My client struggles to put a life together. A vice-president, 48 years old, he treats his existence like a balance sheet, or rather a series of potential balance sheets, because in the moment things are out of balance. He has a good job with hopes of advancement, yet no partner, lives in a cold city… Continue reading The Only Life You Could Save
Category: Leadership Poems
What If
What if at the center of the labyrinth you found only a little boy, frightened, frail as a moth’s wing? How could such a creature survive the world’s crude play, the knife in the eye of the stranger? No one knows how hard the casing of a seed or the true meaning of of a snail’s intricate shell. If something must be endured… Continue reading What If
Letter to the Chief Culture Officer
An emerging trend seems to be hiring someone to operate as a company’s “Chief Culture Officer.” You can find out a bit more about the concept of a CCO here, here, and here. As I thought about this new role, I imagined a member of a company, part of some division, writing to a new… Continue reading Letter to the Chief Culture Officer
Cross-Over Points
Most of us live in multiple worlds simultaneously, the world of our professional life and our personal life probably the most obvious example. Much of the time this compartmentalizing helps us maintain balance, but sometimes it also creates a person with multiple souls, none of which is entirely fulfilled. Insofar as we manage the balance,… Continue reading Cross-Over Points