REFLECTIONS
Leading with Authority? Oh, yes, Please!
Authority doesn’t sound smooth. But as leaders we will desperately need it to lead through uncertainty. Here are my thoughts on authority, what it really means and how to recognize it.
Managing Is Not Leading
Let’s take a closer look at what leading actually is all about: Unlike a production task, leading people is detached from a visible and tangible product. At the end (if there can be an end to leadership) there is nothing tangible or a service that can be experienced, e.g. in the sense of an event. Rather, leadership is an experience of action that conveys orientation and security. And what is management then?
The Change is Now
What makes change so stressful is not the change itself, but that we try for a long time to work internally against it. We don’t want to admit that life tells us to change course. We are looking for facts to show that this change is wrong. We ask experts who are familiar with change, how you can best get through, what you should do to make it controllable. How does it work with change then?
There comes a moment when what has always worked quietly stops working. That's where we meet.
Founders, leaders, investors, municipalities, or restless changemakers. Different responsibilities and different realities. But they all feel the same urgency for change. Our work might take the form of a long-term advisory relationship, a strategic engagement, a conversation over tea, or a keynote that changes the perspective in the room. The format depends on your situation and the work we can do together.
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Strategic and project-based advisory for organizations, governments, investors, and municipalities navigating complexity, transition, and long-term change.
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Private or shared conversations about the future economy we are building. Exploring the regenerative economy in practice, Community Economy, leadership, transformation, and the realities of fieldwork.
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Speaking on my favorites: humanity in the economy, community economy development, community capital, economies in transition, the forces that shape them, and what leadership looks like when the ground is shifting.
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