“One can die at forty and not get buried until ninety.” Ouch! Oh my, this quote rings true when we don’t deal with change positively, whether it’s a job change, personal change or organizational change that impacts us. There are many ways and methods to respond to change positively. One approach is to become change-resilient. Its definition is “to consciously adjust with courage and confidence whenever ‘It’ happens. . . while achieving the best possible outcome for yourself, others you care about, and your organization.” The “It” is whatever the change you are facing is.
I’ve been working with a new program called “Make Change Work™ For You” that has 5 action steps in helping us become change-resilient. [Read more…]
Last week I facilitated a session on The Power of Pause – Practical Mindfulness for Leaders to about 60 people currently participating in leadership development programs or graduates of the programs.
I’m reading a book called Reinventing Organizations – A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frederic Laloux, 2014. This is a serious book that begins with the premise that “the way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date.” This is my final blog in continuing our discussion.
Did you know that women have fewer teeth than men? For almost 2,000 years, this was the accepted wisdom proclaimed by Aristotle in 350 BC. Then one day, someone had an idea: let’s count! We both have the same number of teeth.
This quote begins the first page of a book I’m reading called “Reinventing Organizations – A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness” by Frederic Laloux (2014). This is a very profound book that begins with the premise that “the way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date.” Laloux presents the idea that we are on the verge of a new stage of consciousness that will radically change the way we run our businesses, nonprofits, schools, and hospitals. This new stage will be more “soulful” and “purposeful” and “wholesome” for everyone. His book explores this new stage in every facet of organizational life, e.g., human resources, structure, daily life, and processes.
In August, I was in Chicago working with a senior care retirement community in a 53 story high rise two blocks from the John Hancock building and four blocks from Lake Michigan. All the community’s managers gathered on the 53rd floor, overlooking Lake Michigan, for a day focused on building relationships and finalizing their community’s mission and values. One couldn’t have picked a better visual sight for a day of engagement. 
I received as a gift from a coach a card deck of quotes and questions. There is a quote on one side and several questions on the other side that challenge us about the quote. Quite clever, I thought.
“If you want to learn, be willing not to know.” (Julio Olalla, president of the Newfield Network, a coaching school and consulting company in Latin America and the United States)
