I found this quote in Phil Dourado‘s admirably snappy free book chapter for February.
Leadership is emotional. Leadership deals with feelings. Leadership is made up of dreams inspiration excitement desire, pride, care, passion, and love. The areas of our lives where we show the strongest leadership – including our communities, families, organizations, products, services, hobbies, and customers – are where we’re most in love. Jim Clemmer
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I shot this in a single eight-minute take, which is in the spirit of an experience of Ralf Wetzel’s workshop, Leading from the Clown. Clown training is probably the deepest and most challenging work I’ve done. Enjoy.
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
The power of small gestures and noticing
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Donald Factor makes a provocative point about frustration in groups, suggesting it may be the one common experience of participants. Embracing frustration may be the most powerful move a group can make.
Further thoughts of Values in organisations, with thoughts from Tony Goodson and Robert Paterson.
