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The Conscious Consultant Kristine Quade (Pepperdine University and the University of Minnesota at Mankato and the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis)

The Conscious Consultant By Kristine Quade (Pepperdine University and the University of Minnesota at Mankato and the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis)

Summary

Organizational development (OD) professionals learn how they can attain success by clarifying their own purpose, motivation, and relationship with their career. The authors identify ten personal foundations that influence consulting competence.

The Conscious Consultant Summary

The Conscious Consultant: Mastering Change from the Inside Out by Kristine Quade (Pepperdine University and the University of Minnesota at Mankato and the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis)

Find out what it takes to become an effective consultant!

In order to succeed as a change agent and consultant we mustclarify our own purpose, motivation, and relationship with ourcareers. The Conscious Consultant--a book in ThePracticing Organization Development Series--offers amuch-needed road map and powerful tool that consultants can use toperform a personal assessment of foundational principles in orderto achieve greater integrity and alignment with personal values andcareer. The book's Active Change Model creates anunderstanding of what it takes to become an effective consultantwho practices wisdom by making conscious choices in a thoughtfuland wholehearted manner, choices that will positively influence thework that is done with all clients.

At last! A much-needed book primarily and effectively focusedon the consultant's continuing quest for personal awareness--bothlooking deeply for one's true inner self and outward for that selfin relation to clients. I do strongly agree with the author's basicthesis that we cannot expect our clients to embrace change unlesswe personally embrace it ourselves.
--Bob Tannenbaum, emeritus professor of the development ofhuman systems, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, andrecipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National ODNetwork

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...very readable (Modern Management, April 2002)At last! A much-needed book primarily and effectively focused onthe consultant's continuing quest for personal awareness--bothlooking deeply for one's true inner self and outward for that selfin relation to clients. I do strongly agree with the author's basicthesis that we cannot expect our clients to embrace change unlesswe personally embrace it ourselves. --Bob Tannenbaum, emeritusprofessor of the development of human systems, Anderson GraduateSchool of Management, UCLA, and recipient of Life Time AchievementAward from the National OD Network

Those of us who work with change in organizations need to beself-aware. Quade and Brown provide a highly useful way of helpingus to do just that. Their simple but elegant model is the Tao ofbecoming an effective change agent. --W. Warner Burke, professorof psychology and education, Teachers College, Columbia University,and senior advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

It's just wonderful! It will help new people in the fieldbecome acquainted with the criteria for success, and allow veteransto benchmark their current practices. I'm proud and humbled to beassociated with this fine effort. --Ken Hultman

About Kristine Quade (Pepperdine University and the University of Minnesota at Mankato and the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis)

Kristine Quade is an independent consultant, attorney,coach, lecturer, and facilitator in custom-designed large groupinteractive processes with over two hundred national andinternational client system interventions.

Renee M. Brown is an international consultant who is anexpert on human dynamics, particularly in the areas of personal andorganization development, constructive conflict, and creativeproblem solving.

Editorial Board includes David Bradford, W. Warner Burke, EdithW. Seashore, Robert Tannenbaum, Christopher A. Worley, and ShaolinZhang

Table of Contents

1. Practicing Active Change 1

2. Perceiving, Describing, and Accepting Who We Are 19

3. How Who We Are Impacts Our Work with Clients 53

4. Opening the Doors of Change with Questions 87

5. Setting Up Agreements with Myself and with My Clients 115

6. Professional Work as an Opportunity for Personal Growth 147

7. Stories from the Field 163

Bibliography 183

About the Authors 187

About the Editors 189

Index 193

Additional information

GOR005400050
9780787958800
0787958808
The Conscious Consultant: Mastering Change from the Inside Out by Kristine Quade (Pepperdine University and the University of Minnesota at Mankato and the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2001-10-02
240
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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