Category: Reflective Leadership

Most man­agers I know do not feel they’ve actu­al­ly been giv­en much guid­ance about how to pro­ceed with cost cut­ting and, par­tic­u­lar­ly, lay­offs. As the first line of a recent Har­vard Busi­ness Review arti­cle asks,“Why aren’t lay­offs taught as a sub­ject at busi­ness school?” I assume the rea­son is that the sub­ject is both very… Con­tin­ue read­ing Reflec­tive Lead­er­ship in the Age of Layoffs

Yes­ter­day, as I do a few times a year, I walked a labyrinth locat­ed near where I live. I have post­ed before about using this ancient tool for reflec­tion. It was a cool day, gray over­head, but I found it as easy as ever to engage the path to the cen­ter, med­i­tate for awhile there,… Con­tin­ue read­ing Four Expe­ri­ences of Reflec­tive Leadership

Along with post­ing a new page on this site, A Place to Reflect, I want to share a few thoughts about inner work. By inner work, I mean any self-inquiry in which your aim is to tap wis­dom from a per­son­al, intu­itive source. This may be about the largest ques­tions that face us, such as… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Art of Self-Reflection