Category: Self-Knowledge

Moment of Recognition

I have heard that self-esteem in chil­dren is relat­ed to their par­ents “see­ing” them.  That is, a child needs a care-giv­er to see some­thing in him or her that the child does not or can­not yet see. When I said to my lit­tle daugh­ter many years ago, “what a beau­ti­ful pic­ture of a horse, you are… Con­tin­ue read­ing Moment of Recognition

The Hump as Teacher

It is what we have to get over. It means fac­ing and over­com­ing an obsta­cle of some kind, usu­al­ly involv­ing some kind of action that feels uncom­fort­able or stren­u­ous in some way. Often, it comes at the begin­ning of a project. “I just need to get over the hump of get­ting start­ed, then I’ll be okay.” … Con­tin­ue read­ing The Hump as Teacher

Workshop Invitations: Following SELF and Beyond the Edge

To all col­leagues, friends, and read­ers! If there’s a sil­ver lin­ing to tough eco­nom­ic times, it is that we have to rethink what we’ve always done.  If the times are pres­sured, the need has nev­er been high­er for us to be open, acces­si­ble, pos­i­tive and ground­ed.  If we yearn for great lead­er­ship, it’s clear this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Work­shop Invi­ta­tions: Fol­low­ing SELF and Beyond the Edge

The Power of Accessible Leadership

[Update for June 3, 2010: Based on feed­back, I have sig­nif­i­cant­ly revised this paper. The mate­r­i­al is large­ly the same, but it has been re-ordered to an extent, cut in some places, ampli­fied in oth­ers. It is now titled: “Fol­low­ing Self: How Lead­ers Can Stop Defend­ing and Start Liv­ing Their Own High­er Cause.” The link… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Pow­er of Acces­si­ble Leadership