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08/09/2022

In this special issue on leadership, we examine the "heart" of leading.

Years ago, I had one of my little idea flashes that I usually get while riding on a train, but this one came to me in my kitchen while preparing a meal. The word that surfaced for me was essence.

07/05/2022

In this week's newsletter, some thoughts on how to survive in uncertain times

On the phone recently with a client who is well over 50 years old, he asked me, "Terry, How do I survive?" I rattled off an answer, but his question is haunting me. Many of us who are "north of 50" years of age are feeling somewhat fragile these days, like the steamrollers of our time are going to m

07/01/2022

Here's your July action calendar

06/13/2022

Are you savoring the moments in your life?

The Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset once said: “Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.” For me, there is no better opening thought for a Time Management seminar.

05/17/2022

In this week's newsletter, the topic is leadership.

How important is leadership to an organization? With effective leadership –leadership that is generous, open, and honest-- teams will thrive. Here are seven competencies that effective leaders can develop that will help organizations thrive and achieve their goals.

05/05/2022

In this week's newsletter the topic is leadership and relationships. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leaders-can-you-relate-terrence-h-seamon/

03/24/2022

In this newsletter, I offer some thoughts on navigating the "discombobulated squiggle" of living.

03/02/2022

Here is a guide to ikigai

In this video we will be learning about Ikigai and other things people of Okinawa do to live a long and happy life from the book of Ikigai - Japanese secret ...

01/21/2022

Check out my latest article: SMART Leaders

Smart leaders engage the entire organization in coming up with ideas to solve problems and create innovations. When I worked at an R&D center thirty years ago, there was a pressing demand for new product innovation.

10/12/2020

Thank you Joseph George A for sharing this

This is the 24th video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video we are joined by Michael Quinn Patton, a ...

10/07/2020

An OD consultancy in the UK called Roffey Park Institute has published a short essay on Use of Self as an intervention

https://www.roffeypark.ac.uk/knowledge-and-learning-resources-hub/types-of-organizational-development-interventions-use-of-self/

What I like about this piece is the four points drawn from the work of Mee-Yan Chueng Judge:

1 Develop life-long learning habits

2 Work thru issues of power

3 Build emotional and intuitive self-awareness

4 Commit to self-care

There are many types of organizational development interventions that are useful for OD practitioners to have in their practice. The type of organizational development intervention explored here, is often the most critical because it is fundamental to OD practice – Use of Self.

10/06/2020

Evaluation guru Michael Patton discusses ways that developmental evaluation can improve the world

This is the 24th video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video we are joined by Michael Quinn Patton, a ...