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Part 4: The Tensions of Leader as Facilitator
My Perspectives ..... My Wake "Whether we intend to or not, we all leave a wake behind us. Those wakes can be positive or they can be...

Ruth Esau
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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Part 3: The Tensions of Leader as Facilitator
Power and Authority The tension between power and authority increases when we do not understand where each comes from. Parker J. Palmer...

Ruth Esau
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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The Tension of Opportunity!
Shameless and yet confident marketing coming your way! I am excited to say this dynamic project that started 25 years ago is coming to...

Ruth Esau
Nov 15, 20211 min read
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Part 2: The Tensions of Leader as Facilitator
Who Am I and Who Am I Not? Richard Rohr, Julia Cameron, Lance Secretan, Ken Shigamatsu, Robert Clinton, so many Authors speak to the need...

Ruth Esau
Nov 8, 20212 min read
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Part 1: The Tensions of Leader as Facilitator
1. The Tension of Knowledge and Growth In our youth our life is bent around the acquiring of knowledge. We are like fresh sponges that ...

Ruth Esau
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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The Tensions for Leader as Facilitator
Just like a water droplet landing on the smooth surface of a pond, your words as a Facilitator land on an unknowing space with unknowing...

Ruth Esau
Oct 21, 20211 min read
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A Time to Refresh
Fall is not the time of year I normally choose to find renewal and yet the opportunity came this year. So grateful! Beauty in sea and...

Ruth Esau
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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When Summer's End Stares Us in the Face.
I have heard the disappointment from many of a summer not quite what they expected or necessarily wanted. the wild and crazy weather...

Ruth Esau
Aug 23, 20212 min read
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The Gift of Curiosity
Curiosity! The traditional pose of curiosity is of students with hands in the air ready to ask questions. These are the ones who will...

Ruth Esau
Aug 16, 20211 min read
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The Power of Learning Relationships
Over the decades I have been privileged to be mentored, counselled, discipled and coached. To be given the opportunity to stand on the...

Ruth Esau
Aug 9, 20212 min read
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Quote For The Day
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ― Rabindranath Tagore...

Ruth Esau
Aug 2, 20211 min read
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Coming Your Way, Fall, 2021
Inspired to Lead is privileged to offer the following two cohorts for two female audiences of leadership development whether employees...

Ruth Esau
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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Grow Your Leadership Strength
Book Review of What-if Leadership Journal Over the past year and a half, I have had the privilelge of using What-If Leadership Journal to...

Ruth Esau
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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The Peace of Wild Things, Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,...

Ruth Esau
Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Quote for the Day
"You're never fully dressed without a smile!" from Annie Honour Your Client By: Listening and asking what is important to them. Knowing...

Ruth Esau
Jul 5, 20211 min read
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Leisure, W.H. Davies
What is this life, so full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or...

Ruth Esau
Jun 28, 20211 min read
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Everything Old is New Again - a Reflection in Time.
Growing up two blocks away from the Columbia River in Trail, BC, water was always a fascination. The top picture is a picture of the...

Ruth Esau
Jun 21, 20212 min read
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A Few Good Books
Books are a typical portion of my summer bucket list.There is not enough time in the world to read all the books that are out there. I...

Ruth Esau
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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The Empty Page
I have been fortunate that all through my career, I have had a season that was a little less hectic for me. In my case it usually was the...

Ruth Esau
May 31, 20211 min read
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