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Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by steveiebadmin

steveiebadmin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:40:59 +0000

Hi Debbie – there are 190 questions in the leadership survey. They have not been factor analysed yes but I hope to get to this some day. Steve

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Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:06:39 +0000

How many questions are on your leadership self-assessment? Are there different categories? How is it measured? Is it on a Likert scale? Thanks in advance for your response.

Comment on About Frik by ciska

ciska — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:01:31 +0000

he has such wise eyes

Comment on About Frik by me myself

me myself — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:36:38 +0000

ester,
frik chose to die in your presence because he knew he could trust you to do the right things by him. you once told that “frik was rustlers and rustlers was frik”.i believe he knew you valued him for himself and not just the persona others sought. he will always be what he is, what he was at any given moment.and rustlers was his brain child and can not be owned by others,only loaned out, than burned out.
will rustlers rise again? who knows? yes i miss him also. hey ester, i am writting this to you. a private letter in public view. atleast we knew him. we were honored.
love I

Comment on About Frik by ester brown

ester brown — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:51:42 +0000

reading for the first time after 2years since frik died.,only now that i finally can look back to that day when he died.,still wondering why he wanted.,or maybe chose me to die with.,to me he will never be dead.,he is still around.,although.,i just miss you so much frik.,.

Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by steveiebadmin

steveiebadmin — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:36:57 +0000

Have a look at our leadership style questionnaire on http://www.isivivane.com/survey/index.php?sid=38551 – one way of doing the study is to get the primary school head teacher to do a self-evaluation and then see if they are open to an evaluation using the same questionnaire by hir peers, subordinates and even students.

Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by Chiquita Ervin

Chiquita Ervin — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:06:06 +0000

I am researching for a doctoral dissertation. I am researching effective leadership style(s) in a mortgage banking industry with regard to job satisfaction during a financial crisis. I will be assessing about 10 leaders in the organization. I am searching for an instrument to use for the data collection.

Hi Ervin – you are welcome to use our instrument on http://www.isivivane.com/survey/index.php?sid=38551 and adapt questions – this looks at how those in leadership positions think about their own leadership – so it is and approach to create self-reflection. It is developed for the South African environment and you’ll see some questions relating to ancestors & culture that probably won’t work elsewhere.

Steve
Steve Banhegyi & Associates
Art and Science of Change
steve@storytelling.co.za
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Comment on Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Lesotho campaign stickers by Software Firewall

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Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by Sharkawi Annuar

Sharkawi Annuar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:18:55 +0000

Looking for Leadership Style Questionnaire for a research project studying on a Primary School Head Teacher.

Comment on Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Lesotho campaign stickers by Linda Olyhoeck

Linda Olyhoeck — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:46:57 +0000

Dear Ministry,

Having visited your beautiful and very special country, I proudly had a sticker of Lesotho on my car window. Unfortunately somebody has stolen it recently, and I cannot point out Lesotho to interested people, who gaze at all stickers I have collected on my car, one for each country I have visited.

Of course general stickers are for sale on the internet, but I am now looking at “Smile and laugh more often”, which is of course a healthy message to all world citizens!

May I ask you: would it be possible to obtain 2 examples (1 reserve) of this beautiful sticker? I will of course pay for the expenses. Looking very much forward to your reply and with kindest regards, Linda Olyhoeck, Netherlands Embassy in Addis Abeba.

Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by Patrick Burtch

Patrick Burtch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:10:14 +0000

I am researching for a doctoral dissertation.I will be assessing about 300 city manager nationwide. I will need to start my survey study in February 2010 but will need to determine which instrument to use by December 15th to finish my Lit review

Thanks

Patrick

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Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by steveiebadmin

steveiebadmin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:41:14 +0000

Hi Patrick

Thanks for the post – what would the objectives be of the assessment – to feed back to leaders? WHo would provide input into the research? How long to you have to perform the research?

Steve

Comment on Leadership Self-Assessment by Patrick Burtch

Patrick Burtch — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:31:52 +0000

Looking for Leadership assessement instruments for a research project studying city manager leadership style on their tenure in a community.

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Comment on Essential Medicine by Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:42:03 +0000

Hello Nadine – I recently heard an amazing story about the coco de mer at a storytelling workshop last year….apparently, there are seperate groves of distinctly male and female trees. When the moon is full in the dead of night, the male trees ‘walk’ into the female groves and that, basically, is how cocos de mer are made. The trees only live on two islands on the seychelles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_de_mer

Comment on Essential Medicine by Nadine Theimann

Nadine Theimann — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:25:58 +0000

I see the “Coco de mer” from Seychelles! A very unique type of tree-fruit, not edible though…

Comment on Transformation by Magination

Magination — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:28:14 +0000

permanance
generosity
healing
growth and renewal
gestation
health
unbreakable fragility

Comment on Transformation by Magination

Magination — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:25:47 +0000

it looks like an ancient rugby ball to me that can withstand the violent game of rough and tumble.. but it has a feeling of being strong and durable and certainly inseparable. the three cords look so permanent and give the impression of the unity of the three elements of a human being: body, soul and spirit. maybe the ancients wanted to preserve this balance and adhesion in their practice of medicine. it also looks edible like some coconut shells and a person may find sustenance when taking it apart when it dies it lives forever in those who have eaten it!

