Recent events on the list and in the world around me have encouraged me to go back to my references and one in particular struck me as being relevant to those who wish to facilitate Light and Peace in the communities in which we live.
"Group process evolves naturally. It is self-regulating Do not interfere. It will work itself out. Efforts to control process usually fail. Either they block process or make it chaotic. Learn to trust what is happening. If there is silence, let it grow; something will emerge. If there is a storm let it rage; it will resolve into calm. Is the group discontented? You can't make it happy. Even if you could, your efforts might well deprive the group from a very creative struggle." "The wise leader knows how to facilitate the unfolding group process, because the leader is also a process. The group's process and the leader's process unfold in the same way, according to the same principle. The leader knows how to have a profound influence without making things happen." >From "The Tao of Leadership" by John Hilder, based on the ancient Chinese >sage Loa Tzu writings. Regards Robert * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
