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The Magic and Power of Coordination—Part 2

Coordination carries a threefold meaning: a way of Being through which we bring actions into relationship, disclose what matters, and transfer Being from situation to situation.

In this sense, coordination involves coordinating action, disclosing significance, and providing continuity of Being.

Part 1 explored coordination as a largely invisible human capacity and introduced six dimensions through which it operates. The table below provides a brief reminder, with an outcome and two practices for each.

Six dimensions of coordination with inquiries, outcomes, and practices Table 1: Six Dimensions of Coordination

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By |2026-09-21T23:15:08-04:00September 21st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

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 |2026-09-21T21:53:28-04:00August 31st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

Rethinking Freedom in Coaching: From Agency to Awareness

A client, Kathy, arrives at a coaching session exhausted.

“I know exactly what I need to do,” she says. “I just can’t seem to do it.”

The coaching conversation quickly turns toward goals, accountability, habits, and confidence. Together, coach and client begin strengthening her capacity to act. She leaves feeling clearer, more empowered, and ready to make different choices.

This is coaching at its best. It cultivates agency—the capacity to intentionally direct our actions toward desired outcomes.

But beneath this success lies a deeper question.

Does becoming more effective necessarily mean becoming more free?

The Agency Puzzle

Few ideas have become as central DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-07-20T10:09:32-04:00July 20th, 2026|Blog, Learning/Coaching|2 Comments
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