In the early 1980s, most of my consulting work was as what’s commonly called an “executive coach,” and in organizational design. The latter fundamentally means studying interactions between two or more individuals and developing means by which they can best function harmoniously, if not productively. As a result, I found myself in the offices of a lot of very tenured individuals who used The Art of War by Sun Tzu to evidence their toughness, associating their professions with bare-knuckled conflict. [1] The more predominant the display (and even elaborate their copy of this text), the less likely I found them… Continue Reading…
October 28, 2004
It used to be that Las Vegas held the name brand in quick divorce. Sure, “love takes time,” but isn’t there some dot-com where people can double-click to delete it? Here in Michigan there is a minimum 60-day waiting period before a divorce can be granted. Perhaps euphemistically, this is commonly referred to as a “cooling off period.” Translation: “Time allotted to consider reconciliation.” [1] But is that all—? You don’t need to sell me on the rightness of your decision to divorce. I hear you when you say that your heart and mind have been moving unretreatingly down this… Continue Reading…