The Book Shelf I: George Vaillant’s Triumphs of Experience

Triumphs of Experience book is special because it not only traces the lives of Grant Study men over 70 years, it is one of the first books to portray the life of men during their “elderly” years.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 28, 2013
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Coaching the Young Client

We focus in this essay on the challenge (and opportunity) of coaching the young adult.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On October 23, 2013
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Personality Disorder and the Workplace

Personality disorders are long standing disturbances in personality.The authors describe how these behaviorally affected individuals manifest in the workplace with repetitive patterns of dysfunctional behaviors that are disturbing and often destructive.

Posted by Kevin Weitz
On October 21, 2013
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The Organizational Underground: Organizational Coaching and Organization Development Outside the Formal Organization

There are profound implications at the micro-level with regard to the lives lived in “desperation” by men and women who have lost their job or at the very least have given up hope of realizing lifelong dreams. They are living in the organizational underground, a world populated by the unemployed and underemployed.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On September 19, 2013
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Coaching to a New Orleans State of Mind: A Multi-Tasking City and Mind-Set

There is a kind of “multi-tasking” that takes place in this remarkable city located on the Mississippi River. It is a state of mind that should be cherished in the lives and minds of the men and women we coach.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On June 7, 2013
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Coaching to a New York City State of Mind

This is the first in a series of essays, on how specific cities impact me and I will suggest ways in we might find similar states-of-mind in our clients. I begin with the “Big Apple” – New York City.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On March 25, 2013
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Edie Seashore: On Coaching

As President of NTL (National Training Laboratory), and a steward of OD field , you have seen the field evolve over these last fifty years. You have stood as a pillar of practice and mentored many leaders in the field of OD.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On February 22, 2013
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Tippy Organizations and Leadership: Engaging an Organizational World of Vulnerability

In the world of 21st Century organizations we experience profound vulnerability—in large part because the environment both inside and outside the organization is filled with complexity, unpredictability and turbulence (a confluence of order and chaos).

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On December 5, 2012
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Take a Look at Yourself: The Self in System Sensitizer

Progress in any system sometimes depends on uncharacteristic action. But people, leaders, managers and workers have preferred patterns of behavior, things they like to do, things they avoid, and things they do because they are required by the rules of the game, the systemic imperatives.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 26, 2012
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Evolutionary Change and Organizational Innovation: Implications for Coaches and Their Leader Clients

What does a theoretical model of evolution have to do with the very real world of organizational innovation and the challenges of fostering change within a complex system (such as exists in 21st Century organizations).

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 15, 2012
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