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Book SynopsisOrganizational development (OD) professionals learn how they can attain success by clarifying their own purpose, motivation, and relationship with their career. The authors identify ten personal foundations that influence consulting competence.
Trade Review"...very readable" (Modern Management, April 2002)"At last! A much-needed book primarily and effectively focused onthe consultant's continuing quest for personal awareness--bothlooking deeply for one's true inner self and outward for that selfin relation to clients. I do strongly agree with the author's basicthesis that we cannot expect our clients to embrace change unlesswe personally embrace it ourselves." --Bob Tannenbaum, emeritusprofessor of the development of human systems, Anderson GraduateSchool of Management, UCLA, and recipient of Life Time AchievementAward from the National OD Network
"Those of us who work with change in organizations need to beself-aware. Quade and Brown provide a highly useful way of helpingus to do just that. Their simple but elegant model is the Tao ofbecoming an effective change agent." --W. Warner Burke, professorof psychology and education, Teachers College, Columbia University,and senior advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
"It's just wonderful! It will help new people in the fieldbecome acquainted with the criteria for success, and allow veteransto benchmark their current practices. I'm proud and humbled to beassociated with this fine effort." --Ken Hultman
Table of Contents1. Practicing Active Change 1
2. Perceiving, Describing, and Accepting Who We Are 19
3. How Who We Are Impacts Our Work with Clients 53
4. Opening the Doors of Change with Questions 87
5. Setting Up Agreements with Myself and with My Clients 115
6. Professional Work as an Opportunity for Personal Growth 147
7. Stories from the Field 163
Bibliography 183
About the Authors 187
About the Editors 189
Index 193
