How did the role you played in your family shape who you became? How does it shape your leadership? How do the people in your organization express the role they learned in their families? We invite …
The Effect of Focus
I taught a communication course at a local university for a number of years. Mostly what that meant was that I helped college students prepare and deliver speeches in class. That experience repeatedly …
Bowen Family Systems Theory #2
Can you see the triangles in your family and your organization? How do you manage yourself in them? What role does distancing and cutoff have in your relationships over time? Can you imagine a …
I have been trying to grow up
Somewhere along the way I became convinced that if I could do a little bit better for myself, the people around me might be able to do a little better as well. And that is important to me as a …
Bowen Family Systems Theory #1
What theories do you have about leadership? How do they guide the work you do? Whether we can articulate them or not, we all have assumptions about human behavior and how people change and what good …