Today is my youngest son´s and my grandson´s birthday. At one time there was a risk that none of them would be present in this world today. Luckily we live in a time when science has come forth with cures for many forms of cancer, including those that my son and grandson had. One time someone said to my grandson that it was so sad that he was ill. My grandson answered: I am not ill, it is only my blood that has something bad in it.
I think there are some similarities with many organizations. Most organizations were born with a great purpose and lots of energy but at one point they got something bad in their veins, some kind of blockages or illnesses, that impacted the health of the whole organization. This does not mean that the organization is ill but that there is something in it that needs to be cleansed.
When you do the diagnosis as in Organizational Health and Balance, one of the foundational workshops in the Genuine Contact program, you learn to use the words cleanse, balance and nourish. Cleanse what is no longer useful. Balance what is out of balance, what you have to live with and can do nothing about. Nourish the good things that are already done in the organization. Don´t throw the baby out with the water.
This is good start on the road to get back to health and balance. As with all paths to health and balance, there is always a possibility, or you might want to call it risk, that you as the leader of an organization will be put on your own change journey. We who work within the Genuine Contact program, work from invitation. We invite people to come together and use their wisdom for the benefit of their organization or community. There is also another invitation, which sometimes is not explicit. This is the invitation for you to start on your own learning and change journey. I think that sometimes this unspoken invitation might be what prevents people from saying yes to the journey.
It is not always easy to be in a phase of transformation. You release or cleanse those patterns, habits and thoughts that is stopping you from living your full potential. Sometimes this creates a change in your environment with old friends walking away and new coming in. It could also mean that you have to look at yourself in a new light. Quite often we also forget to take care of the valuable sides we have and nourish them. We only look on the dark sides and think they are all the way through us. It is interesting how often other people don´t acknowledge those sides but see the light within us, that we tend to forget. So again with the words of my grandson: We are not ill, it is only something that is blocking us from showing our light right now.
Time to unclutter ourselves. With the words of Birgitt Williams: Courageous living is what we are asked to embrace. So let us be courageous, just like those young people who fight their cancer and other illnesses.
While you are thinking, support the Swedish Cancer Society and Rosa Bandet for finding cures for breast cancer. Cancerfondens rosa band 2011, design Per Holknekt och Lena Philipsson. Foto Melker Dahlstrand.
I think there are some similarities with many organizations. Most organizations were born with a great purpose and lots of energy but at one point they got something bad in their veins, some kind of blockages or illnesses, that impacted the health of the whole organization. This does not mean that the organization is ill but that there is something in it that needs to be cleansed.
When you do the diagnosis as in Organizational Health and Balance, one of the foundational workshops in the Genuine Contact program, you learn to use the words cleanse, balance and nourish. Cleanse what is no longer useful. Balance what is out of balance, what you have to live with and can do nothing about. Nourish the good things that are already done in the organization. Don´t throw the baby out with the water.
This is good start on the road to get back to health and balance. As with all paths to health and balance, there is always a possibility, or you might want to call it risk, that you as the leader of an organization will be put on your own change journey. We who work within the Genuine Contact program, work from invitation. We invite people to come together and use their wisdom for the benefit of their organization or community. There is also another invitation, which sometimes is not explicit. This is the invitation for you to start on your own learning and change journey. I think that sometimes this unspoken invitation might be what prevents people from saying yes to the journey.
It is not always easy to be in a phase of transformation. You release or cleanse those patterns, habits and thoughts that is stopping you from living your full potential. Sometimes this creates a change in your environment with old friends walking away and new coming in. It could also mean that you have to look at yourself in a new light. Quite often we also forget to take care of the valuable sides we have and nourish them. We only look on the dark sides and think they are all the way through us. It is interesting how often other people don´t acknowledge those sides but see the light within us, that we tend to forget. So again with the words of my grandson: We are not ill, it is only something that is blocking us from showing our light right now.
Time to unclutter ourselves. With the words of Birgitt Williams: Courageous living is what we are asked to embrace. So let us be courageous, just like those young people who fight their cancer and other illnesses.
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