Comments on: The River Knows Everything http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?p=65 ...Reflections at the Edge of Self-Knowledge... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:33:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Dan http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-179 Dan Thu, 11 May 2006 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?p=65#comment-179 Chris "Toxin Handler" is an excellent description of Jon. Perhaps because he was working for folks that exemplified everything he did not wish to be, his own leadership vision and his own actions could be that much more definitive. I have known other toxin handlers during my career, but none as good as Jon. Thanks for writing, Chris. Chris

“Toxin Handler” is an excellent description of Jon. Perhaps because he was working for folks that exemplified everything he did not wish to be, his own leadership vision and his own actions could be that much more definitive. I have known other toxin handlers during my career, but none as good as Jon. Thanks for writing, Chris.

]]> By: Chris http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-178 Chris Thu, 11 May 2006 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?p=65#comment-178 Thanks for this great post Dan. My late father in law, Peter Frost wrote a book about the Jon's of the world called "Toxic Emotions at Work" in which he describes the roles, practices and consequences of what he called "toxin handlers" without whom so much WOULDN"T go on in organizations. Sometimes these people kill themselves processing the toxins in their environment, but sometimes they come off both as gifts to the organization and solid in themselves. Cultivating the practices that let one handle toxins safely is an unteachable skill, and an invaluable asset. Thanks for this great post Dan. My late father in law, Peter Frost wrote a book about the Jon’s of the world called “Toxic Emotions at Work” in which he describes the roles, practices and consequences of what he called “toxin handlers” without whom so much WOULDN”T go on in organizations. Sometimes these people kill themselves processing the toxins in their environment, but sometimes they come off both as gifts to the organization and solid in themselves. Cultivating the practices that let one handle toxins safely is an unteachable skill, and an invaluable asset.

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