Transactional Work and Adopted Passivity

The notion that work relationships can be either transactional or transformational has been around for a long time. Transactional work relationships are relationships where the focus is on the trade of time, effort, or results for money. Work is a contract and the terms are primarily about the tasks and the rewards. Transformational work relationships, […]

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July 31, 2020 – 5:15 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Organizational Culture, Transformation, Undiscussables | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Addressing Your Own Leadership Blind Spots

I’ve posted a sequence of three videos to YouTube on addressing your own leadership blind spots. I felt using video might make this topic more direct and personal. Blind spots are tough. We all have them and they can be challenging to root out — given especially that we often prefer others do their work […]

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July 28, 2020 – 10:57 am | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Choices, Consciousness, Openness, Self-Knowledge | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

America’s Blind Spot

As a coach and consultant, the two most common problems I deal with are leadership blind spots and the challenge of standing up in one’s work and being real. Of course, there are many other issues, but these are the biggest vectors in my practice. Since George Floyd was murdered, America as a society once […]

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June 5, 2020 – 12:59 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Changing the World, Consciousness, Grief, Listening, Self-Knowledge, Wounds | Comments (0)

The Hole and the Portal

People naturally turn to those they consider leaders in times of crisis — for answers, decisions, emotional support, for a clear path through tense realities that risk immense and painful change. If you want evidence of this turn toward leadership, note the wide-spread critique of the President’s inactions, corruptions and lies well represented by this […]

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March 31, 2020 – 4:07 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Choices, Consciousness, Self-Knowledge, Shadow | Comments (0)