If you like, you can listen to me read this post. My connection with the popular concept of failing forward, articulated by John Maxwell, goes back to 1994 when I was forty-four years old. That was my tenth year of consulting, but only my fourth year, full time. I was working at a hospital near… Continue reading The Year of Failing Forward
Category: Trust
What the Hedgehog Knows About Leadership
Please pardon my inattention to my blog. I have been writing elsewhere: a book of 34 short personal meditations side by side with photograpshs. It will be available as a free download here within a couple of weeks. If you like, you can listen to me read the following post. This morning I am thinking about leading… Continue reading What the Hedgehog Knows About Leadership
Trusting the Patterns of the Universe
Hear Dan read this post. Recently, I’ve been helping my friend, Sandra Sault Poulson (RealTrust Consulting), with a sustainability effort called Ecotopia 2012. She is co-leading the effort with her colleague, David Johnston. The idea is to help West Coast cities collaborate in a process of spiraling participation, with an aim to spread practices that… Continue reading Trusting the Patterns of the Universe
Six Leaders I Trust
Hear me read this post. As an exercise, I wrote down today the names of the leaders I have worked with who I trusted the most. Six names immediately came to mind; three women, three men, all working in separate industries. I wanted to explore what it is that causes me to trust these people… Continue reading Six Leaders I Trust