Category: Listening

On Putting Things Together

I often find myself work­ing with teams — or at least I would say, with groups. Smart peo­ple with good inten­tions oper­at­ing col­lec­tive­ly. Peo­ple capa­ble and often far more than just capa­ble, who want the best for their orga­ni­za­tions and work hard every­day to get there. How­ev­er, as a pro­po­nent of reflec­tive lead­er­ship I also… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Putting Things Together

Two Energies for Personal Change

As I’ve worked with lead­ers over the years I’ve noticed two pat­terns of per­son­al growth. The first is based on the desire for per­son­al agency — a top­ic I’ve addressed recent­ly (and at many times) on this blog; the sec­ond is growth based on tran­scen­dence. Exam­ples of per­son­al agency include: These are all instances of… Con­tin­ue read­ing Two Ener­gies for Per­son­al Change

The Uses of Power

On one hand, the pow­er an orga­ni­za­tion’s lead­ers hold is cru­cial to achiev­ing pos­i­tive results and impacts. But it’s also true that that pow­er can also lead to chal­leng­ing dilem­mas, espe­cial­ly when it impru­dent­ly meets its coun­ter­part, resis­tance. Con­sid­er, for exam­ple, the com­mon expe­ri­ence of man­agers who must imple­ment some kind of orga­ni­za­tion­al change —… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Uses of Power