Voices of the Cliff

Daniela Papi: Changing the Way We Give

Douglas Scherer — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:55:27 +0000

Daniela Papi

This month on Voices of the Cliff Douglas is joined by Daniela Papi, cofounder of PEPY an international non-governmental organization working to provide and promote quality education in rural Cambodia. Daniela’s experiences over the last 6 years as Executive Director of PEPY provide energetic and earnest guidance on overcoming the challenges of starting an educational development organization, quickly moving through setbacks, and leading with passion.

Listen to this Podcast (30.5 Mb, 42:16) — Program 7 –June 17, 2011

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Podcast Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:35 — Intro
00:36 – 01:02 — The Challenge of Doing Good with Money
01:03 – 01:25 — Daniela Papi’s Biography
01:26 – 07:01 — PEPY and PEPY Tours: Their Development and Evolving Vision
07:02 – 08:35 — Engaging and Building Trust with Community and Government
08:36 – 10:30 — Power and Financial Dynamics of Aid
10:31 – 12:47 — Creating a Sustainable Organization
12:48 – 14:12 — Finding and Growing the Right Expertise
14:13 – 18:49 — Today’s Interactive Cambodia that PEPY Operates in
18:50 – 21:16 — Daniela’s Evolution as an Entrepreneur
21:17 – 21:48 — Recap
21:49 – 24:50 — Using Anecdotes and Stories in Measuring Systemic Change
24:51 – 26:15 — Role of Passionate Leadership and Organizational Change
26:16 – 29:00 — Dealing with Naysayers
29:01 – 30:17 — Building Success from Quick Failure / Quick Recovery
30:18 – 32:41 — Lessons Learned for Education in the West
32:42 – 39:56 — Conscious Living / Conscious Giving
39:57 – 41:18 — Changing the World by Coming Alive
41:19 – 42:16 — Sign-off

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Daniela Papi’s Biography

From Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards

An economics graduate from New York State, Daniela Papi is convinced of education’s power to affect national development. She has already established a non-governmental organization (NGO) to improve Cambodians access to schooling. Now she sees the “voluntourism” business as the next step to grow her development enterprise.

Daniela herself has long been an enthusiastic traveller, right from the time she took a “semester at sea” programme with other American students in 1998. Stopping off in several developing countries during the 100-day voyage, she began to appreciate the educational opportunities she enjoyed. She also started to consider how she might bring similar chances to less wealthy people in poorer countries.

Contact Daniela at http://lessonsilearned.org/contact-info and on twitter at @danielapapi.

Tom Chapin: Talk about Things that Matter

Douglas Scherer — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:32:50 +0000

: Tom Chapin

This month on Voices of the Cliff – a wonderful conversation with three time Grammy Award winner Tom Chapin. Tom shares his journey as a performer and community leader from growing up in Brooklyn and Northern New Jersey, to forming a folk group with brothers Harry and Steve, and finding his own voice. Throughout Tom talks about the importance of making decisions based on what moves you and making the world a sustainable and enriched place for younger and future generations.

Listen to this Podcast (15.1 Mb, 15:33) — Program 6 — March 29, 2011

Listen to the Extended Interview (55.9 Mb, 59:26) — Program 6e — March 29, 2011

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Podcast Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:30 — Intro
00:31 – 01:09 — The importance of Working Together
01:10 – 01:42 — Tom’s Biography
01:43 – 05:59 — The Journey of Music, Self and World
06:00 – 13:18 — Commitment, Quality, Career/Life Choices, Finding Voice
13:19 – 14:23 — Filling Our Own Shoes a Little Fuller
14:24 – 15:33 – Sign-off

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Tom Chapin’s Biography

(From Tom Chapin Day — Rockland County, New York — March, 2010)

Tom Chapin, the beloved singer / songwriter / humanitarian from Rockland County, NY has dedicated his life to making music, and making the world a better place. He entertains tens of thousands of children and adults annually with his performances locally and across the United States. Teachers embrace the positive messages in his music, addressing issues including the environment, family, diversity, tolerance, and healthy food.

