Consultant's Journey: A Professional and Personal Odyssey (McGraw-Hill Developing Organizations Series)

In an illustrious career, spanning nearly 40 years in Europe and the United States, the work of Roger Harrison, organization development practitioner, educator, and theorist, has touched each phase of the birth and evolution of OD. In this enlightening story, the unique chronicle of a master consultant, the personal and professional are intertwined, showing us how a willingness deeply to examine one's triumphs and disasters can nourish the growth of wisdom and humanity in work and life.What makes Consultant's Journey such a compelling read is Harrison's sharing of his hard won principles and practices of consultancy, management education, and organization change, placing them in the context of a life dedicated to the unremitting search for personal integrity, professional growth and spiritual awakening. In the unfolding of the story, life is breathed into the 'how-to's' of practice, as the author takes us through the dilemmas, successes and failures of his real world experiences and his visions for the future of organizations.