An Everyone Culture, Matthew L. Miller
An Everyone Culture, Matthew L. Miller
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An Everyone Culture
Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

Author: Matthew L. Miller, Andy Fleming, Robert Kegan, Deborah Helsing, Lisa Laskow Lahey

Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2017


Synopsis

What if a company did everything in its power to create a culture in which everyone could overcome their own internal barriers to change and use errors and vulnerabilities as prime opportunities for personal and company growth?

Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey have found and studied such companies—Deliberately Developmental Organizations. A DDO is organized around the conviction that organizations will best prosper when they are more deeply aligned with people's strongest motive, which is to grow. This means going beyond consigning "people development" to high-potential programs, executive coaching, or once-a-year off-sites. It means fashioning an organizational culture in which support of people's development is woven into the daily fabric of working life and the company's regular operations, daily routines, and conversations.

An Everyone Culture dives deep into the worlds of three leading companies that embody this breakthrough approach. It reveals the design principles, concrete practices, and underlying science at the heart of DDOs—from their disciplined approach to giving feedback, to how they use meetings, to the distinctive way that managers and leaders define their roles.

About Matthew L. Miller

Matthew L. Miller is a lecturer on education and Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Frank on March 25, 2023

Passages I found particuly useful: Being yourself - Page 11: Research by Brené Brown shows that vulnerability is at the core of shame, fear, and our struggle for worthiness. Vulnerability is also the birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging, and love. - Page 136: If you are very insecure, try to speak......more

Goodreads review by Diane on March 27, 2021

I thought that this book would be right up my street for what I needed for work. I was disappointed. There are some good ideas but it takes a lot of wading through treacle to get to them. I also felt that the three companies used as examples were too extreme to be relatable.......more

Goodreads review by Darren on February 22, 2016

The core idea of the book is intriguing: looking at how things might be if companies placed their focus on growing the capabilities of all of its employees through personal development and real company-wide teamwork, rather than paying lip service to the concept and building the business around a fe......more

Goodreads review by Andrii on January 02, 2018

The idea of focusing on personal development and DDO (Deliberately Developmental Organization) is very good. And advice and practices are great. However, the style of authors is very boring, and IMHO the content could be cut in half without removing anything important.......more

Goodreads review by Raphael on August 15, 2021

An Everyone Culture is a mind-blowing reading that focuses on how organizations should be structured to provide developmental opportunities for their employees. Backed by a psychologist's theoretical background (adulthood mental development, wholeness theory) and a group of study cases, the book pres......more