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February,
2007 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter To ensure receipt, please white-list our address by adding "Info@" plus our domain name to your e-mail address book. 1. Transformation Begins with Orange I was at Calypso, a dream vacation house beachside in the Bahamian Abaco Islands off the east coast of the U.S. Each room is spacious, light and airy with blond wood walls and tall windows trimmed in white with white, large-slatted blinds.There are exquisite views of the ocean or palms from all the windows and doors in the house. Tropical colors throughout accent the neutral palette. In my bedroom? An orange quilted bedspread lined with the color of red hibiscus and bordered with a sophisticated Indian print. I fell in love. A month later, after I returned home, I talked myself into locating and ordering the beloved bedspread in aqua. After all, aqua was the better aesthetic fit for my room. I felt entirely cheated when it arrived. Yet I was reluctant to send this very expensive thing back just because I felt bothered by a very nice, perfectly appropriate color. I was willing to try to live with it. It kept bothering me in a subtle, persistent way. Finally I asked Sage--director of an electronics association and a talented artist--her opinion. "Absolutely it can go in here…I love orange!" It was only then that I laughed at the obvious. Some wiser part of me knew to choose her. Knew she would sanction what my logic was arguing against. She has an orange jeep which I see regularly, and she painted her kitchen walls burnt orange, which I often see when I walk the dog past her home. Sage made the simplest suggestion for changing the color of the drapes so that the soon-to-arrive orange bedspread would fit in beautifully. I was so happy to say "Yes!" to exactly what I wanted rather to "just live with" the aqua spread. Every week I work with leaders who choose not to settle. We work together to change their habits of thought and action, and indeed, their way of being. What comes as a surprise to many is where they have settled without evening knowing it. Settling
closes down possibilities--possibilities for greater inspired action
and for deep satisfaction. In the super fast pace of organizational
life, it's not always easy to attend to subtleties--so begin wherever
you are. Even with a bedspread. If I told these leaders that transformation starts with orange they wouldn't get it because they don't know the story. But you do… So what happens when you, without pushing or drama, decide not to settle? Here's to saying
"Yes!" to Exactly What You Want... Beth Hand © Copyright 2007, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8074 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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