Category: Power

The Horse

I stopped along a coun­try road to take a pho­to­graph. I had been down by the riv­er under the moun­tain, but the shad­ows had grown longer and now on my way home the moun­tain was immersed in late after­noon light. At first, two hors­es gal­loped to see me, but they soon wan­dered off, dis­tract­ed by… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Horse

Reflections at Palm Canyon

At the bot­tom of a rocky canyon grow the native Cal­i­for­nia Fan Palms, in clus­ters along an unex­pect­ed water­course. It is a wind­ing oasis under the bril­liant, raw sun, an ancient home of the Cahuil­la peo­ple. I have to be care­ful of the rat­tlesnakes here, for the water attracts them, but in the­o­ry, assum­ing I… Con­tin­ue read­ing Reflec­tions at Palm Canyon

On ‘Soul Sparks’

I am hon­ored to share my view of ‘soul sparks’ at the request of Jon Mertz of Thin Dif­fer­ence. This is a con­cept Jon has devel­oped as part of his won­der­ful new book, Acti­vate Lead­er­ship: Aspen Truths to Empow­er Mil­len­ni­al Lead­ers. As some­one whose life work is devot­ed to help­ing oth­ers in lead­er­ship roles, the… Con­tin­ue read­ing On ‘Soul Sparks’

The Problem is Owning the Problem

A friend and col­league once artic­u­lat­ed to me her three biggest con­sid­er­a­tions in decid­ing whether or not some­one should be ter­mi­nat­ed. • First, did the per­son receive ade­quate feed­back? • Sec­ond, did the per­son tru­ly own the feed­back and take respon­si­bil­i­ty for the prob­lem? • Third, did behav­ior change actu­al­ly occur?  In effect, my friend said,… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Prob­lem is Own­ing the Problem