http://www.scribd.com/people/view/5590-gary-koyen This a feed for documents on Scribd written by apatrick 30 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:56:04 GMT Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:56:04 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/25559/Profound-Personal-Responsibility-Introduction Profound Personal Responsibility Introduction © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. Introduction This article is an introduction to the topic of profound personal responsibility. This introductory article precedes another five articles that provide a thorough understanding of the practice of personal responsibility. The content of these five articles is outlined later in this text. What Is Profound Responsibility? Profound responsibility is an attitude toward life—a stance regarding what it means to be human. Profound responsibility is the recognition, acceptance, and use of Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:56:04 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/25559/Profound-Personal-Responsibility-Introduction http://www.scribd.com/doc/25558/Profound-Personal-Responsibility-Part-One-Born-To-Responsibility Profound Personal Responsibility Part One: Born To Responsibility © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. A tree growing in the forest possesses no responsibility whatsoever because it has no agency— no ability to think, learn, choose, and act. The life of the tree is determined by fate. If its seed takes root in poor conditions it will wither and die. If there’s a fire, it will burn. If there’s a sudden, severe, sustained drought it cannot go searching for water. If the river cuts the bank under its roots it will fall and be torn from the earth. The ability to learn and act Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:51:34 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/25558/Profound-Personal-Responsibility-Part-One-Born-To-Responsibility http://www.scribd.com/doc/25557/Learning-Culture-and-Corporate-Change-Part-Two-Changing-Corporate-Culture Learning, Culture, And Corporate Change Part Two: Changing Corporate Culture © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. The Leadership Challenge: Darwinism And Successful Evolution Changing deeply embedded habits, values, customs, and practices is a daunting leadership challenge. The world has changed, the environment has become extremely Darwinian, and the company is threatened. The CEO and senior leadership must define and lead a successful process of adaptation. The challenge is to tell an honest and inspiring story that people can believe in, become committed to, and then make re Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:48:33 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/25557/Learning-Culture-and-Corporate-Change-Part-Two-Changing-Corporate-Culture http://www.scribd.com/doc/25556/Learning-Culture-and-Corporate-Change-Part-One-The-Importance-of-Culture Learning, Culture, And Corporate Change Part One: The Importance Of Culture © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. We Learn Through Culture Culture is the human engine and steering wheel of enterprise, the sum total of the human-created influences within the company. Think of culture-in-action as “how we do things around here”. Culture includes beliefs, values, habits, and other influences that set strong expectations for group and individual behavior. These cultural expectations are potent, not trivial, and tend to hold everyone in place. Once culture is in place, much of w Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:48:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/25556/Learning-Culture-and-Corporate-Change-Part-One-The-Importance-of-Culture http://www.scribd.com/doc/13335/Qualities-of-Mind-Pathways-to-Wisdom-in-Leadership-Mastering-Perspective- Qualities Of Mind: Pathways To Wisdom In Leadership © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. Mastering Perspective At times we hear someone referred to as over-reacting, meaning they are reacting too strongly and emotionally to some smaller part of a larger situation. They lack a larger context that would allow them a more reasoned response, are considering the situation from a limited point of view, or are “too close” to the situation. Perhaps they are operating out of faulty motives. All of us are guilty at times of making these errors. If we happen to “gain perspective” o Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:35:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/13335/Qualities-of-Mind-Pathways-to-Wisdom-in-Leadership-Mastering-Perspective- http://www.scribd.com/doc/12508/Cruxpoint-Leadership-Contributor-Grids Cruxpoint Leadership And Contributor Grids © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. Business leaders undertake major transformations of their companies for a host of reasons. In some cases the goal is purely aspirational, to become the very best or strongest in the industry. Sometimes the purpose is to succeed in a merger or acquisition. Many times senior leaders are forced by circumstances to radically change the company because it’s seriously threatened or dying. In these cases, failure to adapt will result in a continuing loss of customers, destruction of jobs, weakening of the Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:07:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/12508/Cruxpoint-Leadership-Contributor-Grids http://www.scribd.com/doc/11178/Pathway-To-Leadership Being A Leader: The Pathway To Leadership © Gary V. Koyen, Ph.D. Cruxpoint Consulting, Inc. Leadership Motives I have now had the opportunity to teach or consult to leaders from various walks of life for over thirty years, and so I’ve probably encountered every possible motive in people aspiring to leadership positions. For some people, born in poverty, leadership provides the opportunity to “be somebody.” For some, positions of leadership are like mountains to climbers, they are achieved because they are there. A few are driven by the need to have power over others. Others have been t Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:59:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/11178/Pathway-To-Leadership