Summary
Contents
Individuals, organizations and communities constantly engage in change. Creating Paths of Change provides the reader with a proven strategy for making changes and resolving issues more effectively. The book: addresses the problems faced in the daily operations of organizational life; provides a foundation and theory for effective and sustained issue resolution; and guides readers step-by-step through the change-making or decision-making process, enabling them to identify their personal problem-solving approach.
Leadership and the Team
Leadership and the Team
Analytical: Unitary Sensory
Uses data and principles (theory and policy) to make decisions. Plans the use of resources and tests the effectiveness of the work.
Assertive: Mythic Unitary
Creates and propagates symbols, images, and ideals which give direction to a group or community.
Influential: Social Unitary
Listens to and incorporates a group's ideas and preferences as suggestions for carrying out the organization's goals.
Evaluative: Sensory Social
Works with people, incorporating their ideas, values, and preferences into the solution.
Inventive: Sensory Mythic
Makes new ideas happen.
Emergent: Social Mythic
Supports a group and its leaders to find solutions: sometimes as guide through the process, other times as a contributing member.
The Realities of Leading
“Being a good leader depends on how well you ...