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Spiral Dynamics Level 1 Certification - first online course coming this fall!
Adizes Breakthrough to Prime, Faculty Profile, Winter Term, and more |
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About Spiral Dynamics
Spiral Dynamics explains why medicine cannot prevent the spread of HIV; why global crises, such as terrorism, exist and resist diplomacy; how to integrate and align the efforts of stake-holders with regard to domestic economic and social development issues, and how to align stake-holders in complex global hot spots.
Spiral Dynamics answers questions like: IF it is time for change, then FROM what TO what? WHY do people respond to different motivators? WHY and HOW do values and ideologies arise and spread? WHAT is the nature of change? HOW should who lead whom to do what for which people living where, and when?
When using Spiral Dynamics, you design natural systems within a coherent framework. What does this mean? In part, it means that you motivate people in ways that matter to them, at this time, in this place. You construct organizations that align the work to be done, the people who will be doing it, the management style that fits those people, and the technologies that support their work style naturally.
Learn more about this powerful framework for managing change in the Level 1 Certification Course online this fall! Details at right, and a discount coupon below! |
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About Adizes Methodology
Every organization grows and develops according to a natural lifecycle, facing predictable problems at each stage along the way. Knowing where your organization is at on the corporate lifecycle can be critical to its success. We have developed online tools that will help you find out where your organization is on the Adizes Corporate Lifecycle. Click here for a demonstration of the Lifecycle model.
Click here for a free online Lifecycle Assessment!
Come to our fall seminar in Santa Barbara to learn more about the Adizes Lifecycle construct and other concepts such as:
CAPI (Coalesced Power, Authority and Influence), which is needed to create functional problem-solving teams
PAEI: Producer, Administrator, Entrepreneur, and Integrator; the four management styles and roles that apply in the workplace!
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The Adizes Graduate School is now accepting applications for the Winter Term, beginning in January 2010.
New student Applications for all programs are due by December 10, 2009.
Ph.d. students will take the course Systems Thinking, taught by Dr. Bruce LaRue (profiled at right). Master of Arts students will take the online course: Adizes Leadership Tools for Managing Change, taught by Dan Axelrod, J.D.
Sample syllabi are available on the AGS website.
For information on all Adizes Graduate School programs, contact Stephanie Galindo, Student Dean, at Edu@Adizes.com.
To apply for a graduate program, visit the Application page of the AGS website.
AGS Founder,
Dr. Ichak Adizes
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Spiral Dynamics Certification - online!
November 23, 2009: This date marks the occasion that the first Spiral Dynamics Level 1 Certification course will be offered online. Dr. Don E. Beck has authorized Darrell Gooden, a regular presentor of Adizes concepts at the Level 2 seminars in Santa Barbara, to teach the Certification course for small groups in an intensive 8-week class using asynchronous dialogue. Dr. Beck will personally sign Certificates for students who complete this Level 1 online course.
 Darrell Gooden holds several certifications in systems engineering and a Masters of Science Degree from Pepperdine University in Technology Management. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Adizes Graduate School. His dissertation topic is "Quantum Memetics" for which he has created a mesh of Adizes and Spiral Dynamics concepts to be applied in organizational contexts.
Darrell also has a Lean Six Sigma black belt certification and established the NAVSEA LSS College where he was Dean for three years. He has won awards and recognitions for his IT systems application expertise, and is considerd a subject matter expert by Best Manufacturing Practices. Darrell has a 25-year career in the military advising his constituents as a Transformation Manager in the area of Human Capital process, strategy, assessment and decision-making. Darrell works with a primarily civilian workforce that includes a military contingent and two labor unions. In the past, he has worked for the military in e-commerce, object oriented systems, provisioning, and logistics support analysis.
NOTE: See Discount Coupon below! All participants will be required to complete a 90 minute self-guided software training between Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17-18th, which is REQUIRED for admission to the online course. |
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 Breakthrough to Prime!
November 19-21: Register now for Breakthrough to Prime!, which presents the cornerstones of the Adizes Methodology. These, and other key knowledge points, give you an opportunity to take your organization to the next level and allow your team to perform at its highest capability. The seminar is highly interactive. Participants experience the power of the Adizes Methodology firsthand with live demonstrations of how Adizes key concepts actually work.
These concepts will help you to:
UNDERSTAND your personal management style.
RECOGNIZE the key factors that impact decision making.
LEARN HOW to avoid destructive conflict.
DISCOVER where your organization is in its lifecycle.
PREDICT and prepare for the challenges you will face.
MASTER strategies to avoid the downward corporate spiral.
For more information call: +1 805 565 2901 ext 109 or email: Barbara@Adizes.com |
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Faculty Profile - Dr. Bruce LaRue
The Department of Defense: The DOD is where Dr. Bruce LaRue focuses his consulting activities these days. He is presenting before a distinguished group of top military commanders and Department of Defense leaders at the Defense Logistics Agency in Virginia later this month. This Agency supports all four branches of the military, Homeland Security and FEMA. Their work is integral to global military operations, natural disaster relief, and global pandemic relief. The talk will focus on DLA Organizational Intelligence and will draw from Dr. LaRue's five years as an executive coach and change management consultant within the Agency.
Dr. LaRue has taught courses at the Adizes Graduate School for 10 years, including Epistemology, Theories of Change, and Systems Thinking (open for registration now for the January 2010 start date). He is presently Chair for two Doctoral Committees:
Bjarni Snæbjörn Jónsson, a Ph.D. candidate at AGS, is a leading consultant with Capacent Gallup's Change Management Group in Iceland. His dissertation is presently titled - A Prescriptive Diagnosis of Social Systems for Strategic Intervention Purposes: Applying corporate diagnostic methodology to Nation States as a prerequisite to strategic interventionand transformation. This is a a National Assembly project which is focused on developing a recovery strategy for the nation of Iceland. Dr. LaRue was interviewed for Iceland TV related to this project.
Dr. LaRue is also beginning work with Gerlinde Sarkar, Director of Research and Planning at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (Canada). Gerlinde is doing research on defining the essence of underlying characteristics or competencies required by foreign leaders who manage initiatives in educational organizations operating in Arab countries, a model with potential application within other cultures. She recently returned from a 3-year assignment in Qatar and her work will have particular relevance for the evolution
of the Adizes Integrator role in similar initiatives.
This summer, Dr. LaRue and Stephanie Galindo, M.Ed., Ed.D. candidate, Director of Administration and Student Dean for AGS co-authored a chapter titled Synthesizing Higher Education and Corporate Learning Strategies published in the SAGE Handbook of Online Learning, 2nd edition (Rudestam, K. and Schoenholtz-Read, J., 2009). This fall they will co-teach a course they designed on Writing a Concept Paper for The Dissertation. This particular course, taught three times previously, will support AGS' European students residing in the Netherlands and Croatia.
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NEW! - Spiral Dynamics Level 1 Certification - offered ONLINE!
8-week Intensive: November 23, 2009 through January 16, 2010
Only $995 - the same price as the live session! Includes: Certificate signed by Dr. Don E. Beck, personally!
Enrolled Students at AGS will earn Graduate Credit in this Level 1 module. Your final paper is reviewed by Dr. Beck. Two additional modules, Level 2 (live with Dr. Beck) and the final Synthesis module (online) are required to complete the 5-credit course. Online modules, including this one, are taught by Darrell Gooden. See profile above. |
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For details and a Registration Form: click here
25% discount for groups of 4+. |
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