Meet Peter A. Schein

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Hi, I'm Peter!

Peter A. Schein is the co-founder and head of the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute (OCLI.org) in Menlo Park, CA.  Prior to OCLI.org, Peter was a strategy and corporate development executive at large and small technology companies in Silicon Valley, including Apple, SGI, Concentric Network (XO), Packeteer (Blue Coat), Sun Microsystems, and other start-up ventures. Peter was educated at Stanford University (BA, Social Anthropology), Northwestern University (MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management) and University of Southern California (HCEO Certificate).

 

I work with Clients in some combination of these three ways

 

Personalized Consulting

First is personalized consulting, one on one, or in trios. It is often the case that Organization Development, Improvement, Transformation leaders need help as they implement Humble Inquiry initiatives, Culture Change efforts, and Career Anchors roll-outs and so on. I love this kind of work as it connects us to a common challenge that allows us to work things out when it is needed most. 

Training Sessions and Workshops

Second is training sessions and workshops with teams learning about Group Dynamics, Relationship Mapping, Culture Structure and Practice, Culture Change. These sessions involve a combination of theory and exercises and are best when followed-up with experience-sharing and feedback sessions.

Seminars and Keynotes

Third is seminars and keynotes when large groups gather for one to two hours to learn about Culture and Humble Leadership models. These sessions include Q&A and offer broader exposure to key concepts that often leads to smaller group follow-on workshops.

 

 

 

Publications & Resources

 
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Humble Leadership

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The Corporate Culture Survival Guide

Book - 3rd Edition (2019)

Humbe Inquiry
Humble Inquiry

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Organizational Culture and Leadership

Book - 5th Edition (2017)

Career Anchors reimagined
Career Anchors Reimagined
Book

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Learn about Edgar H. Schein

Ed SheinEdgar H. Schein passed away on January 26, 2023. He was Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management.  He was educated at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology.  He worked at the Walter Reed Institute of Research for four years and then joined MIT, where he taught until 2005.  

Recognized as one of the founders of the field of organizational psychology, his most notable early contributions were in the fields of organizational development and culture, process consultation, and career development. His 1965 book Organizational Psychology came out in 3rd edition (1980) followed by his Organizational Culture and Leadership which had 5 editions between 1985 and 2017, Helping (2013), Humble Inquiry (2014) which won the business book of the year award from the Department of Leadership of the University of San Diego, Humble Consulting (2016).

Many of his recent books emerged from his rich collaboration with his son Peter through their joint project Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute (OCLI.org). These include Humble Leadership (2018) which received a silver medal in the Nautilus Book Awards, the Corporate Culture Survival Guide, 3rd Edition (2019), and Humble Inquiry (2nd Ed. 2021). His two case study monographs were DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC, (2003) as well as a cultural analysis of Singapore's economic miracle (Strategic Pragmatism, 1996). Career Anchors Reimagined with John Van Maanen and Peter Schein (2023) and Humble Leadership with Peter Schein (2nd Ed. 2023) were published posthumously.

Among his awards, Ed received the 2009 Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award of the Academy of Management, the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association, the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award in Organization Development from the International OD Network. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the IEDC Bled School of Management in Slovenia.

In 2009 he published Helping, a book on the general theory and practice of giving and receiving help followed in 2013 by Humble Inquiry which explores why helping is so difficult in western culture, and which won the 2013 business book of the year award from the Dept. of Leadership of the University of San Diego.  He has just released Humble Consulting which revises the whole model of how to consult and coach and is currently working with his son Peter on Humble Leadership (2018) which challenges our current theories of leadership and management.

Below are a couple of videos highlighting some of Edgar H. Schein's work.

Humble Leadership Video

 

Humble Consulting Video

 

Creating Corporate Cultures Video