Changing Your Focus
When Delsa and I were first married, I was in graduate school and had a very heavy course load. Yet […]
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A Higher Purpose
We were at my son’s house caring for our four grandchildren. At 5:45 music practice starts. Many routines then quickly […]
The Two-Step Process
The normal way for the normal change agent to behave is to engage in the following two-step process: First, tell […]
Essential Contributions
Not long ago, I was working with a group of executives in a trust building exercise. As the exercise progressed, […]
Objects of Reverence
Some years ago I had the opportunity to teach a group of teenagers. I conceived an object lesson. Since most […]
Disturbing the System
Systems move to new levels of complexity because they are disturbed. Yet there is a basic irony about all this, […]
Transcending Emotion
Most people act according to their feelings. Robert Fritz suggests that being committed to create a result allows a person […]
Fundamental Decisions
Our capacity to influence grows with our capacity to live with increased integrity. Robert Fritz speaks of making fundamental decisions […]
The Power of Self-Change
Gandhi talked about “obtaining reform by growth from within, which is obtained by self-suffering and self-purification” (Iyer, 1990: 90). Jesus […]
The Greatest Punishment
Our challenge is to live an undivided life. To live undivided means we live with integrity and speak with authenticity. […]