I have been reflecting on what builds resilience in ourselves….those things that help us weather all the disruption happening all around us. To that end, I started looking for patterns in the people I interact with who were staying resilient over the past 20...
I was intrigued by a 2018 Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. Entitled Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? the blog included a quote by Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain who...
If you are a gardener, you are familiar with weeds. Weeds are abundant in a garden and weeding is a constant activity in the summer. Some gardeners compost weeds to turn it into nutrient-rich soil that can be recycled back into their gardens, others bag them up and...
What changes do we see when we view our organizations as living systems? How does the organization and its employees benefit when we lead from a living systems mindset? Our assumptions impact how we lead and how our employees see themselves within the organization....
When we think of facilitating change in organizations, we usually think of the direction we want to take the organization and focus on getting people to go there. In my consulting practice, I have found our ability to hold onto things is a powerful reason to back away...
