Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

SUMMARY

There was no attempt in these cases to document systematically the impact of these multi-level consciousness-raising experiences on individual executive behavior in the short term, let alone the longer-term implications. Fortunately, there is theory and evidence that show how gains in self-awareness and EQ contribute to a capacity for transformational leadership (c.f., Huy, 1999) and, at least in the Unilever case, how a series of journeys reshaped several leaders’ life journeys and the directions and achievements of the business (Mirvis & Gunning, 2006). Said one leader, reflecting on the impact of the journeys: “With the kind of community and mission-driven approach that we have in Unilever, it is possible for us to make a difference ...