Internal, personal discipline radiates integrity;
external, social discipline reflects harmony.
2010/12/27
Disciplines
2010/12/18
2010/12/11
The Use of Wealth
The Leader earns much,
but claims it not;
accomplishes much,
yet is not attached to accomplishments;
excels greatly,
yet makes no show of excellence.
Adapted from verse 77 in Tao Te Ching
2010/12/04
Lead from Below
Rivers and seas rule the land
by keeping below it.
Excerpted from verse 66 in Tao Te Ching
2010/11/28
Attend to the End
One must be as attentive at the end of an enterprise
as at the beginning if it is to succeed.
Based on verse 64 in Tao Te Ching
2010/11/27
The Third Law
All consequences are born from actions;
Like dreams, they're not truly real.
From moment to moment they continually die away,
The same as before and after.
Excerpted from The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
2010/11/26
Life Without Limits
In leadership,
nothing surpasses moderation.
Moderation results in integrity,
with which nothing is impossible.
If nothing is impossible,
one knows no limits.
If one knows no limits,
one may lead in the net of gems.
Based on verse 59 in Tao Te Ching
2010/11/25
The Power of Metaphor
Real or unreal,
False or not false,
Mundane or transmundane,
There's nothing but descriptions.
Excerpted from The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
2010/11/17
2010/11/13
Perfection
Perfection seems imperfect,
for it is never finished perfecting.
Excerpted from verse 45 in Tao Te Ching
2010/11/02
Integrity
The leader who knows when to stop
is free to go on.
Based on verse 44 in Tao Te Ching
2010/10/17
The Net of Gems
Nets of precious stones are draped all around. Every organization is webbed with beautiful precious stones that reflect the states of all Leaders like the net of Indra, emperor of the heavens.
Some are round, some are square,
Some triangular, some octagonal;
Gemstone-wheel shaped, lotus blossoms, and so on:
All are different, according to deeds.
Adapted and excerpted from The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
2010/10/16
Firm but not Forceful
The good leader is firm,
but dares not take by force.
The leader should be firm but not boastful;
firm but not haughty;
firm but not arrogant;
firm but yielding to the unavoidable;
firm but not resorting to violence.
When a leader resorts to force,
things flourish for a time but then decay.
Based on verse 30 in Tao Te Ching
2010/10/10
A(n Improved?) Working Definition
Leadership is the ability to articulate an outcome, and a path for attaining that outcome, in such a way that others want to effect the outcome and are willing to travel the path to achieving it.
2010/10/05
Redemption
Embracing unity,
the leader becomes the world's model.
Not striving, the leader becomes enlightened;
not asserting -- distinguished;
not boasting -- praised;
not aggrandizing -- endures.
As much as the leader embraces the world,
the world embraces the leader.
Based on verse 22 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/21
The Invisible Leader
An unworthy leader is despised,
a common leader is feared,
a good leader wins praise,
but the people are hardly even aware
of a great leader; in fact,
they think they are leading themselves.
Based on verse 17 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/20
Immateriality
A wheel may have thirty spokes,
but its usefulness lies in the empty hub.
Excerpted from verse 11 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/19
Lead Without Force
Because wise Leaders love their Followers,
they lead without using force.
Based on verse 10 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/18
Humility
In practicing humility,
a Leader is worthy of praise.
By putting others first,
a Leader becomes great.
Based on verse 7 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/10
The Way of the Leader
The Way of the Leader is to do his duty, not to strive with anyone.
Based on verse 81 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/09
The Way of the Leader
The Way of the Leader is to conquer without striving, evoke responses without speaking, attract others without summoning, and calmly achieve shared visions.
The reflective Net of Gems is vast and sparsely meshed, yet nothing can escape it.
Based on verse 73 in Tao Te Ching
Reflection
The light of Leadership shines everywhere, illuminating the guidance that those around you need to see.
2010/09/08
The Way of the Leader
In handling affairs, people often spoil them just at the point of success.
With heedfulness in the beginning and patience at the end, nothing will be spoiled.
Excerpted from verse 64 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/07
The Way of the Leader
Difficult things of the world
Can only be tackled when they are easy.
Big things of the world
Can only be achieved by attending to their small beginnings.
Excerpted from verse 63 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/06
The Way of the Leader
What is well planted cannot be uprooted.
Excerpted from verse 54 in Tao Te Ching
Reflection
In any organization, Leadership appears like a reflection; thus do we see the Leader according to the differences in our understandings.
2010/09/04
2010/09/02
The Way of the Leader
To give life but to claim nothing,
To do your work but to set no store by it,
To be a leader, not a butcher,
This is called hidden Virtue.
Excerpted from verse 51 in Tao Te Ching
2010/09/01
The Tyrant's M.O.
Also known as "the bungee boss" for the ability to spring in when an issue hits senior management's radar then spring back out again when the coast is clear, the tyrant, according to Wiseman and McKeown, "has two modes: One is 'all over it' and the other is 'completely absent'" (p. 183).
Found in Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
The Way of the Leader
The Leader has no interests of his own, but takes the interests of those around him as his own.
Based on verse 49 in Tao Te Ching
2010/08/31
The Way of the Leader
Only he who knows what is enough will always have enough.
Excerpted from verse 46 in Tao Te Ching
2010/08/29
The Way of the Leader
Truly, one may gain by losing;
And one may lose by gaining.
Excerpted from verse 42 in Tao Te Ching
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