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Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/leading-through-growth When is Growth Too Fast? Spring has really been busy for us at the Gaian Group. Our emphasis on coaching has turned out to be very effective and we are quickly building some great success stories. This newsletter is the first in a series of short articles on leadership in specific areas. I welcome your responses and always appreciate forwarding these to people who might be interested. Cheers, Jeff

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/understanding-organizatio...’s-role In an on-going effort to improve both the quality of information we offer and the quality of delivery, we are making a few more changes here at the Gaian Group. This newsletter is the first in a series of short articles on leadership of organization. I welcome your responses and always appreciate forwarding these to people who might be interested.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/looking-north-leaders-role Looking to the North: A Leader's Role In an on-going effort to improve both the quality of information we offer and the quality of delivery, we are making a few more changes here at the Gaian Group. This newsletter is the second in a series of short articles on leadership of organization. I welcome your responses and always appreciate forwarding these to people who might be interested.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/looking-center-leader’s-role I hope your Labor Day weekend was spectacular! September will be a big month for the Gaian Group with many new clients added and operations beginning in Brazil. These are truly exciting times. We are continuing the series on Organization, this being the 4th of 6 installments on the organization wheel. You can look for more information on how we have used this in our book the Ten Tasks of Change.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/understanding-organizatio...’s-role This week has been a busy one. We have been in Calgary doing business development and really understanding what a boomtown is like. The stories of Fort McMurray left me wide-eyed. I managed to get back to Santa Barbara before the snows started. During our time there, I was asked some questions about our actual approach and what we believed about working with people. Here is our short answer.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/transformational-leadership With this, the series on Understanding Organization through the Wheel will be compete. This has been a very brief overview of how you can use this powerful tool. At the Gaian Group, we have used this, in far more depth, in many organization assessments and planning sessions for organization change. The most important lesson to take from this is to always remember that you are always working with a whole system.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/transformational-leadersh... This issue takes another spin on the Organization Wheel, this time at how you work to integrate people across parts of a system. One thing leaders have to remember is that they are always dealing with multiple levels of systems and often with fractionalized pieces of that system.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/5-competencies-transforma... Continuing on the subject of transformational leadership, this time I am giving you 5 competencies that transformational leaders exhibit. In past articles, we have been focused more on the systems thinking aspects through which leaders can engage groups of people - either small or large groups. The principles we put forth work for any size group or community of people.

Link: http://envisiongloballeadership.com/newsletter/law-attraction-envision-c... Envision a Compelling Future Our last few newsletters have focused on transformational competencies for leaders. Today we begin a five part series that deepens this discussion to an element that is vitally important to all of us who follow a creative path in this world.