When Reconciliation Feels Like Pressure
There is a scene in the movie Invictus that I often use in our leadership workshops to illustrate a number of Adaptive Leadership practices and techniques. Nelson Mandela addresses South Africa’s rugby committee, asking them — unsuccessfully at first — to keep the Springbok emblem as the nation’s team symbol rather than discard it as […]
Leading Through Uncertainty: Lessons from MLK Jr.
You’re at a pivotal point. You can feel it. The leadership you were taught—the binaries of strong versus weak, decisive versus indecisive, having answers versus admitting doubt—no longer feels true. If you’re questioning what leadership actually means, you’re not lost. You’re ready. We live in an age that will not sit still. The ground constantly […]