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by emerging

emerging — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:40:58 +0000

“Wu wei is an important Taoist teaching. This phrase means “non-doing,” or “non-action.” This literal translation, however, is misleading. This concept means that heaven will manifest its will for us in a spontaneous manner if we allow it to.We can thereby attain a much more sublime level of peace and happiness than by following a deliberate set of virtuous actions.”

From this, I understand that I need to take daily action (chop wood, carry water) but that the outcome of that action, if I don’t try to control it, will be in accordance with a higher imagination. I think that is why game theory feels so very limiting to me. The paradox is that when we let go of trying to define the bigger picture, we are guided to far better solutions. Any failure on my part is not because I haven’t defined the bigger picture, but as a result of not putting in the humble action that I need to do from my side.

When we try to touch a snowflake it melts. Allow something to be what it will be. This doesn’t mean chaos. Far from it. But if each person in an organisation is doing what they need to do on a daily basis, the results will form their own picture. Trying to name the game and give it rules and rituals ruins it. I’ve seen it happen over and over again – precisely the same is true of religion.

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by Administrator

Administrator — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:41:20 +0000

The fact that the group of 20 is together in the first place suggests that they are already playing a game of some sort. All that is done is to use the game metaphor to unpack the game and help people to decide what game they would rather be playing in contrast to the game that they are playing. Key to using the game metaphor is that everyone should be open about the game and participation is strictly voluntary – no hidden agendas or press ganging.

Harmony occurs when everyone has a say in how the game works. Everyone knows what is expected of them and what they, in turn, can expect from everyone else. The metaphor literally allows participants to deconstruct and then consciously create the game they would like to be playing.

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by Sapphix

Sapphix — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:31:20 +0000

So in a group of say, 20 people in an organisation, a vote is taken and 9 want to play one game, 5 another and 6 another, by the rules of democracy the first game (with 9 votes) is played. This still leaves the majority of the group uncomfortable and forced to play a game they didn’t choose and haven’t agreed upon! How would this create harmony?

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:08:04 +0000

The main point of this is that people should agree on the games they wish to play – this removes possibility of confustion…

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by emerging

emerging — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:46:45 +0000

The games that people play are destructive precisely because they have lost the ability to discern between reality and illusion. It may be a ‘light-hearted’ experience but I find nothing fun about losing hundreds of species on a daily basis to the ignorance of mankind!

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:10:34 +0000

The intention needn’t be to have winners an losers. The rules / goals etc. can all be agreed upfront by all participants using democratic principles. Makes the experience more satisfying. At least then you buy into something that you have been a part of creating. We merely need to name the game and be honest about it. No hidden agendas – those are the ugly games. The kind of games you describe sound like blood sports – remember, the participants are willing and they are confortable with the price they pay. Using the metaphor you can see that relationships, the economy, advertising etc. etc. can all be deconstructed using game metaphor. The metaphor asks you to be deliberate and state which game you are playing.

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by Steveieb

Steveieb — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:59:14 +0000

Not suggesting that game is the only way to experience organisational life and experience – but it is certainly a profoundly useful one. A lighthearted approach is invariably more creative. Eminent psychiatrist Thomasz Szasz suggests that many experience confusion and helplessness when they cannot discern the game nature of reality. The metaphor is also extremely useful in organisations when it is used by participants to openly negotiate their own rules, roles, ritualis, language, value and goals going forward using democratic principles. All we have to do is name the game such as ‘lets start a successful business, have lots of fun and make lots of money’ or ‘lets be friends’ or ‘we know where we are going’.

Comment on Corporate Gameplaying by kerry

kerry — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:54:34 +0000

The game, as metapor, is based on a few premises that feel instinctively out of sync:

1. It has “rules” – the very definition of a rule is something that you blindly follow – don’t question, don’t think for yourself, don’t innovate and don’t try to find different ways of doing things.
2. Its intention, from the outset, is to have winners and losers. This inspires war-like behaviour in all participants.
3. In a game of teams – there is no co-operation between them – each team will consult amongst themselves SECRETLY on how to ‘beat’ (ugh – another horrible word) the other team.
4. The word ‘game’, in itself, lacks authenticity. It says that you don’t have to be honest or open.

Finally, and most importantly, in the world of the ignorant, “game” is something that is hunted and killed for sport!!