is a unique gathering of people in the desert where community, possibility and creative expression are the foundations for an experience unlike any other on Earth. If companies like Google have successfully injected Burning Man principles into their culture and benefited from it, what might it mean for your company's culture? How do we foster new possibilities and build a stronger sense of community within our organizations using guidance from the Burning Man experience?
My presentation in response to the question: The StartingBloc Fellowship is a diverse community, with Fellows coming from a variety of sectors and backgrounds. How will you contribute to this community?
An exploration of the relationship between employee engagement and leadership, and how they might affect quality. Includes references to external sources.
In this short case story, Dr. Paige Williams shares the step-by-step approach our Leaders Lab team used to help a geographically-distributed leadership team in the Middle East build more accountability into their culture of care.
February 2011 Vol. 32 no. 1 www.learningforward.org JsD 57ChereCheek752
February 2011 | Vol. 32 no. 1 www.learningforward.org | JsD 57
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eoffrey Canada said in a recent
presentation, “Education is the
only business I know of where
you can change anything you want, as
long as you change nothing” (2010).
After so much debate and so many
policies, why is our education system
still failing so many of our children?
What are we either missing or
pretending not to know?
Reforms only work when people
who implement them are on board,
engaged, and valued. What gets talked
about from the boardroom to the
classroom, how it gets talked about, and
who is invited to join the conversation
determines what will happen or won’t.
Are the driving conversations
dividing or connecting stakeholders?
Are they catalysts for change and
accountability, or are they further
entrenching people in fear and blame?
Is mandating accountability preventing
us from hearing and seeing the
competing truths that exist about our
students, classrooms, and schools?
Amid the spinning wheels of
education reform, an essential
component seems to be missing:
conversations that speak directly to the
heart of the issue, engage people’s
curiosity to uncover the truth, galvanize
people, and create collective
responsibility.
Leadership that attempts to create
accountability with top-down
mandates, rather than by engaging and
connecting people, leads to or
exacerbates a culture of blame and
excuses. Mandating accountability,
while it may sound effective, simply
doesn’t work. Why? Because most often
in practice this approach is fueled by
the same thing victimhood is fueled by
— blame. And as long as that’s the case,
there’s no time, energy, or vision left to
create real solutions.
A NeW VIeW OF AccOuNTABILITY
The long-term benefits of
accountability have enormous
implications for the quality of our lives
and of our education system. There is a
direct correlation between any
organization’s health and the degree of
accountability displayed by its
employees, top to bottom.
Accountability is an attitude, a
personal, private, and nonnegotiable
choice about how to live one’s life. It’s a
desire to take responsibility for results,
and for that reason, it cannot be
mandated. It requires a personal bias
toward solutions, toward action.
Rather than hold people
accountable, hold them
“able.” Rather than equate
the word accountability
with culpability, begin with
yourself and model the kind
of accountability that is
empowering. Accountability
has to come from within.
Model it and show people how
accountability benefits them. When it’s
clear how accountability benefits
someone, accountability becomes an
internal drive.
While we don’t always have a choice
about the situation in which we find
ourselves, we do have a choice about
how we view or judge it. Consider
shifting your perspective from ‘Since
this is a tough situation, I can’t do it,
I’m not willing to muster the courage,
will, skill, energy, focus, needed to do
or say what needs doing,’ to taking the
stance that ...