The Arrogance of Busyness

Tom GibbonsRant3 Comments

In a couple of previous posts; The Language of Value and Busyness, Feeling and Value I have talked about the need we have for personal value and some of the problematic ways we often unconsciously go about finding that value, some of those ways involving our busyness. Today I’m more or less just pissed about people being so busy they treat … Read More

Self Management or Diagnosis – What is Your Approach?

Tom GibbonsCoaching, Learning, Preference Assessments, Social ConstructionLeave a Comment

I remember the first time I had a battery of tests and assessments done when I was with an organization. I can’t quite remember why I was doing these things (which is another story!) but I do remember getting my results. Looking back now I consider myself very fortunate to have been working with the person I was working with. … Read More

Changing the Assessment Business – From Event to Process

Tom GibbonsChange, Learning, Preference Assessments, TMS NewsLeave a Comment

This is the third post in our series on changing the assessment business.  The first post dealt with our intentions and the second was more specific to our new social web site.  This post looks a little more closely at what we think is a very important element of changing the assessment business; that being working with assessment/profile data more … Read More

Changing the Assessment Business

Tom GibbonsChange, Preference Assessments, TMS Applications, TMS News, Virtual Teams2 Comments

Our hope and intention when we say we want to change the assessment business is really about pulling together a number of things that already occur in terms of personal and team learning and making these things a consistent way to approach assessment use.  Our focus right now falls into the areas noted below: Extend the use of assessment data … Read More

What Assessment Should I Use?

Tom GibbonsPreference AssessmentsLeave a Comment

If you are reading this then perhaps you are trying to navigate the sea of assessments that are available to you and trying to figure out just which one(s) might be best. Well, that is not an easy task and unfortunately there is not any one ‘right’ answer. But there are some questions to ask of yourself, ask about the … Read More

A Caution in the Search for Character

Tom GibbonsChange, Leadership, Learning, Organization Development, Social ConstructionLeave a Comment

This post was originally published in the TMS Learning Exchange.  It’s a bit longer than our normal posts…. In the aftermath of the 2008 semi collapse of investment capitalism and the ensuing and continuing global recession there is a growing trend calling on the need for ‘more character’ from those who we see as leaders in our organizations.  Business schools … Read More

Blame and Accountability

Tom GibbonsChange, Learning, Organization DevelopmentLeave a Comment

About 3 years ago I posted The Language of Value as a comment on the subtle use of language to create a perspective of personal value for ourselves by making someone else’s perspective seem wrong.  It is a subtle, often unconscious use of language to prop ourselves up while tearing others down. This post takes a look at a similar dynamic … Read More

Christmas Intentions

Tom GibbonsChange, Learning, Presence, Social ConstructionLeave a Comment

First of all, we here at TMS Americas hope you have a wonderful time over Christmas. Each of us, in our own ways intends to have a wonderful time as well. It’s interesting what often gets thought about when we use the term intentions. In the model we use to illustrate the flow of interaction, intentions flow into the interaction, … Read More

Coaching – The Rise of Immersion

Tom GibbonsCoachingLeave a Comment

Our last 2 posts have dealt with changes that we see as needed and inevitable as the world of coaching changes. These two posts can be read here: The Socialization of Coaching and Coaching – The Decline of Analysis . This post focuses on the real challenge and need for the coach to immerse themselves in the context and process … Read More