Ira Chaleff's Blog, page 14
September 20, 2015
Thought provoking, stimulating, and ideal for discussion groups.
By Deborah Bigelow,
Published September 15, 2015 – LIBRARY JOURNAL
[…] Chaleff (The Courageous Follower) proposes that individuals find a healthy balance for living in a system with rules and authorities while taking responsibility for their actions.
The author uses examples from government agencies, hospitals, the armed services, and corporations to demonstrate how “just following orders” can be taken to an extreme, causing harm to others. He turns his attention to helping reader...
September 19, 2015
Pressured to do something shady at work? How to push back
<!-- Ira's intro >--</p> <div class="row-fluid" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span10"> <p>Career columnist “Ask Annie” gives solid advice on Intelligent Disobedience to a recent college grad on a slippery slope of obedience that could lead to ruining his career.// </p> <hr style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #08c;"> </div> <div class="span1"></div> </div> <p><!-- END OF Ira's intro >--</p> <p><!-- Header >--</p> <div class="row-fluid" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span3"> <img src="http://www.irachaleff.com/wp/wp-conte..." alt="anne fisher" width="180" height="180" class="aligncenter wp-image-3388" /></p> <p style="text-align: center; color: #08c;">It’s not easy, but you owe it <br />to your employer — and yourself — to say no.</p> </p></div> <div class="span7"> <p>By Anne Fisher <br />Published September 17, 2015 – FORTUNE</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Dear Annie:</strong> I’m hoping you or your readers can help me out of a dilemma. I’m in my first full-time job after college—I just started in July—and at first I was really exci...</p></blockquote></div></div><!-- Header ><!-- END OF Ira's intro ><!-- Ira's intro >
September 18, 2015
Why IT Pros Need to Accept the Premise of ‘Intelligent Disobedience’
<!-- Ira's intro >--</p> <div class="row-fluid" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span10"> <p>Ira’s intro here. //</p> <hr style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #08c;"> </div> <div class="span1"></div> </p></div> <p> <!-- END OF Ira's intro >--</p> <p> <!-- Picture and 1st paragraph >--</p> <div class="row-fluid" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span2"> <img src="http://www.irachaleff.com/wp/wp-conte..." alt="don-tennant" width="300" height="350" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3335" /> </div> <div class="span8"> <p>By Don Tennant <br />Published September 1, 2015 – ITBusinessEdge</p> <p>[…] Let’s say you’re a system administrator, and the CEO comes to you and says he wants you to try to hack into a competitor’s email system. Let’s also say you don’t particularly want to go to prison, nor do you want the CEO to fire you. What do you do?…</p> </p></div> <div class="span1"></div> </p></div> <p> <!-- END OF Picture and 1st paragraph >--</p> <p> <!-- Body text 1 column >--</p> <div class="row-fluid" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span10"> <p>I recently had the opportunity to discuss that scenario during a fascinating conversation about “intelligent disobedience...</p></div></div><!-- Body text 1 column ><!-- END OF Picture and 1st paragraph ><!-- Picture and 1st paragraph ><!-- END OF Ira's intro ><!-- Ira's intro ></div>
September 17, 2015
The Dangers of Too Much Obedience
<!-- Ira's intro >--</p> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span10"> <p>The business world is starting to wake up to the fact that, besides being the right thing to do, Intelligent Disobedience can save it a lot of pain. See this smart article in FoxBusiness. //</p> <hr style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #08c;"> </div> <div class="span1"></div> </p></div> <p> <!-- END OF Ira's intro >--</p> <p> <!-- Article header >--</p> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span1"></div> <div class="span2"> <img src="http://www.irachaleff.com/wp/wp-conte..." alt="Dr. Michael Woody" width="200" height="246" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3237" /> </div> <div class="span8" style="text-align: justify;"> <p>By <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/archive/dr..." target="_blank">Dr. Michael Woody</a> <br />published September 16, 2015 – <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/index.html" target="_blank">FoxBusiness</a></p> <p>[…] In a country founded on the principles of freedom and choice it sounds strange to be talking about the dangers of too much obedience in our society… More than 50 years of research has demonstrated we are in fact...</p></div></div><!-- Article header ><!-- END OF Ira's intro ><!-- Ira's intro ></div>
September 14, 2015
Disobedience Instruction
Ted Kinni is a long time business reporter who has written a punchy article on my new book, Intelligent Disobedience. //
By Theodore Kinni,
published at strategy+business (September 2, 2015)
[…] I was one of those toddlers whose first word — if you choose to believe my mother — was an emphatic “No,” so I’ve always found it hard to believe that people need disobedience instruction. Then I read the stories in Ira Chaleff’s new book, Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What...
Just Say No
By Theodore Kinni
contributing editor for strategy+business.
[Authorized excerpt]
I was one of those toddlers whose first word — if you choose to believe my mother — was an emphatic “No,” so I’ve always found it hard to believe that people need disobedience instruction. Then I read the stories in Ira Chaleff’s new book, Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You’re Told to Do Is Wrong (Berrett-Koehler, 2015)…
In a new book, leadership expert Ira Chaleff argues teaching employee...August 17, 2015
Intelligent Disobedience As Resource for Preventing Abuse in National Security Interrogation
When it was revealed that officials of the American Psychological Association may have cooperated with the Bush administration to justify harsh interrogation techniques (which the government now classifies as torture), the APA retained David Hoffman, an attorney in Austin, Texas, to conduct an independent review anddetermine the facts of the reported collusion.The results of the Hoffman report causedtheAPA’s Council of Representatives to voteoverwhelmingly on August 7to prohibit psycholog...
Psychology Today Cites Intelligent Disobedience As Resource for Preventing Abuse in National Security Interrogation
When it was revealed that officials of the American Psychological Association may have cooperated with the Bush administration to justify harsh interrogation techniques (which the government now classifies as torture), the APA retained David Hoffman, an attorney in Austin, Texas, to conduct an independent review anddetermine the facts of the reported collusion.The results of the Hoffman report causedtheAPA’s Council of Representatives to voteoverwhelmingly on August 7to prohibit psychologists...
July 16, 2015
Just Say No (1)
This is the best article on the application of Intelligent Disobedience by guide dogs that I have encountered. Read it and see how many parallels you can draw between the teamwork exhibited by the dog and the blind person it is guiding, and excellent follower-leader partnerships.
— Ira Chaleff
Intelligent Disobedience–Blog: Just Say No –2015 Ira Chaleff – Berret-Koheler Publishers
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“Intelligent Disobedience: Just Say No”
“Intelligent Disobedience: Just Say No:”http://thedogwriter.com/guide-service/intelligent-disobedience-just-say-no/
This is the best article on the application of Intelligent Disobedience by guide dogs that I have encountered. Read it and see how many parallels you can draw between the teamwork between the dog and the blind person it is guiding and excellent follower-leader partnerships.
