Workshop Invitations: Following SELF and Beyond the Edge

To all col­leagues, friends, and read­ers! If there’s a sil­ver lin­ing to tough eco­nom­ic times, it is that we have to rethink what we’ve always done.  If the times are pres­sured, the need has nev­er been high­er for us to be open, acces­si­ble, pos­i­tive and ground­ed.  If we yearn for great lead­er­ship, it’s clear this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Work­shop Invi­ta­tions: Fol­low­ing SELF and Beyond the Edge

On Discernment and Hubris

Dis­cern­ment refers to open­ing up one’s eyes and one’s mind, con­sid­er­ing a sit­u­a­tion care­ful­ly, and reflect­ing to find insight more than express judg­ment. Of the many qual­i­ties of lead­ers, it is one of those we most watch for as we eval­u­ate the skills and capa­bil­i­ties of a leader. Does this per­son show a capac­i­ty for… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Dis­cern­ment and Hubris

A Circular Concept of Leadership

In a com­ment on my last post, Flor Fer­nan­dez Bar­rios talked about med­i­cine wheels: – Native-Amer­i­­cans have the con­cept of the med­i­cine Wheel, the great cir­cle of life based on the car­di­nal direc­tions. Every posi­ition has equal pow­er and unique teach­ings. The essence of life is move­ment and as we move through the wheel we… Con­tin­ue read­ing A Cir­cu­lar Con­cept of Leadership

I Am the Pot

There is a whole tra­di­tion in the def­i­n­i­tion of lead­er­ship that has to do with what lead­ers do not do them­selves. The Tao Te Ching is full of that tra­di­tion — express­ing the very foun­da­tions of a phi­los­o­phy and aes­thet­ics that depend on an expect­ed inter­play between absence and pres­ence, an object such as a… Con­tin­ue read­ing I Am the Pot

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