tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post9209489745255337310..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Coming from empowermentTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-64412945139783675042007-12-05T09:39:00.000-07:002007-12-05T09:39:00.000-07:00Thanks Pete! We've experienced parallel changes an...Thanks Pete! We've experienced parallel changes and successes. When I was mediating conflicts between factions of school teachers, I had to abandon my elaborate preparations and trust what came about. There was no way to be effective by anticipating their conflicting agendas, grievances or stories. Like you, I've found that openness in me produced the best outcome -- one that none of us foresaw in any detail.Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-62949759867027449772007-12-04T15:44:00.000-07:002007-12-04T15:44:00.000-07:00Tom;Right on!In my own leadership training and now...Tom;<BR/>Right on!<BR/><BR/>In my own leadership training and now in my training of others; I learned to be present, open, and connected. <BR/><BR/>I shifted my practice for preparing for important meetings and conversations from trying to develop all my arguments and trying to anticipate all the challenges to my arguments; to simply clearing my mind of all my agendas and entering the meeting trusting that being present, open, and connected will always allow the conversation to move where it needs to go....and produce the best outcome.<BR/><BR/>Nice job, Tom;<BR/><BR/>peteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com