I have been thinking about a phrase I used in my last post about self-trust. Symbolically, I said, I have “a god at my back,” meaning simply that there is an energy that supports me from within when I meet difficult circumstances. Many people report having this sense, and know it has gotten them through… Continue reading The God Who Has My Back
Learning from a Living Image
In my last two posts on Self-Trust (here for Part I and here for Part II) you probably noticed a strong emphasis on images and metaphors. In Part I the image of the river and ferryman are dominant, leading in Part II to an exploration of the image of the temple. I have used these… Continue reading Learning from a Living Image
On Self-Trust, Part II — the Temple
My last post was about how we can foster self-trust as the central means to overcoming “stuckness” and conflict that holds us back from fulfilling our leadership potentials. If leading is responding to the call to stand in an exposed place in order to change the order of things, then by definition leading relies on… Continue reading On Self-Trust, Part II — the Temple
On Self-Trust, Part I — the River
Recently I wrote about the essence of leadership as responding to “the call to stand in an exposed place and bring change to the order of things.” I used the example of someone with less power and stature speaking up at an important meeting where she risked the possibility of her ideas being dismissed —… Continue reading On Self-Trust, Part I — the River