His music and humanitarian work has been showered with awards:

Grammy Awards (3) – Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Grammy Nominations (5) – Best Musical Album for Children
The Magic Penny Award – The Children’s Music Network tribute to people who have dedicated
their lives to empowering children through music.
The American Eagle Award – The National Music Council’s prestigious Award to honor a “great
contribution to music and music education in our nation.”
The FAME Award, presented by MENC (National Association for Music Education)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Children’s Music Web
Entertainer of the Year – American Academy of Children’s Entertainment
Notable Children’s Recordings – American Library Association
Parents’ Choice Awards
Gold Medal Awards – National Parenting Publications
Green Star Award from the Environmental Action Coalition

In addition to releasing 20 critically acclaimed recordings for families and adults, Chapin’s varied career has taken him to Broadway as lead in the musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” off-Broadway as musical director of both “Cotton Patch Gospel” and “Harry Chapin: Lies & Legends” and on television as host of “Make A Wish” on ABC, and as host of the documentary series “National Geographic Explorer.” He has contributed satiric topical songs to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, poking fun at social and scientific trends in the news; and appeared in a cameo role in Jonathan Demme’s 2004 remake of “The Manchurian Candidate.”

Tom works tirelessly on behalf of many charitable organizations. He is on the Board of Directors of WHYHunger, a hunger organization founded (as World Hunger Year) in 1975 by Tom’s late brother, singer / songwriter / humanitarian Harry Chapin. He is active in environmental causes; and is working to get music and the arts back in schools.

In the past year alone, Tom has appeared locally in support of the following causes: WHYHunger, National Health Care, Haitian Relief, Climate Control, Darfur, Valley Cottage Library, Clearwater, Long Island Philharmonic, Hospice, Grassroots Leadership, Landmark West, Radio Station WFUV-FM, Radio Station WFDU-FM; testified at the NY State Congressional Hearing regarding Funding for the Arts; and will be appearing at upcoming PlanetHugger events, and for the Child Care Council of Westchester. Today, at his birthday concert, he highlights the good work of People To People: feeding, clothing and providing for those in need in Rockland County.

In 2009, Tom presented keynote speeches to the Public Library Association and The Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State, and will address the New York State Technology Education Association and the North American Association for Environmental Education later this year.

He shares his beliefs with good will, positive energy, and an honest commitment and determination. He is passionate about working toward a better world for his children and grandchildren. Rockland County is proud to have him as a shining light in our community.

Dr. Julia Sloan: Learning to Think Strategically

Douglas Scherer — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:11:08 +0000

: Dr. Julia Sloan; Without the ability to set strategy there is no guide for the development or execution of a plan. Strategy is at the core of sustainability which evolves out of creativity and innovation. But is it possible to learn such a deeply creative process?; In this edition of Voices of the Cliff Douglas Scherer discusses that question with Dr. Julia Sloan – who answers it with a resounding, “yes” and shares how she helps individual leaders and groups achieve it.; Julia teaches strategic thinking in fortune 100 corporations worldwide as well to organizations like the United Nations, The World Bank, and UN Peacekeeping Operations. Her book, Learning to Think Strategically draws from her direct research and work with strategists in global corporations, and forms the foundation of her consulting practice. Her research finds that strategy is not only learnable, but evolves in unexpected ways. Join us for their discussion on this critical organizational capability.

Get this Podcast (15.8 Mb, 16:16) — Program 5 –April 11, 2011

Program Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:28 — Intro
00:29 – 00:59 — Strategic Thinking is Learnable
01:00 – 01:31 — Dr. Sloan’s Biography
01:31 – 03:08 — Critical Dialogue Work Sessions for Uncovering Assumptions
03:09 – 03:52 — Turning Critical Dialogue Work into New Strategy
03:53 – 06:15 — Balancing of Strategic Thinking, Planning, Implementation
06:16 – 07:24 — Pipeline Rather than Compartmentalized Strategy
07:25 – 08:40 — Importance of Pausing to Challenge Operating Assumptions
08:41 – 09:48 — Coming to Terms with New Strategic Ideas
09:49 – 10:53 — Informal and Formal Techniques in Strategic Learning Process
10:54 – 11:45 — Overcoming Group Think
11:46 – 13:45 — Polarities as an Essential Strategic Component
13:46 – 15:37 — Innovation, Imagination, and Playing with the Tension in Strategic Polarities
15:38 – 16:16 — Sign-off

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Sloan International

Dr. Julia Sloan’s Biography

Author of the definitive book Learning To Think Strategically (Elsevier, 2006), Dr. Julia Sloan is widely recognized for her pioneering work in the application of complex cognitive theory to everyday global strategic thinking practice.

