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What I’m Changing about my Practice as a Leader
Leadership is complex, but not for the reasons we usually give. It’s not complex because people are difficult.It’s not complex because the work is unknowable.It’s not even complex because the future is uncertain. It’s complex because, as humans, we are carrying multiple systems at the same time and pretending they’re one. We collapse them into…
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Present Moment Avoidance Ensures the Absence of Miracles
The word miracle carries a lot of weight. Miracles are those extraordinary events that defy natural laws, usually attributed to a supernatural power (like God) or divine intervention, causing wonder and amazement We usually pray for miracles: So generally miracles manifest as healings, deliverances, resurrections, or provision, exceeding our control and expectations. What if we could experience…
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Don’t stop trying in trying times
The late and beloved rabbi of famed Temple of Shalom in Chicago, Louis Binstock said that often it is not the wrong start but the wrong stop that makes the difference between success and failure. To quit while we’re ahead would be silly; to quit when we’re behind is even sillier. It requires will to…
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don’t go to the ocean with a thimble…
How do we find the light, that glimmer of hope, that it’s possible to cross over each chasm we face and emerge, ready to move forward?
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Do You Trust Yourself?
In his book, The Art of Significance, Dan Clark says that we should trust predictability instead of hope and faith. Hope and faith propel us to try something, he says but too many people drop to their knees to pray versus standing on their feet and doing their part in facilitating an answer to their…
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Pitch your Tent in the Land of Hope and Press On
As published in today’s Business Newsday “Hope is to the soul what breath is to the body – restorative and life-giving,” Allen Randolph, described as “a pastor to pastors,” so beautifully illustrates. “People can learn to live without a lot of things, but not live well nor live long without hope. You live better and more…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 