When I worked in Human Resources a million years ago, I privately wondered from time to time when I would be asked for my opinion of what we were doing and how we were doing it. I had the sense that there was a new world, an entirely different world out there, one where people… Continue reading Leadership’s Secret Heart
Category: Choices
Why Talk About Leadership?
After reading Steven Denning’s article, “The Surprising Reasons Why America Lost Its Ability To Compete,” based on his reactions to a Harvard study, my first thought was about the need to discuss leadership. Please take a look at the article and study for yourself if you are able. The gist of Denning’s piece is that… Continue reading Why Talk About Leadership?
How to Lose Your Control Issues
Losing your issues with control is different than “losing control” — although in the beginning it may easily feel that way. The fact is learning to lose your control issues can be done in a gradual and more or less controlled way, by making your fears of its loss more conscious and therefore more amenable… Continue reading How to Lose Your Control Issues
Demons and Angels
In a world of proffered quick fixes — do these four things, take on these five steps — all honor goes to the leader who ignores superficial wisdom and takes on the real task, the inner demon, the one that has been there all along. This demon, of course, is some aspect of self, and we… Continue reading Demons and Angels