The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is Real.
—Marge Piercy

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
—Buddha

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths, making weaknesses irrelevant.
—Peter Drucker

No one real is boring.
—Gertrude Stein

IS YOUR STORY READY TO BE TOLD?

Becoming REAL is the most important journey you will ever take. It is the long, strange trip to your authentic self. This inner safari is often non-linear, more like a deepening and opening spiral, where you relinquish everything that is false and become true to your essence. At the basis of all Listening Well programs are the four aspects of becoming REAL; Reflection, Exploration, Awareness, and Learning. It is our practice and belief that drawing upon the power of story is essential to letting go of what no longer serves us, claiming what does, and creating the life we want built upon the foundation of our unique set of gifts and talents.

Listening Well: Becoming REAL through the Power of Story

On the REAL Wheel below, what aspect best describes your current strength(s)?
Which do you wish to develop?

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The Listening Well Experience

The Listening Well Vision

Listening Well draws upon the
Power of Story to:

• Discover Strengths

• Create Connections

• Realize Possibilities

Listening Well focuses on what is already working in your life to uncover your authentic voice, personal strengths, and inner leader which will propel you toward creating the life, work, and world you envision.

Listening Well develops leaders to consult, facilitate, train, and model behaviors that embody a focus on strengths—that which supports the generative nature of humanity. Our consulting addresses systems readiness for change, as well as develops support mechanisms for new leaders. This is an invitation to start right where you are—not new services or programs, not new hires, and certainly not more work. Just a 180-degree shift in the conversation to one that celebrates what is working, envisions what is possible, and develops and supports leaders from the inside out—inside individual human beings and inside the system itself. You are invited to explore leadership development opportunities for clients, staff, and yourself with Listening Well consulting and programs.

NEXT WORKSHOP—Listening Well Experience — November 24-26, 2008