Our Philosophy:
We believe that the consulting relationship should
strengthen the client organization and build the skills and
capabilities of the team. We do this by modeling clear and open dialog
with client groups and by giving and receiving candid feedback
throughout the consulting relationship. Whenever possible, we mentor
junior members of the client team as we co-develop and co-conduct
training and facilitation sessions.
Our philosophy of organizational development is best described by Peter Senge and The Learning Organization.
Through our executive coaching work, we seek to build personal mastery.
Our planning work supports building a shared vision for the
organization. In our facilitation projects, we build skills in dialog
and inquiry and an openness to challenging mental models. Our training
design and content seeks to build team learning. And finally, our
understanding of systems thinking helps us to make sure that the
“fixes” to the organization’s challenges are true fixes and do not make
the situation worse.
We seek to constantly and consistently model the leadership behaviors we espouse and count on learning along with our clients!
Resources:
We invite you to visit these websites for additional resources that may be of use to you:
Maryland Non-Profits – for training programs and helpful information on running a healthy non-profit organization, including information on the Standards of Excellence:
www.MarylandNonprofits.org
Society for Organizational Learning – for information about learning organizations
www.solonline.org
Books we’re recommending in 2007:
Presence - An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society, by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers
One From Many – Visa and the Rise of the Chaordic Organization, by Dee Hock