Dialectical Thinking as a Culture Transformation Instrument for Organizations.
In this new book (to appear in 2016), addressed to CEO’s, board members, and members of executive teams, Otto Laske takes an in-depth look at his Constructive Developmental Framework as a culture...
View ArticleDevelopmental Tools for Executive Coaching — ICC/IDM Distance Learning Course
This is an in-depth distance learning course that will help you broaden your view of your clients and yourself as a professional coach, with tools of intervention and analysis derived from...
View ArticleWhat is CDF: An Introduction for Beginners
This article introduces to the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF), addressing those readers who want to learn to use the methodology. CDF is seen as a comprehensive framework for consulting and...
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In this dialog between two coaches, one of them behavioral, the other developmental, I convey the mindset it takes to think about coaching clients in an adult-developmental manner. My goal is to...
View ArticleHuman Systems in the Anthropocene
This article is a reflection on the lack of systemic and holistic “dialectical” thinking in a world in which more than ever human actions have strong and immediate repercussions in the natural, and...
View ArticleAn Integrated Model of Developmental Coaching
This article, originally published in 1999 but still very timely today, introduces a way of deepening cognitive-behavioral, psycho-dynamic, and other behavioral approaches to coaching and HR resources...
View ArticleFoundations of Scholarly Consulting: The Developmental Structure/Process Tool
This article of 2000 deepens Argyris’ notion of theory-in-use by recourse to empirical findings of the developmental sciences. It defines “consulting” based on this deeper notion. The article teaches a...
View ArticleContributions to Evidence Based Developmental Coaching
This article describes a constructivist approach to coaching based on the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF). Such coaching is evidence based, i.e., based on empirical assessments of coachees...
View ArticleCDF as a Talent Finder and Work Design Methodology
In this article, I highlight the resources of the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF) for finding and retaining organizational talent and designing a work environment that supports shared...
View ArticleMerging Behavioral and Developmental Practices: An Integral Framework for...
In this paper, the authors (Otto Laske, Alessandro Rossi) lay out a practical approach to integral counseling (part A) and consulting to teams (part B), based on the Constructive Developmental...
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