Perhaps we have not found the right God. In that case, humanity has been living out the implications of the American Gary Larsen’s cartoon which says that, “Before he discovered his true purpose in life, Robin Hood would rob from the rich and give to the porcupines.” This sounds like the human race.

There are two parallel worlds in a business. There is the world of technology, machines, objects and design, and the simultaneous world of people’s feelings, relationships, and whatever animates their spirit and moves them to cooperate.

In order to leverage executive coaching and double loop learning, we’ll have to focus on more than just behavior.

In a recent conversation a colleague discussed doing motivational speaking. Then she said, “or maybe it’s inspirational.” That got me thinking about a common dilemma that managers and leaders face, “is it my role to motivate or to inspire?” To me, the two terms are very related but have a definite distinction. Motivation is something that comes from within. As …