Julia’s work draws upon more than two decades of her own expatriate corporate experience in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the United States working on strategy to align the business agenda with prevailing economic, cultural and social issues.

Julia has lectured at some of the premier academic institutions including: Columbia University, MIT and Harvard University (U.S.); Nanjing University (China); Tokyo University and Keio University (Japan); Singapore University and India Institute of Management (India).

A resident of New York City, Julia’s educational background includes a doctorate from Columbia University; master’s studies at Yale University and University of Alaska; and undergraduate studies from Kent State University.

Contact Dr. Sloan: http://www.sloaninternationalconsulting.com/contact.html

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman: Leadership, Service, and Intention

Douglas Scherer — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:00:40 +0000

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman

Douglas Scherer explores the connections between leadership, service, and intention with Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman in this second part of the interview. Sharon speaks about the importance of being centered at the individual, leader, and team levels — and how disorienting dilemmas can develop a sense of unity in the group consciousness. Finally our discussion explores the challenges in making the unity message stick at the public level and what practices we can use independently to serve in line with our own callings.

Listen to this Podcast (11.2 Mb, 11:32) — Program 4 — February 24, 2011

Program Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:23 — Intro
00:24 – 01:05 — The importance of Being Centered
01:06 – 01:24 — Dr. Lamm-Hartman’s Biography
01:25 – 06:23 — Leadership Learnings about Unity from Shared Tragedy
06:24 – 07:53 – Changing the Collective Consciousness, Changing the World
07:54 – 10:50 — Intention, Individual Development, Social Change Agents
10:51 – 11:32 – Sign-off

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Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartmann Biography

Recently featured in The New York Times, Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman is an award-winning global coach, writer and educator. She is the president and founder of Inside-Out Learning, Inc., specializing in leadership and personal development.

With over 20 years of global experience, Sharon has worked across the United States and Europe as well as Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand for clients such as American Express, GE’s Leadership Development Center, Exxon, E*TRADE, ARCO Chemical Company, Mobil Oil Corporation, Berlex Pharmaceuticals, Fannie Mae, Arizona Society of CPA’s, Volvo Corporation, and Holy Cross Hospital. She has designed and delivered over 1000 innovative programs at the company’s listed above as well as organizations such as NAWBO, Columbia University, Leadership in International Management Conference, Academy of Human Resource Development, Organizational Development Network Conference, National Transformative Learning Conference, and Center for Creative Leadership.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman has coached hundreds of CEO’s, executives, professionals, and entrepreneurs worldwide. Currently she is a preferred executive coach at Boeing working with many high level executives and also works with prominent and influential clients worldwide.

Dr. Sharon developed a leading edge innovative transformative Tele-workshop – “The Heart’s Way: Discover your passionate calling in 9 weeks” that is having amazingly powerful results. The tele-workshop is based on her book, The Heart’s Way: Discover your passionate calling in 9 weeks, that will be out in 2010.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman is also dedicated to community stewardship and has served with the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation and Arizona State University’s Dean’s Board of Excellence Mentoring Program. She was the Founding Director of a new womens leadership organization, Central Phoenix Women.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman holds a doctorate from Columbia University in Leadership and Organization Development, a Masters in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and two Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Business. Sharon also has trained as a Life Coach with world-renowned author and life coach teacher, Dr. Martha Beck. Sharon is a Certified Executive and Leadership Coach and a Certified Teacher of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman is an adjunct professor of Leadership at Columbia University where she has taught doctorate level courses at Teachers College. She has also taught Developing Leadership Talent at the Center for Creative Leadership.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman has been honored and received an award from the Academy of Human Resource Development and the prestigious Walter F. Ulmer Jr. Award from The Center for Creative Leadership for her work and research on personal transformation. She has been quoted for her coaching expertise in Oprah’s Magazine O and many other publications. for her work and research on personal transformation and leadership development.

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman: Inside / Out Learning for Groups

Douglas Scherer — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:00:07 +0000

Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman

In part one of this two-part edition of Voices of the Cliff — Douglas Scherer explores group oriented transformative learning with Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman. The work builds on providing the highest level of service to each other driven by authentic leadership. The outcome encourages teams to move from self-centered orientation to having each others’ backs. Sharon also speaks about ways of identifying groups that can benefit from this work, defining and measuring success in transformative teamwork, and integrating transformative team learning into the larger corporate climate.

