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An underlying premise of this article that is not spoken is Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:31:52 GMT e744c3346ab5d9221adfde5f9fbb36e8 http://www.positive-deviant.com/little-atrocities.html We are all party to little atrocities. We stay silent, watch as ethics in the workplace disintegrate, ignore our addiction to stuff. We need a game change; to learn the importance of communication ski Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:21:24 GMT f1156544cb093f48a6e4e185e131f635 http://www.positive-deviant.com/listening.html Improving listening skills is a life's work and part of any conscious communication practice. To truly listen to another is one of the greatest gifts we give and a demonstration of personal mastery. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:17:23 GMT 1406fb8db5bfe096e91157747cc6cfec http://www.positive-deviant.com/listen-for.html What we listen for matters. Practicing active listening skills as part of your personal mastery program will transform relationships and develop our conscious communication. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:11:55 GMT 45048e2306745c71d2ddee2392848e04 http://www.positive-deviant.com/life-expectations.html Life expectations usually get seriously derailed..building an attitude of gratitude in the unexpected, developing endurance exercises for navigating life's misdirections. Evolving Personal Mastery.. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:56:22 GMT 2a59bdbd2318e8d9229272c57df9fb86 http://www.positive-deviant.com/leadership-development.html Traditional Leadership Development is not hard to find. What we need today is integral leadership and a leadership development plan that addresses todays issues with tomorrow's thinking. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:51:37 GMT d2839b27752356c878c9976b8cb021b9 http://www.positive-deviant.com/leadership-development-and-the-future-of-business.html A leadership development plan that considers the whole (globally) and not just the parts is critical as we evolve personal mastery in leadership. Leadership development and the future of business is Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:44:31 GMT 8f3bfdbb5aa0da1af35f6ce14b2f8e05 http://www.positive-deviant.com/leadership-alchemy.html To create leadership alchemy requires a game change strategy; a mixture of positive deviants with more traditional players; add a pinch of chaos, some provocation, shake and stir.. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:06:21 GMT 6791336758db5595b7068e280fd25b24 http://www.positive-deviant.com/kairos-time.html Kairos time is the perfect time, not a moment too soon or too late. Applying self discipline and improving endurance allow a game change under the influence of Kairos time. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:59:34 GMT 2bbd8fe4a7747ee6c706e61272369123 http://www.positive-deviant.com/intentional-communication.html The importance of communication skills cannot be stressed enough in any leadership development plan. Clean intentional communication when giving feedback will ensure success. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:22:26 GMT f60469bc7e48c35cd86bfb7141286c30 http://www.positive-deviant.com/integrity.html We are faced with a complex global crisis that may feel hopeless. What can one person do? Integrity is the Essence. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:51:01 GMT d144d4e71fbfda51a2893ff61ad596a3 http://www.positive-deviant.com/integrity-coaching.html Integrity Coaching is about maintaining the highest level of integrity within an environment of power and ego. On the way, you evolve your personal mastery and personal power. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:38:57 GMT c3f312034c8ae7d6ecc192e016cc4642 http://www.positive-deviant.com/integral-map.html Navigating the increasingly complex world made clearer through the use of an Integral Map. Executive leadership coaching and personal mastery is enhanced when supported by an integral lens. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:14:41 GMT 912cff5fdfb669b608ad52cf65989c55 http://www.positive-deviant.com/integral-life.html Buckminster Fuller demonstrated living an Integral Life. Christine McDougall's blog on her journey is a quest towards personal mastery and integrity in a non Integral world. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:11:27 GMT 8a153dc0156fc64a31cfaa649682eaba http://www.positive-deviant.com/integral-life-practice.html Years of trial and error have taught me just what Integral Life Practice supports me towards personal mastery, to improve my endurance in all domains and to live with the attitude of gratitude. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:07:33 GMT f730d1d927a350db64a4b11d8c2d1484 http://www.positive-deviant.com/importance-of-communication-skills.html The importance of communication skills and how to improve communication skills is essential to an integral leadership development plan. