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William BergquistWilliam Bergquist, Ph.D. An international coach and consultant in the fields of psychology, management and public administration, author of more than 50 books, and president of a psychology institute. Dr. Bergquist consults on and writes about personal, group, organizational and societal transitions and transformations. His published work ranges from the personal transitions of men and women in their 50s and the struggles of men and women in recovering from strokes to the experiences of freedom among the men and women of Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In recent years, Bergquist has focused on the processes of organizational coaching. He is coauthor with Agnes Mura of coachbook, co-founder of the International Journal of Coaching in Organizations and co-founder of the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations.
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Organizational Consultation XXX: Leadership and the Appreciative Perspective
1 week ago William Bergquist 0
We have now completed our journey around the Appreciative Triangle. We have ventured into the domains of information, intentions and …
The New Johari Window #34 Alternative Johari Models II: Stabilized Interaction Model
2 weeks ago William Bergquist 0
When I introduce the stabilized interaction model into our analysis of Quad Four dynamics, several interesting results occur. They all …
Studio Ten: A Dangerous Method
3 weeks ago William Bergquist 0
This tenth studio built on a viewing of A Dangerous Method. This movie depicts the complex and boundary-shattering relationships between Carl Jung, fSigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein i(initially a patient of Jung and later a physician and psychoanalysts).
The New Johari Window #33: Alternative Johari Models I. The Disjointed Model
3 weeks ago William Bergquist 0
The disjointed model highlights the dynamic interaction between Quad Four and it’s opposite quadrant, Quad One. While the original Johari Window requires that Quad Four material move through Quad Two or Quad Three before moving on to Quad One, the disjointed model allows for an immediate movement of Quad Four material into Quad One.
The Nature and Function of Dreams I. An Overview
3 weeks ago William Bergquist 0
hile many of Freud’s specific interpretations regarding which functions are being served, his portrayal of dreams as highly generative products of the human mind and heart seems to hold up with further study of dreams. We must marvel at the capacity of the dream to bring together and creatively integrate vast amounts of available information
Transforming and Managing Anxiety: I. The Nature of Containment
1 month ago William Bergquist 0
In this essay I look specifically at the derailment into authoritarianism and at the multiple ways in which this derailment can be avoided—in favor of the construction and engagement of a wide variety of containers that enable the transformation to take place. It is in the identification of viable containers that we begin to find the pathway toward true freedom.
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