Compassion in action: a way of seven steps to responsible accompaniment.
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Compassion in action: a way of seven steps to responsible accompaniment.

A method of 7 steps that can serve any leader (regardless of his creed and beliefs) who wants to boost the development of his collaborators, as well as in any person of good will who cares about those around and wants to put his shoulder to the wheel and help.

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Crossing the threshold: How to make resolutions become reality.
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Crossing the threshold: How to make resolutions become reality.

Maybe it has happened to you that your resolutions pass from one year to another without achieving almost nothing, generating great dissatisfaction and frustration. If so, I invite you to keep reading because we will see four laws that will allow you to intervene your brain and build new and better habits.

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Raiders of lost synergy
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Raiders of lost synergy

Raiders of lost synergy

Some reflections on teamwork.

Almost all of us have seen it and a few of us have felt it: when teamwork is present there is something in the atmosphere, intangible but very pleasant, like the smell of freshly baked bread or wet earth. This condition contradicts or surpasses basic mathematics because, for a moment, you can see that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole when something is achieved that could not have been achieved by isolated individual efforts, synergy is being created

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Metachange and the way out of the crisis.
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Metachange and the way out of the crisis.

Considering the symptoms of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to share with you a reflection on the phases that occur at the psychological level in crises, the possible exhaustion of the defense resources of the individual or the organization and the way out that opens up when the paradigm is broken and a meta-change is generated.

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Chaos, creativity and roles; some reflections after the 2021 Latin American Group Relations Conference (GRC)
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Chaos, creativity and roles; some reflections after the 2021 Latin American Group Relations Conference (GRC)

Chaos, creativity and roles; some reflections after the 2021 Latin American Group Relations Conference (GRC). Last March I had the opportunity to participate in the Latin American Group Relations Conference (GRC) organized by the Tavistok Institute of Human Relations with the central theme of redefining leadership here and now. So far, everything sounds very normal and my dear readers may ask themselves: "why is it so important to write about a conference?" Well, if you have not had the opportunity to be in a GRC I can understand the doubt. For me it is indispensable to write it down and share it in order to make sense of everything that happened and what I was able to apprehend and learn.

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The awakening of the living dead
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

The awakening of the living dead

There is another epidemic widespread in organizations that is not deadly but very harmful and costly: the living dead. There are employees who quit and leave, and the process is expensive, but there are others who quit... and stay, and this is even more costly as they become one in 5 in psychological resgnation!

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Case: Untangling employee’s turnover.
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Case: Untangling employee’s turnover.

Employee turnover costs companies more than it appears.

Directly, more than 33% of the annual cost of departing employees and indirectly in:Replacement cost, internal and external credibility, rework and attrition.

By applying action research, turnover rates and associated costs can be significantly reduced.

I invite you to read it.

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Organizational culture in the new reality
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Organizational culture in the new reality

The pandemic has changed our game, destroyed many business plans, locked-down employees, and has everyone around under great stress, it is fair to ask: what will become of our company?

I want to share with you a very recent case that I had the opportunity to facilitate with a client in these complex times and that exemplifies how Organizational Development can be applied in spite of the pandemic, the confinement and whatever comes next, in this new organizational reality.

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Biography
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

Biography

I am a sailor of complexity, a pilgrim passing through the world, a scout by heart who aspires to leave things a little better than how he found them.

I want to share with you how I have been formed, my experience and learnings. If you continue reading, you will find a brief sketch of my professional career so far.

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What does it mean to be a psychologist?
Francisco Monterrubio Santa María Francisco Monterrubio Santa María

What does it mean to be a psychologist?

Thinking about consciousness and its consequences and looking for a calisthenics exercise for my mind in this transition season where little occupation abounds and where my studies have not yet begun, I have questioned myself about my profession. This year I will count 25 years since I graduated as a Psychologist and would like to share, as far as I can, what it means for me today to walk this path and study mental processes.

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