On Personal Power

Recent­ly, I announced a two-day work­shop I will facil­i­tate in March, 2012 called, “The Arc: Liv­ing the Full Sto­ry of Your Per­son­al Pow­er.” (If you would like to know more about the work­shop, please down­load the brochure at this link). I am excit­ed by the mod­el I will intro­duce and the for­mat of the event… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Per­son­al Power

The Politics of Professional Despair

Recent­ly I have found myself in con­ver­sa­tions with good peo­ple slip­ping into a kind of pro­fes­sion­al despair. This seemed to be the con­tra­dict­ing under­side of the pub­lic face they need to exhib­it. They have learned to keep silent and pre­tend a cer­tain opti­mism in order to main­tain posi­tion or stature — while pri­vate­ly leak­ing despair… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Pol­i­tics of Pro­fes­sion­al Despair

Wounded Society

So much already has been writ­ten about the shock­ing events at Penn State, often with jus­ti­fi­ably deep out­rage. I, too, want to wail. There are, after all, so many kinds of vic­tims: • the chil­dren • the fam­i­lies • the stu­dents • the play­ers • the fans • the com­mu­ni­ty • the coun­try • all of us… Con­tin­ue read­ing Wound­ed Society

There. Manage by That.

Recent­ly, Chris Grams over at the Man­age­ment Inno­va­tion Exchange (MIX) sent out a group report on using “com­mu­ni­ties of pas­sion” to help achieve MIX’s stat­ed goal — rein­vent man­age­ment. It’s a great report and a great project, and I encour­age you take a few moments to look over the find­ings and dis­cov­er­ies. In respond­ing to… Con­tin­ue read­ing There. Man­age by That.