Solid at the Core

A per­son may be said to be “sol­id at the core” if he or she is able to endure stress, chal­lenges, shocks, even fail­ure, with­out being demol­ished. Dif­fi­cult events pen­e­trate, per­haps even wound, but they are also inevitably a source of growth and per­ma­nent learn­ing. Some­one with core strength steps into pow­er grace­ful­ly, with a… Con­tin­ue read­ing Sol­id at the Core

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On the Meaning of Self-Appreciation

I don’t think I imme­di­ate­ly real­ized the can of worms I was open­ing for myself in my last post, On Appre­ci­a­tion, includ­ing the con­ver­sa­tion with Joe McCarthy in the com­ments. I love Joe’s per­spec­tives and chal­lenges. In this case, how­ev­er, the real trou­ble began as ques­tion after ques­tion came for­ward for me inter­nal­ly. How is… Con­tin­ue read­ing On the Mean­ing of Self-Appreciation

On Appreciation

Would it be too much to say that all growth emerges from appre­ci­a­tion? You or I take a class, for exam­ple, in “music appre­ci­a­tion.” We find our­selves becom­ing sen­si­tive in new ways to the aes­thet­ic val­ue of music. Or we rec­og­nize one day what a par­ent or men­tor did for us and we feel appre­cia­tive… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Appre­ci­a­tion

The Evaluation of Management and Other Leadership Responsibilities

In my last post, I opened the ques­tion of busi­ness mod­els that help us tran­scend a mind­set of “dis­pos­able work­ers.” It’s a tough ques­tion because it calls for dis­cern­ment — the abil­i­ty to judge well. And judg­ment, you know, is a noto­ri­ous source of pro­jec­tion, mis­in­ter­pre­ta­tion, bias, and many oth­er fol­lies. I pre­fer to think… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Eval­u­a­tion of Man­age­ment and Oth­er Lead­er­ship Responsibilities