Relationships

Read this today and want to offer it as a thought for today: "In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions." ~ Margaret Wheatly

If this is true, and I believe it is, the question is not whether you have the title commensurate with the role you're playing, rather it is found in the quality of the relationships you are able to develop with those closest to you. I believe Margaret Wheatly is onto something.

Though I would add that often we overfunction to compensate for those who take little responsibility for themselves or underfunction and heap responsibility onto a few. It's always better to treat relationships as sacred, but to do so somewhat circumspectly since some exist to use other's generostiy.

The advise then is in relationships to be as wise as serpants and innocent as doves....