In all types of organizations, too many filled with people exhausted, cynical, and burned-out, I have witnessed the incredible levels of energy and passion that can be evoked when leaders or colleagues take the time to recall people to the meaning of their work. It only takes a simple but powerful question: “What called you here? What were you dreaming you might accomplish when you first came to work here?” Continue reading
margaret wheatley
We must live by the love of what we will never see
I was given a passage by the Brazilian theologian, Ruben Alvez, who described hope in this way:
“What is hope? It is the presentiment that imagination is more real and reality less real than it looks. Continue reading
the first task of a leader is to make sure the organization knows itself….
How would you define a good leader today? Continue reading
We create ourselves by what we choose to notice
I know that we notice what we notice because of who we are. Continue reading