Diana Wilson Goldberg, Adam Malaty-Uhr, Scott Tang, and Maggie Shreve
How Deliberate are
You in Developing
Yourself and Others?
Diana Wilson Goldberg
▶OD Consultant, DWG Consulting
▶Program Chair, ODN/C Board
Adam Malaty-Uhr
▶Growing at Work, Coaching & Consulting
▶Free Agent
Maggie Shreve
▶Interim President, ODN/C
▶OD Manager, Kineo Group - US
Scott Tang
▶Senior Director, Publicis Sapient
▶Organizational Researcher
Presenters
Dimension 20th Century 21st Century
Who? “High Potentials” Everyone
How?
Individual
coaching/classes
workshops
Together at work
When? At special times Every day
The Context: Shifting ParadigmsFrom Way to Grow, Inc.
Research & Writing by Kegan and Lahey
“[creates] the conditions to drive human
flourishing and business flourishing as part of
one interdependent and mutually reinforcing set of goals.”
-An Everyone Culture
What is a Deliberately Developmental Organization?
The Theoretical Basis for DDO’s
Stages of Adult Development
Key Concepts of DDO’s
▶Development is a ‘team sport’ with mutual interdependencies
▶Organizational members are active participants
▶The organization develops through its people and its people through the organization
The Deliberately Developmental Organization
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Developmental Practices
▶Home:
Developmental Communities
▶Edge:
Developmental Aspirations DDO
The Three Dimensions of a DDOFrom An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization (HBR Press, 2016)
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Groove
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▶Mistake-making
▶Problem-finding
▶My growing edge
▶Your growing edge
▶Our growing edge
▶Organizational purpose
EdgeDevelopmental Aspirations
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
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EdgeDevelopmental Aspirations
Discuss in pairs:
▶Are mistakes seen as opportunities?
▶Do people challenge each others’ thinking & assumptions?
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
▶Psychological safety & trust
▶Openness about the self
▶Leadership commitment & participation
▶Collectively shared norms & agreements
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HomeDevelopmental Communities
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
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HomeDevelopmental Communities
Discuss in pairs:
▶Do people openly reveal their struggles?
▶Do leaders acknowledge their own mistakes?
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
▶Learning supports
▶Role-to-person matching
▶Feedback
▶Regularity of practice
▶Symbolic tools
▶Process improvement
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The Three Dimensions of a DDO
GrooveDevelopmental Practices
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Discuss in pairs:
▶Are there clear
processes to ensure improvement?
▶Do people provide
meaningful feedback?
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
▶What resonated with you?
▶How did you see the three
components of a DDO emerge from the video?
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NextJump – “I was Selfish”
▶ Identify the parts of your psychology that hold you back
▶Work through those distortions (aka assumptions)
▶ Individual and team activity
Immunity to Change – Coaching Model
Goal Behavior
Assumption
Hidden Goal
Immunity to Change
Deliberately
Developmental
Organizations
Next Jump▶Technology Company
▶Under 300 Employees
▶2002: Near-insolvency, 40% turnover
▶2015: Revenue in the billions, <10% turnover
Decurion
▶ArcLight Cinemas, Robertsons Property, Senior Living
▶Employees: 3,000
▶2009 – 2013: Revenues grew by 72%
WellMed▶Elder Healthcare
▶6,600 Providers; 320,000 Patients; 2,200 Locations
▶2011: 20% Turnover
▶2015: 11% Turnover, 300% Growth
▶Maggie Shreve, OD Manager(here tonight: Adria Maston and Brian Beverly)
▶ In the beginning stages of introducing DDO concepts
▶External perspective, for a “start-up” company
What’s Not To Like?
Tension Arises
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Paul Zak
Google’s Project Aristotle
Brene BrownAmy Edmondson
Edge
Edge
▶Courage over comfort
▶Explicitly calling out
▶Mutual responsibility
Groove
▶Publicly shared goals/growth areas
▶Greater emphasis on honest communication (openness)
▶Elevating feedback
▶Alignment with values and purpose
▶Job crafting and Strengths aiming
Groove
Our 2019 Summit the Mountain Theme
Developing
Individually
(Me)
Supporting One
Another
(We)
Expanding Our
Group
Capabilities
(Us)
Collaborating
More Effectively
Externally
(Together)
Better Me + Better You = Better Us | Stronger Together*
Our Polarity Loop
• Job crafting
(Edge/Groove)
• Personal purpose
alignment (Edge)
• Strengths aiming
(Groove)
• Supportive
environment (Home)
• Empathetic feedback
(Groove)
• Shared growth areas
(Edge)
• KM
• Presentation skills
• Client/People
management
• Elevating insights
• Vertical industry
support
• MC and S&C support
• CI integration
People
Growth
Scaling
Collectively
Client
Success
Scaling
Partnerships
Scaling
Individually
Scaling
Capabilities
Our Polarity Infinity Loop
Start with your
High Performing
Teams
Implementation Notes
98%
2%
DNA:
Don’t Change Too
Much at Once
Implementation Notes
Black Belt doesn’t
copy well to White
Belts
Implementation Notes
Nail the Landing
Implementation Notes
Implementation Notes
CHALLENGESUPPORT
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What will you take away from this?
Table Discussion
▶What resonated with you?
▶How can you apply these concepts in your learning and/or work?
Table Group
Discussion
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GrooveEdge ▶Groove:
Developmental Practices
▶Home:
Developmental Communities
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Developmental Aspirations DDO
The Three Dimensions of a DDO
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