Do It Now

Ear­li­er this week my wife and I learned that a good friend of ours had died of can­cer. Although we’d known for a few months that she was ill, it was still a shock, as death always is.  She’d been in chemo for awhile, and an addi­tion­al prob­lem had recent­ly shown up in her back.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Do It Now

The Host Who Has No Self

Intu­ition is a great well, one that draws on a deep­er sense of what it means to be human. In lead­er­ship, orga­ni­za­tion devel­op­ment and man­age­ment con­sult­ing work, it has enor­mous val­ue for it often opens doors to things that are most­ly hid­den from view: the staff mem­ber whose valu­able insights are being tak­en for grant­ed,… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Host Who Has No Self

Leadership Feedback, Leadership Wounds

In one way or anoth­er, lead­ers are always receiv­ing feed­back. Some­times it is from the voiced reac­tions of peo­ple at a meet­ing they are guid­ing. Some­times it is more for­mal, for exam­ple from a staff sur­vey or 360 degree appraisal process. As a con­sul­tant and coach, I’ve noticed a fair­ly com­mon pat­tern in the process… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­ship Feed­back, Lead­er­ship Wounds

Self-Control, Self-Confrontation and…Self-Conflict

It is no sur­prise that devot­ed, self-dis­­­ci­­plined, per­fec­tion­is­tic peo­ple — peo­ple with high ideals and addict­ed to their expec­ta­tions for self-improve­­ment — can be so cru­el to them­selves.  We bright achiev­ers, peo­ple who feel it is our oblig­a­tion to know our­selves and con­front our faults, may find our­selves in par­tic­u­lar­ly chal­leng­ing lead­er­ship roles only to… Con­tin­ue read­ing Self-Con­trol, Self-Con­fronta­tion and…Self-Conflict