Unfolding Leadership

“Be” First, Then Decide What to “Do”

During my career as a leadership consultant and coach I’ve listened many times as a client leader has admitted some self-perceived failing. Jerome’s heartfelt “confession” was one of these moments. He sheepishly told me there was someone who reported to him who intimidated him, a manager who seemed to be “much faster intellectually” and “more […]

March 30, 2017 – 6:15 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Consciousness, Self-Knowledge, Transformation | Comments (0) and Social Share

On Not Waiting for Superman

Michael Meade, mythologist and storyteller, says there are three layers of human interaction: “If the First Layer of human interaction is the common ground of manners, kind speech, polite greeting, and working agreements; if the Third Layer is the area of deeply shared humanity, the universal brotherhood and sisterhood of all people, of the underlying, […]

February 11, 2017 – 6:34 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Choices, Conflict, Truth | Comments (3) and Social Share

The Politics of Contempt

All you have to do these days is read just about any political post — say on Facebook if not some other favorite website –and then go to the comments section: Person A: “Person B, what a liar! You should be forced to prove your accusation. People like you are enemies of the state” Person […]

January 14, 2017 – 12:34 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Changing the World, Conflict, Grief, Power, Shadow, Wounds | Comments (14) and Social Share

Waterfalls

Carmen and I hurriedly zip our jackets and hunker down in the cold while I struggle to attach my camera to the tripod and put on the right filter. Horsetail Falls in the Columbia Gorge must be perpetually in winter shade for Carmen notices how some of the mist coming off the falls turns to […]