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:26:13 GMT 126ec0c72c4450620e6c1b1eb483a916 http://www.positive-deviant.com/humility.html Finding more humility has recalibrated my definition of success, strengthened my attitude of gratitude and increased integrity at work and play. Humility is integral to personal mastery. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:06:21 GMT 1316466f933cbb27d8f38c0cf5842532 http://www.positive-deviant.com/healthy-anger.html A lot of people do not have a distinction about healthy anger. They see all anger as bad. Most of us need to learn assertive communication. How to be assertive in a good way. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:59:01 GMT 2ea36629e4e34d58129d6e73b1f1001d http://www.positive-deviant.com/global-climate-change.html Some green companies have become steeped in corporate corruption as they supposedly fight global climate change. What is integrity and the green movement? Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:52:50 GMT 14a50096f34e7b16bfcc95905e0edcb5 http://www.positive-deviant.com/forever-beta.html We are change. Welcome to the world of Fast Forever Beta...where change is the norm. Makes you uncomfortable?..get used to it. Its the biggest game change in town. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:39:41 GMT e9a3b065e7fb83f7df50d86f3bc00429 http://www.positive-deviant.com/field-effects.html Considering the field effects of our every thought and action is critical for our healthy future. Similar to ‘precession’ proposed by Bucky Fuller, we can no longer claim ignorance of our actions. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:34:00 GMT 3a904132a40b17388b2659dc171a8417 http://www.positive-deviant.com/famous-business-leaders.html This is not about the 'usual' famous business leaders. This is about the exceptional servant leaders who are famous to the people they lead because of their commitment to creating value comprehensivel Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:28:23 GMT 3315b69d073a683b7dece3c63324b9f1 http://www.positive-deviant.com/family-business-succession-planning.html Family Business Succession Planning Integral coaching requires the ability to work with unique tensions, which may include autocratic leadership, ill-defined boundaries, and assumed values and vision. Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:42:06 GMT 61cd4a9a26795ea3c52efd10006c745f http://www.positive-deviant.com/executive-leadership-development-program.html An executive leadership development program designed specifically to meet the most complex issues of the 21st Century, beyond the traditional 'good leadership skills’, incorporating leadership ethics Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:34:50 GMT f6ede02fb61b9a9666c71d162dbc186a http://www.positive-deviant.com/executive-coaching.html Integral Executive Coaching builds leaders who understand and consider multiple domains and lenses in their work and life. A leadership development plan is created to support a whole person approach. Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:29:47 GMT fb8b63fe0496df043270617fe27d724c http://www.positive-deviant.com/executive-coaching-australia.html Christine McDougall, senior executive coach for 15 years, explores Executive Coaching Australia, its early history and future trends. Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:25:18 GMT 99b4b751f8d5b7129ddec04bd06bbe58 http://www.positive-deviant.com/energy-bank-account.html Monitoring the inputs and outflows from our personal energy bank account is essential to any personal development plan. Are we in personal energy debt? Or do we have a reserve? Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:27:09 GMT b2db0eed67b50379afdf6022bc000ce2 http://www.positive-deviant.com/endurance.html We all learn endurance -in this article we use ultra distance running as a metaphor for life, our journey to personal mastery, and crafting a personal leadership development plan.. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:01:36 GMT b28e1e769fbc170a665773b877f9bd4e http://www.positive-deviant.com/emergency-tool-kit.html Create your own Emergency Tool Kit to navigate the changing waters of todays world, to move through the dark night of the soul, and increase personal sustainability and personal mastery. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:54:06 GMT 92a2eb405038242ed2cb199910f7d19c http://www.positive-deviant.com/emergence.html How do we support leaders to thrive in emergence? A personal story from executive leadership coaching and team facilitation to working on large scale systemic change. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:44:54 GMT 35e79542663819cd63b7bd3fde2dc951 http://www.positive-deviant.com/emerge-through-emergency.html Emerge through emergency -a personal game change as I emerge though the economic meltdown using the example of Buckminster Fuller Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:38:43 GMT 5a307046293bb99114964d60bb4cc8c6 http://www.positive-deviant.com/divided-life.html Living a divided life takes all of our energy. We need a game change, a destination truth on our path towards personal mastery. Any leadership development plan will address our deepest inner divisions Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:26:39 GMT a8ddca1fd04eff19676341e172fd39ad http://www.positive-deviant.com/definition-of-success.html How I crafted my definition of success, cultivated an attitude of gratitude and built a trust relationship with my intuition. