On Comparing Yourself to Others

We all know that com­par­ing our­selves to oth­ers comes with per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al risks, the main one being that as indi­vid­u­als we can devel­op a sense that we lack some­thing that oth­ers have — and this is bad for our con­fi­dence, sense of dig­ni­ty and self-respect. But despite this aware­ness, for many if not most… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Com­par­ing Your­self to Others

On Putting Things Together

I often find myself work­ing with teams — or at least I would say, with groups. Smart peo­ple with good inten­tions oper­at­ing col­lec­tive­ly. Peo­ple capa­ble and often far more than just capa­ble, who want the best for their orga­ni­za­tions and work hard every­day to get there. How­ev­er, as a pro­po­nent of reflec­tive lead­er­ship I also… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Putting Things Together

My Soul

The path does not go upward; it goes down, which for some rea­son is a sur­prise. I guess I’m so used to paths in the moun­tains I’m not sure exact­ly what to do with one that descends into a val­ley. I’m car­ry­ing my cam­era and one wide angle zoom lens hid­den under my rain­coat. It… Con­tin­ue read­ing My Soul

Story of a Conflict

Here is a chart of behav­iors, all hav­ing to do with how con­flicts are addressed. From left to right the first four approach­es are large­ly dys­func­tion­al. Third-Par­­ty Tac­tics often rep­re­sent an orga­ni­za­tion’s response to unre­solved, unman­aged con­flict and can be suc­cess­ful if the par­ties tru­ly agree with the out­come deci­sions. Final­ly, Human Con­tact rep­re­sents what… Con­tin­ue read­ing Sto­ry of a Conflict