Category: Self-Knowledge

The Unfolding That Cannot Be Contained

Before I move on to a post about the Third Prac­tice (Self-Care), I want to explore a ques­tion that has been sim­mer­ing for a cou­ple days in con­ver­sa­tions with my great friend and col­league, Jay How­ell. Our top­ic has been what we see hap­pen­ing to the word, “leader.” I have found it fas­ci­nat­ing that search­ing… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Unfold­ing That Can­not Be Contained

The Gate in the Wall

I want to add a com­ment or two about the shift from “dense” lead­er­ship to “self-con­s­cious” lead­er­ship that I men­tioned in my last post­ing. If any of us are to learn what lead­er­ship real­ly is, to even know we are on a jour­ney toward “trans­paren­cy” (or what­ev­er name you might choose to call the end-state),… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Gate in the Wall

Myself an Offering to Myself and Other Thoughts

Jay’s thought­ful com­ments on “The Prac­tice of Lead­er­ship” post rein­force my deep con­vic­tion that lead­er­ship rep­re­sents an evo­lu­tion­ary aspect of con­scious­ness. “Gra­da­tions of lead­er­ship aware­ness” seems to me to be absolute­ly accu­rate. But the ques­tion is, how can we describe this so that it is eas­i­er to see the path we are walk­ing? In this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Myself an Offer­ing to Myself and Oth­er Thoughts

Leadership Questions

One way to begin think­ing about your lead­er­ship is in terms of a ques­tion that is deeply relat­ed to your own growth. Effec­tive lead­er­ship ques­tions are stat­ed pos­i­tive­ly and they are about you and your poten­tials, not about oth­ers. Some ques­tions might be: How do I tell my truth more often? What is my own vision about… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­ship Questions