Green Lightning - a modern fable of balanced leadership

“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. Download two chapters of Green Lightning now FREE at www.thewisdommeme.com/GL For more information about storytelling in organisations for leadership development and change, or about my online courses on the Wheel of Balanced Intelligences, email mike@thewisdommeme.com

Green Lightning - a modern fable of balanced leadership

by Mike Bell on Oct 26, 2007

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