Category: Wounds

Wounded Society

So much already has been writ­ten about the shock­ing events at Penn State, often with jus­ti­fi­ably deep out­rage. I, too, want to wail. There are, after all, so many kinds of vic­tims: • the chil­dren • the fam­i­lies • the stu­dents • the play­ers • the fans • the com­mu­ni­ty • the coun­try • all of us… Con­tin­ue read­ing Wound­ed Society

On Discernment and Hubris

Dis­cern­ment refers to open­ing up one’s eyes and one’s mind, con­sid­er­ing a sit­u­a­tion care­ful­ly, and reflect­ing to find insight more than express judg­ment. Of the many qual­i­ties of lead­ers, it is one of those we most watch for as we eval­u­ate the skills and capa­bil­i­ties of a leader. Does this per­son show a capac­i­ty for… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Dis­cern­ment and Hubris

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.…

On Denial

As the year turns and I find myself reflect­ing about my work, what comes for­ward is the whole dynam­ic of denial by all of us in lead­er­ship roles and posi­tions. By denial I mean that we all too eas­i­ly push away uncom­fort­able or unac­cept­able truths. We push them away in a vari­ety of ways. I… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Denial