My postings to this blog have been minimal in 2015, and almost nothing since the summer began.
My postings to this blog have been minimal in 2015, and almost nothing since the summer began.
Topics: process consulting, executive coaching, leadership development, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, deep transformation, CEO peer-based advising,, peer-based executive teams, Executive peer-based advising, executive learning
My family story is one of holding our household together through my wife's long battle with leiomyosarcoma. Eighteen occurrences in sixteen years is a lot for anyone. We've made it this far, raising our children and now enjoying being grandparents, while building Design Group International, completing research projects related to graduate education, and finding ways to enjoy life, however constricted it might feel.
Topics: process design, process consulting, becoming a steward leader, executive coaching, stewardship based leadership, Convene, peer-based consulting teams, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, steward leadership, leiomyosarcoma, Executive Development, Peer-based advising, peer-based executive teams, Executive peer-based advising
In the online classes I teach on executive leadership, we often discuss paradoxes leaders must embrace. One such paradox is that the decision-making speed demanded of executive leaders is both fast and slow.
Topics: process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, organizational development muse, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, organizational decision making, Executive Development
A recent interaction with some executive leadership students thinking with me in sessions I'm privileged to facilitate with Christian Leadership Alliance provoked the following thoughts:
Topics: process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, executive leadership, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, steward leadership, organizational decision making, long term decision making
The employees, businesses, and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward
Topics: process design, process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, leadership development, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, notes on a resource, Executive Development, executive case studies, business communication
Topics: process design, process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, leadership development, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, notes on a resource, business communication, leadership humor
Starting January 2015, I and a number of friends and colleagues have the honor of serving as mentors through Christian Leadership Alliance’s new Outcomes Mentoring Network www.OutcomesMentoring.org. It is an honor to be invited to be a part of this state-of-the-art online matching system. It will connect experienced mentors with today’s emerging organizational leaders. You can learn more in this short video from CLA president and CEO Tami Heim.
Topics: executive coaching, entrepreneurship, executive leadership, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, leadership development methods
Topics: process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, executive leadership, organizational development muse, Mark L. Vincent, Design Group International, executive education, leadership development methods, executive case studies
In the brief span of my lifetime, the term “career” has evolved from meaning something respectably akin to “lifelong vocation” to now designating a temporary choice college-age adults make to satisfy their guidance counselors and parents. Granted, that is a slight exaggeration but stay with me!
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, their “Numbers Guy”, Carl Bialik asked: “Do Americans really go through careers like they do cars or refrigerators?” He goes on to say based on his research that much of what we hear points to growing job instability and increased autonomy of workers. Among the most-repeated claims is that the average U.S. worker will have many careers—seven is the most widely cited number—in his or her lifetime.
Topics: process consulting, Process consultation and design, executive coaching, Design Group International, walter sawatzky, vocation vs career, executive transitions, career vs vocation
Topics: process consulting, organizational development consulting, executive coaching, Design Group International, walter sawatzky, executive vocation, customized coaching, personal vocation
