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What's this
about?
 Every
month in The Scribbler I feature two hand-selected
articles from writers and thinkers I admire, as well as
a short article by me. The articles have a common theme
in that they offer insights and tools to help you live a
better life. You get a few paragraphs from each of my guest
authors' articles, and the link if you'd like
to read more.
This month, I've got an eclectic mix of articles
from two terrific thinkers. One focuses on how HR can
explicitly add to a company's bottom line, while
the other explores how to tap into "deep knowing" to
live a better life of choice. My short article makes
the connection between the Olympics and what it means
to be vulnerable.
David Creelman is a world-recognized expert on HR issues
(this article, written in English, is from a Romanian
website). He's interviewed and written about every
single mover and shaker in the HR world, and has recently
co-authored a report on Human Capital reporting with
David Ullrich, and this article gives five best practices
on doing just that.
Jen Louden is better
known as The Comfort Queen. She's written numerous
books and has appeared on all sorts of TV shows (including
the "holy grail", Oprah). I've persuaded
her to give us a sneak preview of the book she's
currently writing about how we organize our lives by our
deepest knowing so that we can balance keeping in touch
with our creative desires and our need to be of service
in the world with the need to make a living, parent our
kids and sweep the floor.
Michael's
quick scribble: Love
me without pity
The Winter Olympics
are on at the moment. For
those of you who don't
live in Scandinavia,
Canada, China and various
parts of the former
USSR, this is the smaller,
colder, slippery version
of the other Olympics.
What's breathtaking
about the Olympics
is seeing men and women
perform at the very
edge of their abilities.
They are being as Great
as they can be (I've
written previously
on what it means to
live life on My Olympus
here.)
Peter Block talks
about assuming the
responsibility for
our freedom, which
I take to mean, in
part, living a life
that fully uses our
gifts. It also
means being responsible
in holding others to
the same bold, terrifying
standard.
It's no small thing,
and a challenge we
all face – whether
we're explicitly in
the helping services
(coaching, therapy,
consulting) or implicitly
(being a parent, a
manager, a human being).
It can be so easy to
rush in and rescue
the people in our lives,
keep them safe, keep
them from exploring
those edges.
This form of infantilization
appears to be about
keeping them safe,
but is more deeply
about keeping us safe
and keeping us in control. To
let that go means increasing
our – and their – vulnerability.
Jean Vanier, founder
of L'Arche (which
provides communities
for people with developmental
disabilities),
said that the greatest
gift is to "love
me without pity." From
this place, greatness
is possible.
Who are you keeping
from their own greatness
by keeping them safe? How
could you love them
without pity?
(I support an organization
in Toronto called On
the Move that works
with adults with developmental
disabilities to be
more active members
of their community. This
is an organization
that does Great Work
and truly loves its
participants "without
pity." We're
holding a "friend
raiser" on April
6th. If you'd
like to come and learn
more, please contact
me at
michael@boxofcrayons.biz). If
you'd like to donate
a product or a service
to be part of our Silent
Auction, please also
drop me a line).
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"Talking
to Wall Street" by David Creelman
For
at least a decade HR has been muttering
about how it can add value to the bottom
line. Now the financial markets are beginning
to believe it. This should excite and
frighten HR leaders. If Wall Street really
does care about HR then the pressure
to do great work-and just as importantly,
to prove it is doing great work-will
be intense.
In the coming years more and more
HR leaders will get a call from the
CEO saying "We need to prove to
Wall Street that we have excellent
people management practices. What can
you give me?" At this point the
HR leader better have a good answer
or the CEO is going to be looking for
a new head of HR.
Read the full article here.
"The Deep Knowing Cheat Sheet" by
Jennifer "The Comfort Queen" Louden
How do we stand by our deepest knowing and live a life of our choice?
We become curious apprentices
of our own lives, willing to keep
our eyes open to ourselves even
when we would rather shrink away
in disgust or hide behind fear.
We listen to the twitch in our
back, the pang in our stomach,
the depth charge in our headache,
the cold we get every time we visit
our parents.
We offer ourselves and ask from
others the sacrament of forgiveness.
We ask, "What would I be
willing to die for?"
Read
the rest of the article here
What's going on?
In the coming months I'm speaking in person in Toronto, Bahrain,
New York and Prague, and holding my usual "international" teleforum.
You can find out the details here.
For my Toronto readers, please come
to my Get Unstuck & Get Going Learning
Annex workshop – the next one is
on Tuesday March 14. Register here.
My next open Get Unstuck & Get Going
teleforum is on Wednesday March 15 at
2pm EST – register by sending an
email to
admin@boxofcrayons.biz.
As you might be able to guess, I love
to speak or run workshops for groups!
Read more about the keynote
and workshop topics I offer in this PDF.
Michael Bungay Stanier helps people, teams and organizations to get unstuck and
get going on the stuff that matters. He is the author of Get
Unstuck & Get
Going ...on the stuff that matters (www.GetUnstuckAndGetGoing.com),
a self-coaching tool endorsed by leaders in the coaching and training professions,
and creator of The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun (www.EightPrinciples.com),
a Flash movie that's taken the internet by storm. He is the 2006 Canadian Coach
of the Year. You can find out more at www.boxofcrayons.biz or
you can contact him directly at
michael@boxofcrayons.biz or
+1 (416) 532-1322.
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