A difficult transition I’ve noticed for my clients is going from doing the work to defining the work. At the start of a project, the goals are murky, ownership is murky, and there’s very little alignment or clarity. One of my clients said he didn’t like that, and wanted things to be defined with clear…
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How do you think about getting others to do something?” “” “One model is to use power – either be or influence the person who can “force” them to do something through the threat of firing them if the work doesn’t get done. Each interaction in this model becomes a zero-sum power struggle with a…
How do you handle strong emotions? ” “” “Those of us who grew up in America, particularly men, are taught not to show emotion. I was reflecting on this last night, and realized that I try to hide emotion by holding it in. But it takes a lot of tension and pressure on myself to…
In Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK writes: ” “”I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and…