We all do it. Those after-the-conversation fantasies about what we could have said or should have said during the exchange. For some reason, one of those times has come up for me lately, one that involved a presentation I did years ago for a CEO peer learning team, a small group of top executives who… Continue reading Things I Might Have Said
Category: Undiscussables
At the Water-Line
Hear me read this post. Many years ago I came across a remarkable model, known as the cultural iceberg. Developed by Stanley Herman of TRW Systems in 1970, it describes some of the most important workplace dynamics that any of us could ever know about. The top part of the iceberg represents the visible, formal… Continue reading At the Water-Line
Fifth Practice: Discussing Undiscussables
Hear Dan read this post. For more context on this posting, please see: The Practice of Leadership Eight Leadership Practices First Practice: Knowing Your Leadership Edge Second Practice: Developing Your Comfort Level with Feedback Third Practice: Caring for Self Fourth Practice: Leadership and Influence Sixth Practice: On Collaborating Seventh Practice: Personal Integrity Eighth Practice: Spiritual Perspective So… Continue reading Fifth Practice: Discussing Undiscussables
Instruments of Change
I feel like I’ve stumbled out of the forest to find an incredible new meeting ground filled with many wonderful people and defined by so many exceptional personal reflections. Recently, the beginnings of new conversation happened here, starting from my post on feedback. Nancy White summarizes the thread, including the great comments offered by Rosanna… Continue reading Instruments of Change