Category: Consciousness

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

Story of a Conflict

Here is a chart of behav­iors, all hav­ing to do with how con­flicts are addressed. From left to right the first four approach­es are large­ly dys­func­tion­al. Third-Par­­ty Tac­tics often rep­re­sent an orga­ni­za­tion’s response to unre­solved, unman­aged con­flict and can be suc­cess­ful if the par­ties tru­ly agree with the out­come deci­sions. Final­ly, Human Con­tact rep­re­sents what… Con­tin­ue read­ing Sto­ry of a Conflict

Comments on a Divided Country

There are two crit­i­cal­ly impor­tant behav­iors that cause con­flict on any scale — per­son­al, group, or soci­etal: Dis­play­ing these two fun­da­men­tal­ly defen­sive behav­iors, espe­cial­ly in ways that are insult­ing and degrad­ing to oth­ers, with­out a doubt will gen­er­ate con­flict. Keep push­ing and you’ll even­tu­al­ly begin to foment vio­lence. This seems to be because these two… Con­tin­ue read­ing Com­ments on a Divid­ed Country

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