Toward Better Introspection

 “We study our­selves to for­get our­selves.” –Zen say­ing I The truth is that when it comes to the most dif­fi­cult life or work chal­lenges, many of us pre­fer accept­able, expert answers, the sim­pler and more straight-for­ward the bet­ter. And yet, that’s not always the case. There are also times when we also want to go… Con­tin­ue read­ing Toward Bet­ter Introspection

On Personal Authority, Freedom and Connection

I start from the idea that a per­son­’s growth as a leader is relat­ed to under­stand­ing and tran­scend­ing old­er con­di­tioned emo­tions and con­di­tioned respons­es, espe­cial­ly those pat­terns of think­ing, feel­ing and action that induce us to play small­er or larg­er than we are. Take, for exam­ple, a leader who hap­pened to grow up in a house­hold… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Per­son­al Author­i­ty, Free­dom and Connection

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

The Only Life You Could Save

My client strug­gles to put a life togeth­er.  A vice-pres­i­­dent, 48 years old, he treats his exis­tence like a bal­ance sheet, or rather a series of poten­tial bal­ance sheets, because in the moment things are out of bal­ance. He has a good job with hopes of advance­ment, yet no part­ner, lives in a cold city… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Only Life You Could Save