An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

Robert Kegan · Lisa Laskow Lahey · Matthew L. Miller · Andy Fleming · Deborah Helsing

Jan 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne

About this audiobook

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 the author

Robert Kegan is the William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and author of The Evolving Self and In Over Our Heads.

Lisa Laskow Lahey, a Harvard-educated adult developmental psychologist, is cofounder of the consulting group Minds at Work.

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

Andy Fleming is the CEO and a founding principal of Way to Grow INC, the research and consulting home of the Deliberately Developmental Organization.

Deborah Helsing is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of Training at Minds at Work.

Stephen R. Thorne is a professional actor and a member of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He has played Hamlet, Henry V, and Tom Joad, among many other roles. Stephen has narrated over fifty audiobooks.