Category: Transformation

The Greater Journey

If lead­er­ship is about any­thing, it’s about over­com­ing obsta­cles, both exter­nal and inter­nal. Of the two, the inter­nal ones are often tougher because they require self-knowl­­edge and ini­tia­tive: a stren­u­ous demand for per­son­al growth and change. The irony is that we can know a great deal about these inter­nal chal­lenges, such as lack of con­fi­dence,… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Greater Journey

“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… Con­tin­ue read­ing “Be” First, Then Decide What to “Do”

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… Con­tin­ue read­ing Water­falls

On Abuse of Human Freedom

I asked that div­ina­tion tool, The I Ching (The Book of Changes) what to do in the wake of last week’s shock­ing elec­tion results. It told me first to keep still (Hexa­gram 52. Kên | Keep­ing Still, Moun­tain) for awhile, with move­ment in the sec­ond line, sug­gest­ing there is an unstop­pable tra­jec­to­ry to the sit­u­a­tion,… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Abuse of Human Freedom