Shuffling through moldering overheads, I found an old presentation I used to do called, “Strategies for Reinventing Yourself.” It began with a recitation from perennial management guru, Tom Peters. I’ve lost the citation, I’m afraid, but since this is ancient history, circa 1993, it probably came from a book, speech or article of his around… Continue reading The More Things Change.…
Category: Transformation
The Foundation of Such a Method.…
Today, I watched Colin Powell on the television show, “The View,” speaking briefly about Martin Luther King, Jr. as the non-violent leader of the “second Civil War” in this country. I was struck by the notion of a second Civil War because it does so aptly describe what must be acknowledged: cultures change slowly and… Continue reading The Foundation of Such a Method.…
Your Sweatshirt
It’s possible that the main job of a leader is to become free of yourself. Because if you cannot do that then you are destined to play out over and over only the ways of being that you already know. These ways may certainly be a gift in one sense, a strength that comes from… Continue reading Your Sweatshirt
Living Into Being
This is the last of five posts on finding freedom from roles and life-scripts that interfere with effective leadership and personal fulfillment. If you like, you can hear me read this post. The other posts are: The Journey of Unlearning Leading is Not Acting: What Roles Do You Play? The Cost of the Script Discerning Untruth: Creative… Continue reading Living Into Being