Category: Reflective Leadership

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

On the Meaning of Self-Appreciation

I don’t think I imme­di­ate­ly real­ized the can of worms I was open­ing for myself in my last post, On Appre­ci­a­tion, includ­ing the con­ver­sa­tion with Joe McCarthy in the com­ments. I love Joe’s per­spec­tives and chal­lenges. In this case, how­ev­er, the real trou­ble began as ques­tion after ques­tion came for­ward for me inter­nal­ly. How is… Con­tin­ue read­ing On the Mean­ing of Self-Appreciation

On Appreciation

Would it be too much to say that all growth emerges from appre­ci­a­tion? You or I take a class, for exam­ple, in “music appre­ci­a­tion.” We find our­selves becom­ing sen­si­tive in new ways to the aes­thet­ic val­ue of music. Or we rec­og­nize one day what a par­ent or men­tor did for us and we feel appre­cia­tive… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Appre­ci­a­tion