Transformational Leadership
Transformational leaders bring vision, integrity, authenticity, expertise, compassion, and commitment to a higher purpose that moves others to new ways of thinking and action extending beyond traditional boundaries.
Lawrence C. Minks & Associates
Transform the way you lead.
Leadership development, teaching, and consulting from Dr. Lawrence C. Minks — President Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor of Leadership.
Lifelong Journey of Development
Transformational leadership must be practiced as a teaching and learning discipline, to become a lifelong learner on a never-ending journey or developmental path, growing and expanding both personally and professionally.
Learning, Identity and Action
Transformational change requires thinking and commitment beyond the confines of an individual's own area of responsibility and demonstrates ways to lead toward higher levels of organizational learning, identity and action.
The Practice
What we do — remote & hybrid
Every program and service is designed for remote or hybrid delivery, wherever your leaders are.
Virtual Consultation in Transformational Leadership
Private virtual consulting with leaders in using the comprehensive case study method to develop organization-specific practical applications based on customized interactive learning techniques.
Technical Project Assistance
Customized individual consultation on a virtual basis involving organizational and transformational change projects. This includes assistance in startup and diagnosis, conduct of projects and providing evaluation of progress and outcomes.
Custom Case Study Development
Executive assistance in developing tailored case studies based on personal and professional learning needs and how to best present the materials in preparing the next generation of organizational leaders.
Publications
THE REALITIES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; BEYOND THEORY: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BUDGETING; CREATING A NEW UNIVERSITY: TRANSITIONING THE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTION; BACK TO BASICS: A GUIDE TO PRACTICAL ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT, REINVENTING RURAL AMERICA, THE LOST ART OF DISCUSSION: A GUIDE TO IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; THE WINNING FORMULA: A PRACTICAL APPLICATION INTEGRATING PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; USING THE CASE METHOD IN LEADING CHANGE; LINKING STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TEAM BUILDING; AND SHAPING FUTURES: A PROFESSIONAL'S REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP. Material based on culmination of over forty-five years experience in both corporate management and academic administration.
Networking Assistance
Help in identifying sources of information in order to design and administer surveys and instrumentation with the goal of using action-planning steps for the improvement of transformational leadership and organizational effectiveness.
Individual Transformational Leadership Mentoring and Coaching
Personal and virtual conferences in further meeting individual executive needs in practical transformational leadership development and facilitating the use of structured group process development with participative decision-making.
Selected Presentations
Insights & applications
- Leading Effectively Articles - Center for Creative Leadership
- Resources in Education, Health Care, and Family Engagement - The Right Question Institute
- Parts 1-6: The Power of the Past, You are Here, Shape Your Future, Strength and Weaknesses, What are Your Rocks?, Journeying Within
- The 8-Step Process for Leading Change - John Kotter - Kotter International
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Programs, speaking engagements, and consulting are arranged directly with Dr. Minks.
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