I read Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal last month and wanted to highlight it for my organizationally inclined friends. This is a classic…
Tag: Vision
Dangers for Discerners: Elementary
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Sherlock Holmes narrative, originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There have been two feature films released recently with the…
Stats Lie Pt 12: Large Underwear
I want to continue with my Moneyball inspired posts in the “Stats Lie” series as the Oakland A’s are currently enjoying a miracle season once again and start their playoff run tomorrow. …
Seeing Clearly Seeing Whole
A few weeks ago we were on vacation with my family. One of the most memorable moments for me was watching my son (4) start to learn to swim a bit. But…
The Disability of Competence
Here’s another great bit of prophetic wisdom by Robert Greenleaf written a few decades ago, but that continues to have relevance for all of us today. “Ordinarily we think of competence as…
Is Personal Courage a Prerequisite to See Truth?
Howard Thurman believed it is, as he wrote in his devotional classic Meditations of the Heart. He writes, “It is a fearful admission that courage is required to see the true thing….
Leadership & Perspective Taking
In this second post from Tim Muehlhoff’s message to the leadership track, I want to highlight a couple of the concepts Tim emphasized regarding listening and bridging for understanding, especially with differences…