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The One Capacity You’ve Ignored Far Too Long—Part 1

If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be?

  • Engineering a city
  • Executing a business strategy
  • Producing offspring
  • Running a marathon
  • Playing in a jazz quartet

The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to have little in common.

Before revealing what connects them, consider a second list. What might underlie these familiar organizational problems?

  • Lack of trust
  • Miscommunication
  • Lack of clarity
  • Lack of accountability

At first glance, the two lists appear to ask DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-08-31T19:18:06-04:00August 31st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

Rethinking Boundaries: An Ontological View from Protective to Presence

Over the last decade, the subject of boundaries in coaching, management, and leadership development has become increasingly necessary, given distractions, fragmented attention, and demands on our time.

However, boundaries are often discussed in a way that feels narrow, emphasizing a cordoning off or separation, not connection or creation. In several of my previous writings, I referred to boundaries (here, here, and here) as essential for creating the space to become whole. In a recent series on compassion, I suggested that boundaries are one DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:33:36-04:00July 14th, 2025|Blog, Mental Models|0 Comments

Becoming “Enough” to Create Satisfaction

The annual World Happiness Report has ranked nations on an international happiness index since 2011.

Published last month, the 2023 report ranks Finland as the happiest country in the world—for the sixth consecutive year!

Many opinions exist, but if you ask Finns why they are happy, you’ll discover some pretty basic insights that begin with a sense of satisfaction.

What Is Satisfaction?

Satisfaction can be elusive. Its origin in Latin is satis (enough) and facio (to make, do, create). And to satisfy means to do enough. Thus, enough action.

Here, “enough” implies any action or situation that DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2024-12-16T09:24:26-05:00May 16th, 2023|Blog, Practice|0 Comments
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