User:Ronkoller

Ron Koller is a researcher, teacher and consultant specializing in Change Management and Leadership Development. He is the co-author of Whole-Scale Change: Unleashing the Magic in Organizations (Berrett-Koehler, 2000), and "The Road To Commitment," Organizational Development Journal, 23(3), 73-81. His business website is http://www.FenwickKoller.com. He can be reached at Ron@FenwickKoller.com. He is conducting Change management research in 2013.

Father of Organizational Development Kurt Lewin is known a one of the founders of social psychology and was instrumental in the early forming of Organizational Development. Lewin mentored a graduate student named Ronald Lippitt. Together, they wrote the first article on leadership styles.

From Lewin to Lippitt After Kurt Lewin's death in 1947, his colleagues moved from MIT to the University of Michigan to work at the Institute for Social Research. Dorwin Cartwright was the first director, and worked alongside OD legends Leon Festinger, John R. P. French, Jr., Ronald Lippit, Alvin Zander, and Rensis Likert.

From Lippitt to Dannemiller Ron Lippitt created a community of change management consultants in the 1980s called the Lippitt Cluster. Kathie Dannemiller quickly became one of Lippitt's rising students. With Lippitt, she taught the Planned Change Internship, where they taught hundreds of consultants how to practice their art. PCI alumni include Robert Jacobs (author of Real Time Strategic Change) and Jackie Binkert (author of Appreciative Inquiry Coaching), to name a few. Kathie is responsible for the modern day version of Gleicher's Formula for Change.

From Dannemiller to Koller Ron Koller was a PCI graduate in 1997. He co-authored Whole-Scale Change with Kathie. Ron is a doctoral learner studying Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

Note from Ron: I am committed to the accuracy of OD and Change Management content on Wikipedia. Far too many inaccuracies exist and I am here to share what the scientific research and history says rather than opinions and hearsay from websites.

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