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Rampant narcissism, loss of motivation and engagement, deteriorating mental health

Rampant narcissism, loss of motivation and engagement, deteriorating mental health

Are you feeling sad and lonely? Spending too much time scrolling Tik Tok? Has your dog started rejecting you for a neighbor? Using his well-established Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and complexity theory, Richard has continued to research how people and organizations engage in sustainable, desired change.

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The Business of Building a Better World
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The Business of Building a Better World

Twenty leading scholars provide a visionary look at the future of business, propelling past damaging industrial-age values to uncover the potential for humanistic, ecologically sustainable, and intergenerational prosperity. This edited collection, featuring contributions by some of the world's most prominent thinkers on the future of business, is an interdisciplinary and international collaborative project to articulate a new 21st century theory of business.

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The Business of Building a Better World

The Business of Building a Better World

Join Dr. David Cooperrider in a discussion about his new book. Twenty-nine leading scholars and executives provide a visionary look at the future of business, propelling past damaging industrial-age values to uncover the key ingredients of humanistic, ecologically sustainable, and intergenerational prosperity.

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Conversations That Inspire: Coaching Learning, Leadership and Change
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Conversations That Inspire: Coaching Learning, Leadership and Change

Coaching can inspire and motivate people to learn, change, and be effective leaders, among other roles in life. Although most attempts are “coaching for compliance” (coaching someone to your wishes or expectations), decades of behavioral and neuroscience research show us that “coaching with compassion” (coaching someone to their dreams and desires) is more effective.

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Helping People Change
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Helping People Change

Leading Positive Change through Appreciative Inquiry is a course dedicated to advancing our understanding and skill in leading strength-based change and on how to create, foster and manage organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best.

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Appreciative Inquiry in the Post-Pandemic Workplace – Ron Fry, PhD and Kristen Bishop, MPOD

Appreciative Inquiry in the Post-Pandemic Workplace – Ron Fry, PhD and Kristen Bishop, MPOD

Many, if not most, workplaces are transforming into more hybrid work environments that are enlivened by practices based on shared values related to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. This seminar webinar explores how strength-based change methods can help navigate these transformations, including a specific case study of a flourishing organization's current approach to shape their future workplace.

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