A consultant I am mentoring begins a recent session wanting help in sorting out a proposal she is working on. She received a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is having to make sense of what it is asking for. I have reviewed the RFP and her draft outline for her proposal. Our conversation begins. This is the discernment time that … Read More
One of my less stellar moments as a five-year-old was the end of year report card. The subject was music. My rating was a D and the teacher’s comment was ‘she loves to sing but unfortunately is always out of tune’. At first I thought I was being praised until the full meaning of the sentence sunk in. Yes indeed, … Read More
I have been fascinated with the effects on a culture of the stories that get told over time. People want to work and live in a life nurturing culture, and yet their own frequently told stories add to the life-depleting culture…just what they say that they don’t want. When friends get together, they don’t talk about all that is going … Read More
