White knight is the term we might give anyone who rides in at the last moment, pulls order out of chaos, saves the kingdom and wins the love of the people with a spirit of true virtue and innocence. In organizations the term can be applied to any new colleague or leader who has an… Continue reading On White Knights
Repair of the Soul
For a number of years I co-facilitated a leadership workshop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. One day wandering through that small town, one of my facilitator colleagues found some t‑shirts for the three of us. On the front they were emblazoned with the words, “Soul Repair” and “Rejuvenation of Spirit” written in large letters above and… Continue reading Repair of the Soul
Dark Energy
The unexpected gripe session. The group complaint suddenly at your door. The meeting that weirdly goes wrong, with people becoming negative, angry, mistrusting, accusatory. And then there’s the panicky follow-up and the recriminations and search for the guilty. Who was to blame for this? How did we get here? What do we do now? All likely… Continue reading Dark Energy
Kingdom of Weeds
A part of me always wants to turn back to the most original parts of myself, the parts that existed before I acquired too much information, ideas, ideals, before too many triumphs and hurts. It is the part I’ve felt time and again to be like a primal forest or undiscovered meadow, like looking over… Continue reading Kingdom of Weeds