Urgency — Way Finding — Looking Bear Leadership

It was a full-blown mess. A bona fide shit-show. And she knew the bottom could fall out at any moment. She had been hired under less-than-honest circumstances, having significant financial problems hidden by her new employers during the interview process. Now, she couldn't sleep, felt like she had no allies, no good options, and a mission she deeply cared for that was in danger of being abandoned.

Bjorn PetersonNovember 28, 2017Community Leadership, Community Engagement, coaching, Confidant, Change, chaos, Critical Relfection, Accountability, Transformation, Self-Knowledge, Solidarity, Social Transformation, Wisdom, Leadership, Urgency, Grounded, centered

The "Who" of Leadership Is Vital, But Not How You Think

In Parker Palmer's seminal work The Courage To Teach, he points out that conversations on teaching focus mostly on the 'what's' of teaching, i.e. the subjects of teaching, a little on the 'how's' of teaching, and even less on the 'why's' of teaching. But the missing aspect, according to Palmer, is the discussion of the 'who' of leadership.

Bjorn PetersonNovember 3, 2017Community Engagement, Community Leadership, Who, Accountability, Palmer, Self, Leadership, Complexity, Urgency, Need, Wisdom, Grounded, Within, Self-Knowledge, Critical Relfection, Charisma, Character, Change

Way Finding: the practice of transformation.