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loads of success!<BR>
Am with 40 os-practitioners at the annual os-learning exchange in Germany, highly spirited learning and networking going on.<BR>
Love and hugs<BR>
michael<BR>
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:30:27 -0600, Barry Owen wrote:<BR>
<BR>
>Greetings . . . Got some things cooking in Nashville and thought I<BR>
>would send a brief synopsis to the listserve. I have tried in the past<BR>
>to get Open Space going in Nashville to no avail . . . Kinda fell into<BR>
>the category of "selling" OST (and I don't think this is a thing to<BR>
>sell - so I backed off and decided that whenever it starts is the<BR>
>right time :-)<BR>
><BR>
>Well, I got a call from a local consultant who was very pleased to<BR>
>know that there is someone in Nashville who knows OST and wanted to<BR>
>meet with me - The result of the meeting is going to be an afternoon<BR>
>of "introduction to Open Space" in which I will do a traditional<BR>
>opening followed by a couple of hours of question/answer etc . . . The<BR>
>invitees will be local consultants and local business leaders.<BR>
><BR>
>Within a week of that call, I was sitting in a planning meeting for my<BR>
>real estate firm - The meeting was going South very quickly and I<BR>
>suddenly realized that this organization was in crisis and was in<BR>
>sheer panic . . . so when it ended, I captured the leadership and<BR>
>suggested 2 days of Open Space. They dove at the idea and within a<BR>
>month we had found the perfect place and held our first 2 day company<BR>
>retreat in Open Space.<BR>
><BR>
>The company is less than a year old and has grown from 0 to 68 agents<BR>
>with a staff of 3 administrative. The time has come for the core group<BR>
>of people (6 people) who started the company to pass the baton to what<BR>
>is called the ALC (Associate Leadership Council) as the "governing<BR>
>body" of the organization.<BR>
><BR>
>The retreat was to be the "instrument" for effecting this passing of<BR>
>the baton. By all appearances, this event was a blinding success. The<BR>
>results are still happening - Many immediate changes including the<BR>
>decision to revamp training, recruiting . . . ALL in-house programs<BR>
>are under review by self-appointed committee.<BR>
><BR>
>36 of our 70 person membership attended (Phenominal in the sense that<BR>
>all agents are independent contractors . . . there was NO external<BR>
>pressure to get people to come - Self selection).<BR>
><BR>
>Anyhow, I thought I would give a little flavor of this to the<BR>
>listserve that we are starting to open a bit of space in<BR>
>Nashville . . . and the word is that more Open Space opportunities are<BR>
>forthcoming both from our real estate firm (locally, regionally, and<BR>
>Nationally) and from other local organizations.<BR>
><BR>
>Wishing everyone well . . . and sending a ton of love and positive<BR>
>energy towards the Middle East where my Father is doing some<BR>
>incredible work with some incredible people.<BR>
><BR>
>b<BR>
><BR>
>Barry Owen<BR>
>The Owen Group<BR>
>Keller Williams Realty<BR>
>The fastest growing, most innovative real estate firm in North America<BR>
>615.568.2123<BR>
><BR>
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