Sometimes Silence

Some­times silence does all the talk­ing. Sum­mer slides away and we look into the faces of the dahlias and ros­es to see how they show not tell. This is what it is to find anoth­er: an eye to the blos­som­ing stars, irra­di­at­ed galax­ies of col­or and form, freed, like hous­es turned inside out to wel­come every vis­i­tor, bee and ant… Con­tin­ue read­ing Some­times Silence

Two Types of Leadership Action

In a recent con­ver­sa­tion with an exec­u­tive I found myself explain­ing the dif­fer­ence between what I spon­ta­neous­ly called “Type I” and “Type II” lead­er­ship action. Type I is when a leader inquires infor­mal­ly about the expe­ri­ence of peo­ple, say over a cup of cof­fee or part of hall talk, wel­comes a gen­uine­ly open exchange, learns… Con­tin­ue read­ing Two Types of Lead­er­ship Action

Between Stories

Last week­end I went on a hike up near Mt. Rainier here in Wash­ing­ton State. I head­ed for a fire look­out built in the 1930’s, no longer in for­mal use, but a good des­ti­na­tion for a clear sum­mer day. After an hour or so, I round­ed a cor­ner in the trail and looked for­ward across… Con­tin­ue read­ing Between Sto­ries

Plenty of Time to be Real

We all strug­gle with illu­sions. A man­ag­er decides her boss does not tru­ly under­stand the demands being placed on her team. The boss tells her he does see the over­load for her and asks that she eval­u­ate the sit­u­a­tion care­ful­ly; then for­mal­ly request what­ev­er kind of help she believes is need­ed. But she per­ceives this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Plen­ty of Time to be Real

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