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                 Volume 29, August 2003
    Publisher: © Key Associates, 2003
              ISSN # 1545-8873
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This Issue: On "Transformation"

Contents:

• What's Hot in Leadership
• Maintaining Yourself as a Leader
• Frequently Asked Questions from Leaders
• Educational Opportunities
• Useful Websites
• Articles/Publications

"Organizations are the modern cathedrals: 
one of the few places where people still gather in 
their search for meaning." 
                                                       - Peter Block

"Transformation is required to move out of 
the present state, metamorphosis, not mere 
patchwork on the present state of management." 
                                          - W. Edwards Deming

"Transformation involves a sort of adolescence:
a period of inelegance when we shift from one way 
of being to a new way of being." 
                   - Peter Sholtes & Heero Hacquebord

"Once you start, your feet are never happy on the ground." 
                                 - Bellini, the tightrope walker
"My feet were never happy on the ground."
                                - Mirette, his young student

"Transformation is a revolution in thought, 
but an evolution in behavior."
                                 -Blair Nickle

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WHAT'S HOT IN LEADERSHIP
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SEIZING THE POWER OF PURPOSE TO 
COHERE THE WORKFORCE.  LIGHTING
THE WAY ON THE NEXT FEW STEPS.

SEEING WORK AS A JOURNEY TOWARD 
MEANING, ENLIGHTENMENT, WHOLENESS.

BEING COMFORTABLE AMIDST CHAOS
AND RANDOMNESS, USING A FEW GUIDING
PRINCIPLES TO ENCOURAGE FREEDOM WITHIN
BOUNDS.

ARCHITECTING CHANGE: CULTIVATING
RATHER THAN CONTROLLING.

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MAINTAINING YOURSELF AS A LEADER
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Real change on the organizational level has to
begin with real change inside leaders.  Martin 
Buber talked about "the sphere of the between" 
(between inner and outer worlds).  How wonderful
when the work that is motivated from within
coincides with the call for doing good in the world.
Contemplate your inner calling and bring 
forth what is in you--the contributions that are 
your gifts.  Your quest as a leader is "a journey 
to find the treasure of your true self, and then 
return home to give your gift(s) to help transform 
the kingdom--and in the process your own life
(Bolman & Deal, 1995)."

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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What creates motivation or tension for change?

Some form of dis-equilibrium.  Something has to 
unsettle the person or organization.  If it is a 
noxious cause, promoting fear and avoidance,
the change will last until the pain is eased.  On 
the other hand, if the cause is desire or aspiration,
the CREATIVE TENSION of a dream can be a 
continuing source of learning and growth.  

This distinction separates PUSH strategies from 
PULL ones (or Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation):

PUSH = Coercion, Intimidation, Manipulation,
Structural Changes, Persuasion, Fear, Rewards,
Pleasing Others (Extrinsic)

PULL = Education, Information, Inspiration, 
Negotiation, Consensus-building, a Vision, 
Desire, Curiosity, Opportunity, Learning (Intrinsic)

What do you do when you are investing lots of time 
and money in change and your effectiveness is in 
the trough?

Know to expect it.  Change is messy.  Things will 
get worse before they get better.  When it feels like
you're in the pit:

• Celebrate the successes thus far
• Re-ignite the vision
• Drum up some more creative tension
• Network.  Weave support up, down and 
  sideways in the organization
• Point to new measures of effectiveness: 
  teams, customers, involvement
• Learn new things

I have heard that it's easier  for behavior to change
than to change a person's ideas?

Transformation does occur at different speeds: physical 
change is the fastest, then intellectual and finally, 
emotional.  Some theorists believe that if you can change
behavior, then attitudes and beliefs will shift to conform.

Others speak of the only true change as deep change--
a fundamental redefinition of yourself.   The Bible
described this as METANOIA or a Shift of Mind, 
Seeing in a New Way or a Change of Heart.

Margaret Wheatley notes that our change efforts have
been  misdirected at changing material forms: we waste 
a lot of time shuffling things and people about.  She contends
that information freely given and a network of relationships 
allowed to form will naturally influence the process of 
self-(re)organization in the direction that makes the most 
sense. 

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Learn about the transformation of Leadership:
http://www.mkkey.com/Key%20Associates/TheNewLeadership.htm
and the Creation of Cultures that sustain improvement
and innovation
http://www.mkkey.com/Key%20Associates/ArchitectingCulture.htm

A virtual bookstore on business transformation
http://www.vision-nest.com/btbc/index.shtml

The Journal of Psychospiritual Transformation
http://psychospiritualresearchinstitute.com/journalofpsychospiritualtransformation.htm

Wayne Dyer's audiotape on transformation
http://www.winnerstrategies.com/Dyer.htm

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OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES 
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Many free personal growth resources
http://www.trans4mind.com/

Transformation coaching
http://www.cocofossland.com/

Award-winning documentary on Transformations

Transformation links
http://www.earley.org/Transformation/other_transformation_links.htm

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ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS                              
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Bellman, Geoffrey M. Your Signature Path: 
Gaining New Perspectives on Life and Work. 
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1996.

Bolman, Lee G. $ Deal, Terrence E. Leading 
with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit. 
San Francisoc: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Briskin, Alan. The Stirring of Soul in the 
Workplace. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 
1998.

DePree, Max. Leading Without Power: 
Finding Hope in Serving Community. 
San Francisco: Jossy-Bass, 1997.

Fox, Matthew. The Reinvention of Work: 
A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time. 
New York: Harper-Collins, 1994.

Fulgham, Robert. From Beginning to End: 
The Rituals of Our Lives. New York: 
Ballantine Books, 1995.

Hendricks, Gay & Ludeman, Kate. 
The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for 
Visionaries with their Feet on the Ground. 
New York: Bantam Books, 1996.

Jaworski, Joseph. Synchronicity: 
The Inner Path of Leadership. 
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1996.

Leider, Richard J. Working Naturally: 
A New Way to Maximize Individual and 
Organizational Effectiveness. San Francisco: 
Berrett-Koehler, 1999.

Leider, Richard J. & Shapiro, David A. 
Repacking Your Bags, Lighten Your Load 
for the Rest of Your Life. San Francisco: 
Berrett-Koehler, 1995.

Lundin, William & Lundin, Kathleen. 
The Healing Manager: How to Build 
Quality Relationships & Productive Cultures 
at Work. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1993.

Marrs, Donald. Executive in Passage: Career in 
Crisis—the Door to Uncommon Fulfillment. 
Los Angeles: Barrington Sky, 1990.

McCully, Emily Arnold.  Mirette on the High Wire.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992.

Moore, Thomas. Care of the Soul: A Guide 
for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in 
Everyday Life. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.

O’Neill, John R. The Paradox of Success: 
A Book of Renewal for Leaders. New York: 
Putnam Book, 1993.

Richards, Dick. Artful Work: Awakening Joy, 
Meaning, and Commitment in the Workplace. 
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1995.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art 
and Practice of the Learning Organization. 
New York: Doubleday Currency, 1990.

Sholtes, Peter  & Hacquebord, Heero.
A Practical Approach to Quality, 1987.

Tichy, Noel M. & Devanna, Mary Anne. 
The Transformational Leader. New York: 
John Wiley, 1990.

Wheatley, Margaret J. Leadership and 
the New Science: Learning About 
Organization from an Orderly Universe. 
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1992.

Wheatley, Margaret J. & Kellner-Rogers, 
Myron. A simpler way. San Francisco: 
Berrett-Koehler, 1996.