What we are reading...

Leadership and Self-Deception, Arbinger Institute (2002).
An exploration into the dynamics of distress, with excellent articulation of how our human need for justification can often undermine and override our effectiveness. We have used it as a book study prior to PCM, as it lays a solid foundation for conceptualizing the various dysfunctional themes that underlie the distress sequences of all six personality types.

Leading with Authenticity in Times of Transition, Center for Creative Leadership (2005).
Rather than the typical "10 characteristics of successful leaders" approach that is everywhere these days, this book suggests that authenticity and balance among competencies are the critical components of effective leadership during times of transition. The authors distinguish between change, which involves structural re-organization that is typical of most management cultures, and transition, the often neglected human/emotional process that underlies lasting and successful change efforts. Easy-to read graphics and tips guide the reader through the characteristics and consequences of "overdoing" and "underdoing" various essential leadership functions. For those seeking to use the CAP in coaching and leadership development applications, this book is a must-read.

Related to PCM®

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Impact of PCM in a student's life - Case Study Click Here

Impact of PCM on Self-Efficacy - outcomes research from Process Solutions, presented at the 2007 PCM International Congress, Hot Springs, Arkansas

Related to Education

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Bradley, D. (2007). Closing the Gap. Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators, Volume 6, Number 2, SPRING/SUMMER PP. 20-31 click here

Self-Efficacy in Education: Visit www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efftalk.html

Dropout Prevention and PCM, National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Vol. 15 No. 1 Winter 2003 click here

PCM Case Study, Apache Junction click here

Related to Outcomes Certification Training and Assessment Tools

Case Studies of Outcomes-Driven Facilitation, click here

Beckman, H., Regier, N., & Young, J. (2007), Effect of Workplace Laughter Groups on Personal Efficacy Beliefs, The Journal of Primary Prevention, 28, 167-182. For the authors submitted version, click here

The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/home/main.mpx

Self-efficacy

The following web-site, Information on Self-Efficacy: A Community of Scholars, provides one of the most up to date sources of information about theory and research devoted to self-efficacy:

http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/self-efficacy.html

Self-Efficacy in Education: Visit www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efftalk.html

Cultivate Self-Efficacy for Personal and Organizational Effectiveness, abstract by Albert Bandura: click here

Bandura, A. (1994). Self-efficacy. In V. S. Ramachaudran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human behavior (Vol. 4, pp. 71-81). New York: Academic Press. (Reprinted in H. Friedman [Ed.], Encyclopedia of mental health. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998).

Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84, 191-215.

Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Bandura, A. (1989). Human agency in social cognitive theory. American Psychologist, 44, 1175-1184.

Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.

Bandura, A. (2000). Cultivate self-efficacy for personal and organizational effectiveness. In E. A. Locke (Ed.), Handbook of principles of organization behavior. (pp.12-136). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 1-26.

Bandura, A. (2002). Growing primacy of human agency in adaptation and change in the electronic era. European Psychologist. Vol. 7(1), pp.2-16.

Paskevich, D.; Brawley, L.; Dorsch, K. & Widmeyer, W. (1999). Relationship between collective efficacy and team cohesion: conceptual and measurement issues. Group dynamics: Theory, research and practice. Vol. 3(3), 210-222.

Swann, W.B., Chang-Schneider, C., McClarty, K.L. (2007). Do people's self-views matter? Self-concept and self-esteem in everyday life. American Psychologist, 62(2), 84-94.

Emotional Intelligence

Overview of Emotional Intelligence

Atkinson, Brent J. (2005). Emotional intelligence in couples therapy: Advances from neurobiology and the science of intimate relationships. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Bar-On, R. & Parker, J.D.A. (2000). The handbook of emotional intelligence: Theory, assessment, and applications at home, school, and in the workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Goleman, D. (2006). Social intelligence: The new science of human relationships. New York: Bantam Dell.

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than I.Q. New York: Bantam Books.

Goleman, D. (1998). Working with emotional intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.

Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee A. (2002). Primal leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School Press.

Gottman, J.(1997). Raising an emotionally intelligent child. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Goleman, D. (2006). Neural WiFi: Emotions are more contagious than you think. Psychotherapy Networker, Nov/Dec, 61-66.

Positive Psychology/ Hope

Irving, L.M.; Snyder, C. R.; Gravel, L.; Hanke, J.; Hilberg, P. & Nelson, N. (2004). The relationships between hope and outcomes at the pretreatment, beginning, and later phases of psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Vol 14(4). 419-443

Keyes, C.L.M., & Haidt, J. (2003). Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Seligman, M.E.P., Rashid, T., & Parks, A.C. (2006). Positive psychotherapy. American Psychologist. 61, 774-788.

Seligman, M. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.

Seligman, M.; Steen, T.; Park, N.; & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, Vol. 60:5, 410-421.

Snyder, C.R. (1999). Coping: The psychology of what works. New York: Oxford University Press.

Snyder, C.R., & Lopez, S.J. (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Outcomes Assessment

APA Task force on Evidence-Based Practice (2006). Evidence-based practice in psychology. American Psychologist, May-June 2006. 271-285

Lambert, M. & Hawkins, E. (2004). Measuring outcome in professional practice: Considerations in selecting and using brief outcome instruments. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice. Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 492-499.

Miller, S.D., Duncan, B.L. & Hubble, M.A. (2004). Beyond integration: The triumph of outcome over process in clinical practice. Psychotherapy in Australia, 10(2), 2-19. click here

Other

Covey, S.R. (1989) The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. New York: Simon & Shuster Inc.

Covey, S.R. (2004). The 8th habit: From effectiveness to greatness. New York: Free Press.

Cozolino, L. (2006). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Duncan, B.L., Hubble, M.A., & Miller, S.D. (1997). Psychotherapy with "impossible cases": The efficient treatment of therapy veterans. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Grawe, Klaus (2007). Neuropsychotherapy: How the neurosciences inform effective psychotherapy. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

Hubble, M.; Duncan, B.; & Miller, S (1999). The heart and soul of change: what works in therapy. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Jensen, E. (2006). Enriching the brain: How to maximize every learner's potential. San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

McAdams, D. & Pals, J. (2006). A new big five: Fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality. American Psychologist. Vol. 61(3). 204-217.

Sergerstrom, S. (2006). Breaking Murphy's law: How optimists get what they want from life-and pessimists can too. New York: The Guilford Press.

Wilbur, K. (2000). Integral psychology: Consciousness, spirit, psychology, therapy. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications Inc.

Wilbur, K. (2006). Integral Spirituality: A startling new role for religion in the modern and postmodern world. Integral Books, Boston.