“The barnacle is confronted with an existential decision about
where it’s going to live. Once it decides, it spends the rest of its life
with its head cemented to a rock.
For a good many managers, it comes to that.”
John Gardner in Personal Renewal

We’ve all seen managers,
even successful ones,
run out of steam
who

rut,
They get stuck in
bored,
get
even
depressed

Leo was getting like that….
Newly promoted
and already the
shine had
worn off

Things began to change…
when he went
to a conference

GREEN LIGHTNING
a modern fable of leadership renewal
Follow Leo’s journey in my new e-book and
learn what Leo learned from everyday
events by making new connections……

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Einstein
Chapter 1 – the man in the yellow jacket

“To the mind that is still,
the whole Universe surrenders”
Lao Tzu
Chapter 2 – the case of the disappearing orange

“Let's not forget that the little emotions are
the great captains of our lives and we obey
them without realizing it.”
Vincent Van Gogh
Chapter 3 – Leo sees red

A musician must
make music, an
artist must paint, a
poet must write, if
he is to be
ultimately at peace
with himself. What a
man can be, he
must be.
Abraham Maslow
Chapter 4 – the magenta line in the jungle

“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less
energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in
perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts,
feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.”
Brian Tracy
Chapter 5 – into the purple cave

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life,
and that in turn another, until who knows where the
trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be
felt. - Frederick Buechner
Chapter 6 – the lilac web

“The basic difference
between an ordinary
man and a warrior is
that a warrior takes
everything as a
challenge while an
ordinary man takes
everything either as a
blessing or a curse”
Carlos Casteneda
Chapter 7 – the warrior in the blue waistcoat

“First comes thought; then organization of
that thought, into ideas and plans; then
transformation of those plans into reality.”
Napoleon Hill
Chapter 8 – green lightning

Make the connections that Leo made and
learn how to restore your energy.
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leadership development and change,
or about my online courses on the
Wheel of Balanced Intelligences, email
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