Created Space

I was speaking at a leadership retreat, and right in the middle of an afternoon session on relational leadership, I said, “Let me show you.  Let’s demo this, who wants to volunteer to come up and talk about something you want to move forward on?”  Nobody moved, except their eyes, looking away.  Crickets. Finally a guy at one of the side table said, “Oh, alright.”  And as he got up the group of leaders broke out in a nervous applause. We sat on 2 chairs in the front of the room and I said, “How do you want to use this conversation?” “I need to learn to let go of control of the people I manage.”  he said. Wow!  That’s real.  Impressed with his honesty in front of his peers, I asked, “What’s the picture of you letting go of control?” He was quiet for a moment… then he said something so profound, “Letting go is me not holding onto people. I need to become a catalyst for more...

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