What's New at Adizes

On Saturday, January 7, 2012, Dr. Adizes took his unique methodology to the air waves.  His show, that promises listeners to help “manage anything,” premiered on Internet radio. The program is structured as a series of lectures. His approach is characteristically simple and straight forward.

In his first show, Dr. Adizes addressed the question, “What is a problem?” The program attracted listeners from all over the world. A recording of his first show is available on his Voiceamerica webpage http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2031/adizes-methodology-for-collaborative-management-for-exceptional-results .

The lecture series is thirteen weeks long and will air every Saturday at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time at www.voiceamericabusiness.com.

Dr. Adizes wishes to express his appreciation to his friends who supported him in this endeavor, and took it upon themselves to help promote the program. In particular, he would like to thank Milenko Gudić, Director of CEEMAN’s IMTA-International Management Teachers Academy, who sent his personal recommendation to the IMTA alumni network, composed of 415 management educators from 126 institutions in 34 countries.

Please contact Yolanda Salgado-Tovar at yolanda@adizes.com for information, questions or comments about the program.

Adizes Southeast Europe held the annual winter club get-together in conjunction with the international conference, “The Challenges of Doing Business in New Regional Markets”. The event was held at the International Hotel in Zagreb, Serbia the week of December 9, 2011. Their objective was to bring together leaders from various countries to discuss and exchange opinions about the challenges of expanding business in the region and to develop ideas on how to cooperate in such projects.

The conference attracted more than 70 people from many countries including Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Though many of those who were present are highly successful CEOs, there were also students and business people early in their careers.

Dr. Ichak Kalderon Adizes provided the perfect segue to the conference by welcoming the participants and sharing his insights on importance of collaboration via Skype. Attendees were delighted by Dr. Adizes’ participation!

There were several guest speakers. The editor in chief of Croatian management magazine Lider, Miodrag Sajatovic, gave his analysis on regional cooperation. The Bosnian regional minister for economy, Dijana Bilanović gave the perspective on collaboration from a governmental stance. They had lectures on the new trends in internet business, European funds, and marketing, as well. Adizes Associate, Boris Vukic, also gave a talk on corporate lifecycles and growing companies.

The presentations promoted much discussion using the World Cafe technique. In the process whereby individuals migrated through multiple groups, participants had the opportunity to learn from one another other and discuss the possibilities and strategies for cooperation. The discussion reinforced how valuable Adizes has proven to so many companies.

Information was also presented in a roundtable format where the managing director from Adizes Southeast Europe, Zvezdan Horvat, and company leaders from Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Macedonia shared about their experiences as leaders, their guiding principles, and their future goals. The common denominator was the importance of a strong organizational culture based on mutual trust and respect. Participants noted that this was one of their favorite presentations.

Those in attendance also had an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the season and the city. They visited the Museum of Broken Relationships and dined at the popular Gradska Kavana restaurant. The event was a celebration of the year gone-by but it also served as preparation for the incoming year 2012.

REMC (Regional Training Centre for Energy) became the Adizes Institute’s marketing partner in the energy sector in Lithuania.

Vice–President of Adizes Western Europe and Baltics, Virginijus Kundrotas, and managing director of REMC, Gintaras Vilda, signed a cooperation agreement on December 1, 2011 in Vilnius. REMC committed to promote and sell the Adizes Methodology not only in the Energy sector of Lithuania, but also in other Baltic countries. The financial targets have been agreed upon for 2012.

Boris Vukic, Adizes Associate and partner in Adizes Southeast Europe, guest lectured in the Master’s Program at the University of Sarajevo, December 2 and 3, 2011. This special event was a collaboration between the Faculty of Economy, Sarajevo University, and the Adizes Academy of Management. Professor Dzevad Sehic, who leads the class, invited Boris to share his experience on different topics connected with Roles and Styles of Management based on the Adizes approach. As Boris told us, the students were well prepared for this event and had all carefully read Dr Adizes’ books The Ideal Executive and Management/Mismanagement Styles. They were especially interested in application of the PAEI model and communication with people of different styles. Specifically, they wanted to know how to identify individuals’ styles and how to adapt communication once the style is known. Boris also presented how he and his colleagues use the PAEI model in designing organizational structures. The students were completely satisfied with the visit and are looking forward to a similar opportunity in 2012 when they will learn about “Corporate Lifecycles”.

Similarly, Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas, Dean of the Adizes Graduate School, gave a presentation to graduate students at the University in Kaunas, Lithuania on December 2, 2011. He taught them about corporate responsibility issues in terms of the Adizes Methodology.

In addition, Dr. Kundrotas has begun to supervise the first master thesis based on the Adizes Methodology at ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania. The topic of exploration is “Wealth of the Organization and Mutual Trust and Respect.

On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, the Adizes Club Lithuania held its first professional development meeting. The Club met at the fast developing beer company, Volf – Engelman. The CEO from the venue was one of the first members of the Club. The group was composed primarily of company leaders; all who have gone through the introduction to Adizes training, “Breakthrough to Prime,” and are interested in learning further about the Adizes Methodology. They were all very enthusiastic, ready to use Adizes, and to share their outcomes.

For more information about the group, please contact the group’s advisor and Vice President of Adizes Western Europe and the Baltic States, Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas at virginijus@bmda.net.

In December, National Serbian television interviewed, Adizes Associate and highly respected professional speaker, Boris Vukic. The focus of the interview was the application of Adizes Methodology in small and medium-sized enterprises. The show was part of the network’s business programming.

Boris was also a keynote speaker at the International Conference of Entrepreneurship Development in Northern Serbia. Audience members were very impressed by his presentation and subsequently sought him out.

During the week of December 25, Boris held two seminars on “Mastering Change” for owners and founders of small to medium-sized companies. These seminars were sponsored by the US Agency for International Development and their goals were to help struggling entrepreneurs undertake new steps in the professionalization of their companies. Boris noted that he really enjoyed working with them and continued to do so even after the official part of the program had ended. He intends to continue his collaboration with the US Agency for International Development.

Company Leaders Trained in Santa Barbara

A group of nine leaders from various industries arrived in Santa Barbara on December 8, 2012 for an in-depth 7 day training on how to apply the Adizes Methodology when integrating problem solving teams. The training “Leading Highly Effective Teams” provided the participants with the knowledge and skills needed to guide groups through meetings, discussions and decision-making processes.

Though this course is open to the public, it may be taken for graduate credit through the Adizes Graduate School. For more information please contact Yolanda Salgado-Tovar at yolanda@adizes.com.