Comments on: The Tao of Leadership http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/ Guidance and Inspiration from Nature and the Ancient World. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-55207 Jeff Lilly Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:25:18 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-55207 Thanks for the kind words, Bonnie. The article you point to is a lot more specific than mine, and is far outside my expertise. :-) It's interesting, though, that the author portrays the leader as a gardener, while mine suggests that the leader should be the soil itself. Thanks for the kind words, Bonnie. The article you point to is a lot more specific than mine, and is far outside my expertise. :-) It’s interesting, though, that the author portrays the leader as a gardener, while mine suggests that the leader should be the soil itself.

]]> By: Bonnie Davis http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-55191 Bonnie Davis Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:47:26 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-55191 I really loved this blog post. It made me think about some of the leaders I've worked under in the past and I can see how rigid they were in their thinking. One of my clients has a great article about leadership she wrote that fits right into this topic. You can read it at http://www.eileenmcdargh.com/article_green.html I really loved this blog post. It made me think about some of the leaders I’ve worked under in the past and I can see how rigid they were in their thinking. One of my clients has a great article about leadership she wrote that fits right into this topic. You can read it at http://www.eileenmcdargh.com/article_green.html

]]> By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-49016 Jeff Lilly Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:11:59 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2007/11/14/the-tao-of-leadership/#comment-49016 Mahud: a living symbol! What a neat way of putting it. I think this has echoes of leaders that are so iconic that they really are unarguably living symbols -- Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the like. In many ways, they continue to lead movements even though they are, quite literally, gone back to the soil. ;-) Leadership without leading. Morninghawk, I hear what you're saying about knowing when to step in, and when to remain quiet. Ultimately I think one should only offer advice when it's asked for, or would be welcomed; in this way, it's still passive leadership. If you offer advice when it's not wanted, you may help get a job done in the short term, but you'll also foster unintended consequences that can poison the relationship. This sort of thing gets more important the closer the children are to adolescence, and it's something I definitely need to work on. :-) Jen Chan, so glad you enjoyed the post! Let me know how it goes! Mahud: a living symbol! What a neat way of putting it. I think this has echoes of leaders that are so iconic that they really are unarguably living symbols — Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the like. In many ways, they continue to lead movements even though they are, quite literally, gone back to the soil. ;-) Leadership without leading.

Morninghawk, I hear what you’re saying about knowing when to step in, and when to remain quiet. Ultimately I think one should only offer advice when it’s asked for, or would be welcomed; in this way, it’s still passive leadership. If you offer advice when it’s not wanted, you may help get a job done in the short term, but you’ll also foster unintended consequences that can poison the relationship. This sort of thing gets more important the closer the children are to adolescence, and it’s something I definitely need to work on. :-)

Jen Chan, so glad you enjoyed the post! Let me know how it goes!

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