Working the Edge

Hear Dan read this post. for Jane It is an ancient anal­o­gy: con­scious­ness is to uncon­scious­ness as land is to the sea. At the edge, there is a beach where stones are washed smooth and round, and the drift­wood lies heaped and bat­tered from the storms. A place of immense beau­ty, it is the con­ti­nen­t’s… Con­tin­ue read­ing Work­ing the Edge

On the Capability to Lead

Hear me read this post. Capa­bil­i­ty, mean­ing the skills, intel­li­gence, spir­it, and desire — the full men­tal and emo­tion­al poten­tials to lead. For some of us, this word, capa­bil­i­ty, is a tough one. It means “equal to the task.” I know a num­ber of peo­ple, clients and col­leagues, who strug­gle with inte­ri­or “voic­es” that tell… Con­tin­ue read­ing On the Capa­bil­i­ty to Lead

Six Leaders I Trust

Hear me read this post. As an exer­cise, I wrote down today the names of the lead­ers I have worked with who I trust­ed the most. Six names imme­di­ate­ly came to mind; three women, three men, all work­ing in sep­a­rate indus­tries. I want­ed to explore what it is that caus­es me to trust these peo­ple… Con­tin­ue read­ing Six Lead­ers I Trust

At the Water-Line

Hear me read this post. Many years ago I came across a remark­able mod­el, known as the cul­tur­al ice­berg. Devel­oped by Stan­ley Her­man of TRW Sys­tems in 1970, it describes some of the most impor­tant work­place dynam­ics that any of us could ever know about. The top part of the ice­berg rep­re­sents the vis­i­ble, for­mal… Con­tin­ue read­ing At the Water-Line