Creative Leadership Coaching

Brain research confirms the physical as well as the emotional damage of rudeness, of abuse. It’s also well known in psychological circles that abuse that is not healed, tends to perpetuate itself. This is a key part of the physiology of dominator culture. But we can learn to choose action over reaction, and to replace [...]

As we are multi-dimensional human beings, I am opening this discussion up further to include artists who express a great Partnership vibe and ethic. If you enjoy reading this blog, you might also enjoy Pat Monahan’s new blog …. Have a great day! http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/patblogahancom/attitude-or-aptitude/145603392151473

Here is a great blog post on the importance of self-awareness in leadership. It can seem counter-intuitive but this is some of the highest leverage organizational development work we can do: http://blog.icoachacademy.com/en/2010-08-25/catalyst-change#more

Happy new year!  Time flys when … you are busy   I am longing to write about Partnership dynamics.  However, I recently came an article on psychopathy and power hierarchies and am reminded of another topic — the pathology of dominator dynamics.  Reviewing the various pathologies of psychopathy, sociopathy, narcisism and codependence, one can (I suggest) readily [...]

Hi Carman, A beautiful Sunday morning to you! I agree that Partnership does not need to answer to Paul, Plato or Shakespeare, although I do enjoy dialoging with them from time to time. Thank you for sharing your deeply thought through and fresh thoughts on Paul. One observation I would add is that whatever was or [...]

Paul was an orthodox Israelite Rabbi [Pharisee] who experienced paradigm shift due to a life-changing event. As I propose in my document The Secret Synagogue http://thesecretsynagogue.tripod.com/ Paul directed his discipline at teachers-Israelite men-who had been called out of Israelite society into schools [congregations].The School of Jesus was, in its inception, indigenous to Palestine but Paul [...]

Carman, It’s always a pleasure to read your thoughts. Thank you for highlighting the parallels between Eisler on Partnership and Paul. I hadn’t fully appreciated this aspect of Paul.  The opposition of ”flesh” and “spirit” is a key theme in many theologies, so I read him more literally.  I do hear and appreciate that you interpret Paul’s words [...]

Hi Lisa, Why am I not surprised that serving a greater good is [your] greatest form of satisfaction? Thank you too for your invigorating treatment of the holistic paradigm. I would like to address and integrate some of your comments, beginning with, “I disagree with Paul’s dichotomization of flesh and spirit, but that view is [...]

Good morning, Carman. Welcome back We are hoping for some rain today, as well — just 40% chance of thundershowers – would be great writing weather! Your post seems to describe several dimensions of thralldom, with freedom from one form of thralldom found at the cost of subjection to another, presumably better form of thralldom. [...]

Slavery is freedom. Alone-free-the human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures. But if he can make complete, utter submission, if he can escape from his identity, if he can merge himself in the Party so that he is the Party, then he is all-powerful and immortal-Nineteen Eighty-Four Hi Lisa, [...]