In the book "Playing to Win" by Larry and Hersch Wilson they define the journey of growth as playing to win. To grow requires you to challenge your core maps and redefine them to align with your values and true sense of self. This is the epitaph they share: "I…
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso Risk is inherent in any endeavor. Leaders know the more time they spend not taking risk the slower they grow. Risk is simply growth, taking on new skills or…
"In dreams begins responsibility." - William Butler Yeats The ability to dream is one of the great responsibilities of leadership. Everyday the noise of the world is wanting to engage you in the short term focus of the day. Yet the work, the real work is to hear the vision…
"The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by Lewis Galantière The most important role any leader has is to dream,…
"All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership." John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, "The Age of Uncertainty" The illusion of great…