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A Different Perspective is an electronic publication produced by Perspective in Action, an Executive Coaching firm based in Kitchener, Ontario
From My Bookshelf
The Fifth Discipline
The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization 
 by Peter Senge
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"Surprisingly few adults work to rigorously develop their own personal mastery. When you ask most adults what they want from their lives, they often talk first about what they'd like to get rid of."

"The discipline of working with mental models starts with turning the mirror inward; learning to unearth our internal pictures of the world, to bring them to the surface and hold them rigorously to scrutiny."
 
"When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise."
 
"One thing all managers know is that manyof the best ideas never get put into practice. Brilliant strategies fail to get translated into action."
 

The Fifth Discipline
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Authors' Angle 
 
In this classic, must read for leaders, Senge describes how companies can improve productivity and success by creating organizations in which people are continually learning to create the results they truly desire.
 
He believes that 5 vital dimensions are needed to innovate organizations and allow them to enhance their capacity to realize their highest aspirations. They are:
 
* systems thinking
* personal mastery
* mental models
* shared vision
* team learning

A Question of Perspective 
 
 A vision is a clear "picture of the future". What's yours?

 
The View from Here
 
To make true and lasting changes in our organizations, or ourselves, we must go deeper than simply changing our behaviours: We must challenge the assumptions and mindsets that confine us.

We need to create a powerful vision for the future; communicate it; become it.

It all starts with a conversation... 

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Cathy Shaughnessy 
Certified Executive Coach, Professional Speaker, Author of Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff and My Perspective In Action. Cathy works with talented individuals to grow in their careers and with organizations to build strong leaders.