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Kevin Weitz

Dr Kevin Weitz Psy.D. is a business consultant and leadership coach specializing in culture change and organizational transformations. Kevin’s coaching focus is helping leaders navigate change specifically where new leadership behaviors are needed to be successful. He has consulted with companies such as Chevron Corp, Intel Corp, Levi Strauss, Pacific Gas & Electric and British Colombia Hydro amongst others. Kevin is the author of an eBook entitled “The House of Culture” available in Amazon.

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Why Do People Behave the Way They Do?

By Kevin Weitz
January 31, 2022
in :  Feedback
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During a leadership coaching or consulting relationship, coaches and consultants will often ponder why their clients behave the way they do, and more importantly, coaches or consultant may struggle with how to shape these behaviors to help clients be more successful. It may appear an obvious and easily answered question, but how many of us deeply understand the factors that …

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A Crisis of Expertise II: Blind Spots and the Role of Coaching

By Kevin Weitz
January 11, 2022
in :  Decison Making & Problem Solving
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Recently, the conservative essayist, Jeff Jacoby, wrote a brief piece entitled “Nobody knows anything.” (Jacobi, 2022). He was commenting on the often-failed prophecies made at the start of 2021 about the upcoming year. Many mistakes were made by the prophets, pundits and experts of 2021 – perhaps more than is usually the case when seeking to predict and plan for …

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The Future of Coaching – helping leaders overcome ignorance, hubris, blind-spots and become more self-aware

By Kevin Weitz
January 11, 2022
in :  Decison Making & Problem Solving
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249

In my previous essay on “the crisis of expertise”, I not only commented on leadership hubris and over-confidence, but also that many people (especially lay-people in the context of a specific complex topic) are often blatantly ignorant and largely unaware of their ignorance. A phenomenon in our modern digital world, is that information – and misinformation – is rapidly accessible …

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A Crisis of Expertise I: Setting the Stage

By Kevin Weitz
October 21, 2021
in :  Decison Making & Problem Solving
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It is evident that the roles of leaders, particularly in a fast-changing world, and the roles of leaders, advisors, experts and that of lay-people is unclear leading to distrust, rejection and animosity. There is also the broader challenge that is now found in many societies. This is the widespread disbelief in expertise regarding COVID-19 over the past two years.

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A crisis in the rejection of expert knowledge, and the acceptance of “Google-fueled, Wikipedia based, Blog-sodden” information

By Kevin Weitz
October 12, 2021
in :  Decison Making & Problem Solving
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The title “Google-fueled, Wikipedia based, Blog-sodden” is taken from Tom Nichols book entitled “The Death of Expertise”. While this description may be a little over the top, we are living through a period in our history where people are dying (as a result of the Covid pandemic), many of whom could be saved if they followed the advice of medical …

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Interview with Curt Mandell: Coaching, Consulting and the Challenge of Expertise

By Kevin Weitz
October 7, 2021
in :  Executive Coaching
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The following interview conducted by Dr. Kevin Weitz and Dr. William Bergquist with Curt Mandell (a noted organizational coach and consultant) concerns the challenges to be found in the 21st Century workplace regarding the role to be played by experts and the manner in which their expertise is received.   Here are several of the major themes introduced in this …

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The Organizational “House of Culture”

By Kevin Weitz
February 4, 2014
in :  Organizational Theory
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Organizational cultures must be adaptable – the house of culture must be designed to quickly and effectively respond to competitive pressures and opportunities. Shifting organizational culture is possibly the most challenging kind of change any organization can undertake.

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Personality Disorder and the Workplace

By Kevin Weitz
October 21, 2013
in :  Managing Stress & Challenges
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Personality disorders are long standing disturbances in personality.The authors describe how these behaviorally affected individuals manifest in the workplace with repetitive patterns of dysfunctional behaviors that are disturbing and often destructive.

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Positivity (Happiness) in the Workplace and Organizational Change

By Kevin Weitz
January 17, 2012
in :  Appreciative, Employee Engagement & Motivation, Executive Presence
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My experience with positive work environments suggests that these were always was due to a specific manager or leader, who despite the milieu, created energy, positivity and happiness in his or her scope of influence.

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