by Adriano Pianesi | Nov 11, 2020 | Leadership
Organizations and individuals like to stay in their comfort zones. But when you raise a difficult issue or surface a deep value conflict, you generate significant heat. When calling attention to tough questions or drawing people’s sense of responsibility...
by Adriano Pianesi | Sep 30, 2020 | Leadership
A Learning dialogue is inspired and honors three principles expressed in the following three quotes: “Learning is acquired by experiences in the environment.”(Maria Montessori) “Reflection is the critical thinking by means which people discover each other to be...
by Adriano Pianesi | Aug 19, 2020 | Leadership
ON MOTIVATION: ‐ Myth: “Leaders motivate people” “Leaders are supposed to influence followers. But what is this is not true? Influencing ‐ with or without authority ‐ is often predicated on the ability to motivate. But recent studies on motivational theory demonstrate...
by Adriano Pianesi | Aug 13, 2020 | Leadership
ON FEELING SAFE– Myths: “A good leader make you feel safe” “Leaders are nice to followers” “For decades, I’ve been interested in this — because it sounds like a paradox: “Our leadership isn’t exercising any leadership.” Why do so many people...
by Adriano Pianesi | Aug 7, 2020 | Leadership, leadership in the moment, learning
Adults often learn for specific reasons, and the ultimate reason is often to better deal with reality. But learning for adults usually involves a degree of re-learning. As such the process might be difficult as it forces a re-organization of ideas previously held as...
by Adriano Pianesi | Aug 3, 2020 | Leadership
I love poetry and I want to take this opportunity to wish a great 2015 to all my friends with the verses of David Whyte, a poet that has brought his talent into the field of organizational and leadership development. I read his verses often in my work with groups and...
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