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:13:50 GMT 41371ece6ea7b401c0c7a54aa0c9571a http://www.positive-deviant.com/definition-of-ecology.html The Definition of Ecology ask us to explore our every thought and action, our purchasing decisions, our choices. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:05:21 GMT d9ef1a69194bc38d2ff2917b0acee0bc http://www.positive-deviant.com/deception.html A strong personal leadership development plan will address deception of self and others. Deception deals with energy, and our energy is either clean or unclean. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:48:10 GMT d28162d348550bea10862fa8473966c3 http://www.positive-deviant.com/dark-night.html We often treat the Dark Night of the Soul as a place to avoid, yet from the darkness comes humility and creativity, grace and wisdom Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:42:28 GMT ecd678a244db1cc5c2e225af48ee5bec http://www.positive-deviant.com/creative-integrity.html Creative Integrity is a required if we wish to navigate towards a future of comprehensive consideration of the natural design of Universe. This includes integrity at work, and new models of value. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:19:57 GMT 9c2a859fe1978601eeee9e144e395d91 http://www.positive-deviant.com/cosmic-accounting.html Cosmic Accounting demonstrates that we have more energy arriving on Earth each minute than being used annually. Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:45:21 GMT 4df7524c00852d9b11719e77aa85240d http://www.positive-deviant.com/conversation-for-understanding.html A conversation for understanding is a powerful tool for conflict resolution, improving communication skills and developing personal mastery. Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:30:17 GMT e4ad4860f85e54d03b1688ece2a19b36 http://www.positive-deviant.com/Conscious-Communication-skills.html The importance of communication skills is critical to any personal development plan. Conscious Communication Skills indicates that a high level of awareness and personal mastery is present. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:40:22 GMT 3d5b92528f935b623223025ebe2e63ce http://www.positive-deviant.com/compassion.html Our world is desperate for more compassion. We are so quick to condem, so reluctant to forgive..a leadership development plan must address this subject on the pathway to personal mastery. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:33:30 GMT 3feae568b6c789f54f0ae93c94afc1b8 http://www.positive-deviant.com/clean-communication.html Clean Communication is essential to any integral leadership development plan. Good leadership skills will allow the leader to be sure that the culture ‘keeps it clean’ for health and profitability. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:16:29 GMT a510f9640e75389e0c77f02952cab60f http://www.positive-deviant.com/city-of-god.html As a guest in Rio de Janeiro's famous City of God I consider what game change we need as the greatest leverage point to get people out of resource poverty. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:00:35 GMT 8fb267222a0311284aa75926445aedac http://www.positive-deviant.com/christine-mcdougall.html Christine McDougall works with positive deviants and innovative entrepreneurs to create success on their terms. She is on a lifetime path to personal mastery and comprehensive integrity. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:20:58 GMT b1c05fbf05463a3a09ffa7a8c036bd18 http://www.positive-deviant.com/christine-mcdougall-biography.html Christine McDougall is an authority on integrity, providing executive leadership coaching to entrepreneurs and positive deviants interested in personal mastery. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:14:46 GMT 068014dcd3e3fc31bc7e8df653dc45c5 http://www.positive-deviant.com/champion-team.html Is it possible to build a champion team in a day? The following true story is an illustration of how this can happen if the intent is clear and you have the right people. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:19:40 GMT b46ed53b84e019d03009a9c1a11f6c56 http://www.positive-deviant.com/business-ethics.html We know the current model of business ethics is failing-but what to replace it with and why? What is the future of business ethics? Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:36:54 GMT 50ef36874a2cd11a43df43dbc4c7cbb9 http://www.positive-deviant.com/buckminster-fuller.html Buckminster Fuller spent his life creating game changing artifacts informed by his inquiry into 'what is integrity?" We explore Bucky Fuller's principles, self disciplines and design artifacts. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:31:20 GMT 9b63e7adfc8606892df6e7eca0a906ee http://www.positive-deviant.com/absolute-yes.html Saying no to anything unless it is an absolute yes provides a powerful decision making model supporting personal mastery. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:48:46 GMT