By Bill Underwood, on April 29th, 2011
My colleague Sean Gerrity and I met Jim Collins at his office in Boulder one afternoon. As we walked into his office, it was quite clear that Jim is focused on one thing at a time. He’s known as a rock climber, and we could see that he approaches work similarly, scaling a wall . . . → Read More: Jim Collins on How the Mighty Fall
By Bill Underwood, on April 5th, 2011
John Hagel III and John Seely Brown
Attention provides leverage. The more people we can attract and motivate to join us on a challenging quest or initiative, the more impact we are likely to achieve. So, what are effective ways to attract and retain the kind of attention that helps us to address the . . . → Read More: Attracting attention to change
By admin, on March 10th, 2011
In Power and Love: A Theory of Practice of Social Change, Adam Kahane writes about business leaders needing to understanding the need for compassion and resolve. One without the other will cause you either not to act when necessary or to over react without taking in the consideration of others. By mixing the power and . . . → Read More: Appropriate Use of Power and Love
By admin, on March 9th, 2011
If you believe that leadership involves inspiring others and motivating them to be their best and develop, learn, adapt and innovate, then activating the parts of their brain that will help requires arousing what we have called the Positive Emotional Attractor. To arouse the PEA, these studies are suggesting that we need to: (1) be social; and (2) engage the person in positive, hopeful contemplation of a desired future. . . . → Read More: Neuroscience and Leadership
By Bill Underwood, on January 31st, 2011
This generation entering the world of work brings exciting intentions with them. Millennials want engagement. They are different from their parents and grandparents generation because they are less interested in the organization as an institution of the community or society, but rather as a vehicle for a cause. Their engagement is not about process . . . → Read More: Millennial Donors Report
By admin, on October 23rd, 2010
Catalyst Consulting Team is a Silicon Valley-based global firm that enables organizations to “break the mold” through innovative programs that challenge individuals and teams to learn new ways of working together. We offer strategic-alignment services that focus on vision and values, strategy and leadership.
In a business world dominated by management fads and . . . → Read More: Welcome to Catalyst Consulting
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