Comments on: The Courage for Leadership to Emerge

By: Performance Appraisal: Pathway to Mistrust « For Progress, Not Growth

Performance Appraisal: Pathway to Mistrust « For Progress, Not Growth — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:49:21 +0000

[...] We are left only to wonder, have those in management the courage for leadership? [...]

By: Hidden Lessons in Leadership #18 « For Progress, Not Growth

Hidden Lessons in Leadership #18 « For Progress, Not Growth — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:12:01 +0000

[...] development is foundational to authenticity in leadership and management. Until we garner the courage to do this work, as the song goes, we will keep looking for love in all the wrong places. Until we care enough to [...]

By: Changing Our Reality « For Progress, Not Growth

Changing Our Reality « For Progress, Not Growth — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:04:43 +0000

[...] Therefore, if we want a different reality then we must actually enact it. After all our reality is a participatory reality; a reality determined to a great extent by our participation in its creation. Therefore, reality won’t change if first we don’t change our thinking about our selves! Wanting change is not sufficient; we must change our mind—changing the ideas and beliefs we hold—in order to embody the change (in reality) we desire. Hence the need for the courage of our very own leadership! [...]

By: Enacting Fear « For Progress, Not Growth

Enacting Fear « For Progress, Not Growth — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:11:51 +0000

[...] in leadership, and developing emotional intelligence is part of this. Until we garner the courage to do this work, as the song goes, we keep looking for love in all the wrong places. Just think about all the [...]

By: Leadership…Who Cares « For Progress, Not Growth

Leadership…Who Cares « For Progress, Not Growth — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:56:09 +0000

[...] how to—not trained how to—act in a deeply caring way. In a world such as ours this takes courage! Could this be why the leadership experience is so [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:48:46 +0000

Progressus,

Wow! You have expressed my sentiments to a “T.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think is drawing near when your thoughts will no longer be the canary in the coal mine.
The decadent people will have to change or go by the wayside, because circumstances will dictate this is necessary and a leader will emerge who will act in accordance with what you are looking for in a leader. Unfortunately in America we choose to be reactive to change and not embracing of it.

By: ostrov

ostrov — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:31:59 +0000

Thank you,
very interesting article

By: TaxGuy

TaxGuy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:30:25 +0000

You conclude that business people earn ‘leadership’ by having the ‘courage’ to abandon a materialistic lifestyle. HA! Thats hysterical!

Demonstrating leadership comes by representing the interests and benefits your ‘society’ needs in the workplace or at home. Courage is demonstrated by being responsible to your society for your actions, such as ignoring critics who act irresponsibly or act to promote their own self-interests.

By: progressus

progressus — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:56:39 +0000

Monica,
Your comments resonate. Being aware that this self, this ‘I’ that I am, and that self, that ‘I’ that you are, are not separate selfs–different but not separate–and as such we have a responsibility to ‘our’ self. As I interpret you saying it takes courage to act on that responsibility.

By: Monica Diaz

Monica Diaz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:12:35 +0000

It is necessary for that kind of courage you speak of to understand that the spiritual aspects feed on attention and awareness just as much as the material aspects feed on resources, time and money. We can only excercise our choice to live closer to our potential when we make it our lifelong business to know our hearts. The more I am aware of myself, the more I can define the impact I wish to have on others and how I want to affect the world around me. This is not to say that money and material matters need to be shunned. I recently talked to a friend who told me how she was doing presentations for free, to promote better living for the people who listened to her. Her associates wanted to charge for the presentations and she opposed that, claiming the important thing was how it made a difference in people’s lives. My take is that if the message is good, you can charge for it as you want and still it will make a difference. They are two separate issues. I remember the great Anita Roddick of Body Shop saying they needed to sell their products in order to continue promoting fair trade and effecting social change. She was a great leader, that understood the role of the material and its connection with the ability to take that difference you are making even further.