Bill Joiner’s Leadership Agility Blog
Continued writing with occasional podcasts on Leadership Agility, the research-based book on stages of personal and leadership development. This blog captures and extends the book's key ideas; shares new insights, research, and applications from client work. Comments welcome! You can also follow Bill on Twitter: @leaderagilityAgility and Corporate Responsibility
November 22, 2006 by Bill Joiner
I was watching TV earlier tonight and saw Stephen Colbert interview Jeff Schwartz, CEO of Timberland. What stood out in Colbert’s bantering interview (besides Jeff’s boots) was this CEO’s passionate commitment to corporate responsibility. Made me want to learn more about his guy and his company. Elsewhere, Schwartz has said: “We must consider the consequences […]
The Harmony Institute in St. Petersburg
November 21, 2006 by Bill Joiner
My long-time friend and colleague, Mark Horowitz, just returned from one of his periodic trips to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he teaches an extended workshop on systems thinking for students at the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling and Group Leadership. The International School is a 3-year comprehensive training program of the Harmony Institute, founded in […]
AMA/HRI Survey on Agility
November 20, 2006 by Bill Joiner
The American Management Association just published a study on organizational agility and resilience, conducted in collaboration with the Human Resource Institute at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey, which included responses from 1,472 managers and HR experts from around the world, was conducted in conjunction with AMA’s affiliates and global partners, […]
Reader Reviews on Amazon
November 17, 2006 by Bill Joiner
So far, two readers have posted reviews of the book on Amazon (both 5-stars). The most recent review was posted by R. Castro, who sees the book, in part, as a fresh perspective on the work of leadership gurus Peter Senge, Stephen Covey, and Robert Greenleaf (servant leadership). The first review, by “workplace coach” Ameeta […]
Russ Volckmann & the Integral Leadership Review
November 17, 2006 by Bill Joiner
The Integral Leadership Review is a quarterly e-journal editted by leadership coach Russ Volckmann. The word “integral” in the title refers to a body of thought developed largely by philosopher-psychologist Ken Wilber. This body of thought focuses in part on stages of human development, but also applies the idea of levels of development to a […]
