The Ciphers and Riddles of the Words

Ellin’s love­ly com­ment on my post, “The Prac­tice of Lead­er­ship,” helped me think about the ways we use lan­guage to either reveal or cloak our­selves in our con­tacts with oth­ers. This has noth­ing to do with being a native speak­er; in fact, being one may make some kinds of com­mu­ni­ca­tion more, not less dif­fi­cult. I… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Ciphers and Rid­dles of the Words

The Way It Is

A guest to our homes is arriv­ing tonight — named 2005. We can treat this guest well in a mul­ti­tude of ways, most imme­di­ate­ly by giv­ing gen­er­ous­ly to tsuna­mi relief. As we learn more about the dev­as­ta­tion and the num­ber of deaths con­tin­ues to climb, it is imper­a­tive that we all con­tribute to the relief… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Way It Is

The Practice of Leadership

Recent­ly, I have begun to feel that lead­er­ship is much more about prac­tices than about com­pe­ten­cies. Man­age­ment is full of com­pe­ten­cies — tech­ni­cal ones, project man­age­ment ones, finan­cial ones, even inter­per­son­al ones. But lead­er­ship draws from deep­er waters of the soul. How would I devel­op a “com­pe­ten­cy” for hon­esty or for inspi­ra­tion or for sen­si­tiv­i­ty… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Prac­tice of Leadership