Listen to this Podcast (16.9 Mb, 17:30) — Program 3 — February 24, 2011

Program Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:23 — Intro
00:24 – 00:51 — Being of Service in the Greatest Way
00:52 – 01:27 — Dr. Lamm-Hartman’s Biography
01:28 – 03:46 — Inside / Out Learning for Leaders
03:47 – 04:41 — Serving as Authentic Leaders and Teams
04:42 – 05:30 — Reintegration of Learning Into the Workplace
05:31 – 09:29 — Identification Candidate Group for Inside / Out Work
09:30 – 11:30 — Overcoming the Challenges of Group Reintegration
11:31 – 13:01 — Tools for Measuring Success in Inside / Out Teamwork
13:02 – 14:25 — Ways of Speaking about Spirituality in Group Work
14:26 – 15:40 — Finding Passion at the Group Level
15:41 – 16:48 — Group Passion, Mission Statements, and Goals
16:49 – 17:29 — Sign-off

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Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartmann Biography

Dr. Robert Scherer: Business Students and the Environment

Douglas Scherer — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:14:31 +0000

Dr. Robert Scherer

The journeys of business leaders are often shaped by their experiences in business school. This affects their behavior as leaders and their respect for the world around them. Their attitudes towards the earth’s environment can also be shaped during their time at business school (Cordano, Ellis & Scherer, 2003).

In this edition of Voices of the Cliff Douglas Scherer explores the role of culture, norms and beliefs in shaping the attitudes towards the environment with guest Dr. Robert Scherer. Bob co-authored a recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Education (Cordano, Parada, Pradenas, Scherer & Welcomer, 2010) which looked at the attitudes business students have toward the environment in two different cultures. The study found that business students in Chile have a stronger pro-environmental stance than business students in the United States, and that those attitudes are shaped in part by their culture and course work.

Bob discusses the study, along with his three key components of leadership, and joins the study’s findings with economic and corporate sustainability.

Get this Podcast (12.9 Mb, 13:12) — Program 2 — November 15, 2010

Program Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:16 — Intro
00:17 – 00:53 — The most important way to be effective
00:54 – 01:19 — Bob’s Biography
01:20 – 02:36 — Business leader development in Chile and the United States
02:37 – 03:47 — Pro-environmental attitude in Chile
03:48 – 05:27 — Altruism and sustainability, Chilean and United States mining rescues
05:28 – 07:36 — Importance of individual initiative and responsibility
07:37 – 08:38 — Developing leaders with initiative and responsibility
08:39 – 10:45 — Three most important ingredients for leadership
10:46 – 12:36 — Infusing the three ingredients into business and organizational training programs
12:37 – 13:12 – Sign-off

Links and Articles Associated with this Episode

Cordano, M., Ellis, K. M., & Scherer, R. F. (2003, April). Natural capitalists: Increasing business students’ environmental sensitivity. Journal of Management Education, 27(2), 144-157.

Cordano, M., Welcomer, S., Scherer, R. F., Pradenas, L., & Parada, V. (2010, June). Understanding cultural differences in the antecedents of pro-environmental behavior: A comparative analysis of business students in the United States and Chile. The Journal of Environmental Education, 41(4), 224 – 238.

Petrick, J. A., & Scherer, R. F. (2000). Global leadership, capacity for judgment integrity, and acculturized organizational knowledge. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13(2), 97-116.

Petrick, J. A., Scherer, R. F., Brodzinski James D., Quinn, J. F., & Ainina, M. F. (1999, February). Reputational capital and leadership competency: Key intangible assets for sustaining global competitive advantage in the 21st century. Academy of Management Executive, 13(1), 58-69.

Dr. Scherer’s Biography

Bob Scherer, serves as dean and professor of management in the Nance College of Business Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi, a M.A in Management from the University of Redlands, and a B.A. in Communication and Theater from Miami University. Bob is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Bob has published more than 150 scholarly and professional works including journal articles, conference papers, edited editions, book chapters and reviews in the areas of business education, performance, occupational stress, safety, entrepreneurship, international management, organizational communication, and gender issues in the workplace. Bob currently serves as an Executive Editor for the Journal of Social Psychology and is on the editorial board of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. He co-edited the book A Field Guide to Internationalizing Business Education published by the Center for International Business Education and Research at the University of Texas at Austin (second edition by Lakeshore Publishers).

Over the last eight years, Bob received over $6 million in federal, state, and local grant and contract funds for international and small business academic and business outreach programs.

