The 8 Powers ofLeadership

Power to ACCOMMODATE This is the power to accept ‘what is’ rather than to sing the song of disappointment. It is the power to know that the future is in many ways already written and that it is up to me to have the cour- age to stay awake in order to see its unfolding. The leader holds a sense of direction and be- comes the custodian for all the information and resources that emerge to fulfill the vision. This power entails an ability to be at peace with the state of things, to sense that there is a plan and that I am a humble instrument privileged enough to play a part in this unfolding. It is the understanding that ‘what’s in the way, is the way’. Whatever obstacles emerge are only telling me I am still thinking in the same way I have thought before. It is a pattern of thinking that labels the situation as a problem, the problem only exists in my seeing. Each so called obstacle calls me to pay attention and to access a new filter, a third eye, to see more clearly. To exercise this power it is important that I should have accessed the fundamental power to WITHDRAW. Oth- erwise I become caught in the play, in the game, in my reaction, and I am lost. If the vision of a more sustainable future is powerful enough within me, I will attract all that is re- quired to manifest that future. I am the instrument, however, not the knower of all things. The result of the Power to ACCOMMODATE is a deep contentment. Since what is inside me contributes to what manifests in the outer world, a seed of contentment will surely grow worthwhile fruit. Flexibility…Openness…Mercy…Gentleness