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...
Much of our leadership writings are about the strategies and skills we need to lead effectively. However, we don’t always talk about the emotional side of leadership. Words like trust and hope are based in emotion, not skill. Leadership and Hope I believe that hope is...
I recently came across a Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. The title of the blog was Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? and one of the quotes in the blog was by Javier Pladevall, CEO of...
