CHAPTER 2

Getting Real When It Comes to Business

The best organizations

The best organizations

are built on relationships,

not hierarchy, and

to get there

you have to work through

what happens when

whole selves show up at the

boardroom table—sure, we need a

few leadership roles here and there but

in the buck stops here-ness only,

because we can’t work things out if we don’t

relate

and we miss a lot when we don’t

listen.

Consider stepping out of your role,

status stated,

and start

relating.

Leadership isn’t just for the old guard anymore.

I’m not opposed to the old guard; I love my old guard leaders, especially the ones who work hard with me to stay relevant, accepting, kind, and decent, to achieve deeper levels of awareness and who are interested ...

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