Bob served as a Rotary International Teaching Fellow and as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Chile at the University of Concepción from 1998 – 1999. He taught extensively and continues to teach courses and workshops in Chile and Spain on leadership, teamwork, and organizational development.

Bob has consulted with over 50 private, public, and nonprofit organizations on a variety of organizational and performance issues. He serves or has served on the boards of more than fifteen public, non-profit, or professional organizations. For nine years prior to entering a university career, Bob held managerial positions in the insurance and magazine publishing industries.

Since his appointment in August 2002, Bob has been strategically focused on positioning the College as a vital economic force in the community. Toward that end, he has worked with the college faculty, staff, and students on building academic programs to meet the future market needs of the regional business community as well as making the Nance College of Business Administration a vital resource for our region’s current business leaders.

With a collaborative spirit and a background in human resource management, he acknowledges that people are at the heart of any organizational success. During his first year as Dean, a number of programs were introduced to encourage increasingly more innovative approaches in teaching, research, and service as well as internal operations.

Bob is a strong proponent of collaborative partnerships. Aside from having formed partnerships with seven international universities, the college has collaborated with a number of organizations to provide research, business education, and outreach programs to individuals and organizations in Northeast Ohio. An advocate for regionalism, Bob also participates on boards and in economic development initiatives that help connect the academic and business communities to one another.

Some Photographs from Bob’s Trips to Chile

Torres del Paine by Robert Scherer

Chile Beach 1 by Robert Scherer

Chile Beach 2 by Robert Scherer

Chile Beach 3 by Robert Scherer

Chile Beach 6 by Robert Scherer

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Carmela Bennett: Somatic Learning

Douglas Scherer — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:59:20 +0000

Carmela Bennett

In this edition of Voices of the Cliff – Douglas Scherer explores the connections between somatic learning and leadership development with guest Carmela Bennett. Somatic learning or body work has emerged as a powerful way to develop authentic leaders who are more aware of their values, emotions, and beliefs. Carmela helps us better understand how leaders can become more centered and effective through body awareness. She also discusses how authentic leaders enhance their relationships with others, become more caring leaders, and gain a closer alignment with what has meaning for them.

Get this Podcast (8.0 Mb, 11:34) — Program 1 — October 6, 2010

Program Outline with Time Codes

00:00 – 00:14 — Intro
00:15 – 00:24 — Quick Somatic Learning Overview: Douglas
00:25 – 01:01 — Quick and More Detailed Overview: Carmela
01:02 – 01:16 — Carmela’s Biography
01:18 – 03:21 — Authentic Leadership and Body Awareness
03:22 – 04:24 — Authentic Leadership, Centering, and Aikido
04:25 – 10:01 — Authentic Leadership Relationships and Spirituality
10:04 – 10:59 — Summary: Carmela
11:00 – 11:30 — Sign-off

Links Associated with this Episode

Richard Strozzi Heckler
- The Strozzi Institute
- The Leadership Dojo

Carmela Bennett’s Biography

Carmela is a trained mental health professional and adult educator with an extensive background in dance, movement studies, and aikido, a martial art grounded in embodied philosophies and practices. Her experiences with these practices have stimulated her desire to understand deeply how somatic learning and practices can be incorporated into broader learning contexts.

Her fascination with the world of movement began at a young age while taking childhood ballet classes. This led to an intensive study of dance in college and for several years after obtaining her undergraduate degree when she danced professionally as a musical theater artist. Her interest in the connections between the lived experience of movement and psychology stimulated her to obtain further training at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies and to complete her Master’s thesis on the relevance and potential impact of dance therapy on adult development. Following graduate school, she began integrating movement work into her therapy work with children and adults, in addition to facilitating training workshops in creative arts therapies for mental health professionals. More recently, the martial art of aikido is an embodied practice that has been a significant influence on her interest in and practice of holistic and somatic learning.

Carmela continues to focus on developing ways to incorporate whole person learning, including somatic learning practices into teaching and curriculum development in various contexts. She is currently completing a dissertation at Columbia University entitled The Role of the Body in Leading and Learning, which explores the impact of a somatically based leadership development program on leaders and leadership, and is completing certification as a somatic coach and Gestalt therapist, all of which will enable her to further incorporate the body into her work as a mental health professional, coach, and educator.

Carmela is dedicated to bringing an understanding of the ways the body is an essential component of learning and change and can be contacted at the following e-mail address further information or discussion: carmelaceleste3@gmail.com.