Calling has long-standing roots in theistic spiritual traditions, often associated with being ‘called by God’ to a certain way of life or to a specific course of action. Existential psychologists have commented on how sometimes it feels like a situation is calling for its own response from us. In both cases, the source of the calling is attributed to someone or something beyond us. It’s a phenomenon that can feel like an evocative pull, tugging at something deep within us.
I’ve experienced this many times since becoming a Christian, a strange intuition that feels beyond me, prompting or leading me in a certain direction. Sometimes it seems very clear or inspiring, at others it’s more of a vague notion, a restlessness that compels me to move or change. I’ve often experienced it in coaching relationships too, an almost irresistible impulse to speak or act that feels like revelation, an energising compulsion from the situation itself. It’s not magic, something I can make happen, something I can manufacture for myself. It’s sometimes unexpected, sometimes challenging and sometimes involves scary risk-taking. It’s not definitive either, something I can measure, test or prove in a lab. This can make the experience of calling feel mysterious, sometimes spiritual, a step in faith in response to a curious, invisible stimulus. It’s as if something ‘out there’ connects with something ‘in here’, setting up a dynamic resonance. So how to apply this in leadership and coaching? How to listen for and discern calling in the midst of so many other tasks and preoccupations that clamour for our attention? How to weigh up calling in order to act wisely? In my experience, there is no simple formula. It’s mostly about learning to be still, to live with awareness, to tune into my intuition, to be sensitive to prompts from the situation itself, to experiment and see what happens, to be open to God in prayer. I wish I could say I always follow this call. Sometimes I'm sceptical, sometimes I pull back for fear of embarrassment or failure. Nevertheless, I've seen and felt amazing things happen when I do listen and act. I would love to hear from others on this topic of calling. When have you felt called? What was the situation? What did the experience of calling feel like? What did you attribute the calling to? How did you act in response? What happened as a result?
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Catherine Russ
15/6/2013 11:42:52 am
hi Nick
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Nick Wright
16/6/2013 02:16:40 am
Hi Catherine and thanks for your interesting reflections. Your comments on grounding, stillness, facing the world and different ways of being with each other etc reminded me of a previous blog that may resonate: http://www.nick-wright.com/1/post/2013/02/the-power-of-presence.html.
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Annette Segal
15/6/2013 12:11:23 pm
I often make the distinction for clients between career and calling. My approach is secular yet spiritual. For those with whom this resonates, I assign work around deep self discovery. Sometimes, I assign Gregg Levoy's book Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life. The mystical and poetic come into play as clients work with ever deeper layers of themselves.
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Nick Wright
16/6/2013 02:27:08 am
Hi Annette and thanks for the note. Your distinction between career and calling reminded me of similar distinctions between career and 'vocation', the latter of course drawing on the same word origin as 'calling'.
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Annette Segal
17/6/2013 01:47:02 pm
Thanks for asking Nick. First the "secular yet spiritual" response. I don't offer my clients any particular canon, however they are often assigned poetry, listening to music without lyrics, a Beauty practice and asked to notice what arises in them, how they know (cognitively, emotionally, somatically) I offer them readings on Intuition, Contribution, Compassion from various sources as part of their work again with self-observations assigned.
Elvira Beracochea
15/6/2013 12:12:48 pm
Becoming aware of our unique calling is essential to advance in our professional careers. Yes, it is a sense of clarity and restlessness; a calling must be fulfilled; it cannot be ignored, or you will feel pretty miserable! Your calling will lead you to make bigger and bigger things, it changes as life and career move forward. I felt a sense of unique personal mission 8 years ago when my calling led me to start my own global health consulting company. It was a big and scary step, but my calling kept me going. You see, until then, my calling had been to help others by becoming a doctor. I had been a doctor for over 20 years when it became clear I had a new vision for my career, and it was to teach other doctors and health professionals what I knew to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and started MIDEGO, Inc. I had been working to improve health care delivery for many years in over 40 countries and had realized there were many things I wish I had known when I started my career that I needed to share with others. I did not want them to wait 20 years of more to know what I knew about how to deliver quality health services efficiently and consistently. Helping other health professionals fast track their careers, become experts and save more lives became my calling and have not looked back since then. Now I help others also discover and follow their calling. It is the most rewarding stage of my career, the most difficult and the most amazing journey. All comes full circle. Your calling gives meaning to life and meaning is essential to thrive in life. Thank you for stating this discussion. I am sure it will inspire others to "listen" to the little voice inside them that calls them to bigger things.
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Nick Wright
28/6/2013 01:43:53 am
Hi Elvira and thanks for sharing such an inspiring account of your experience of calling and how you have acted upon it. It sounds like your deep inner sense of vision and conviction has enabled you to achieve amazing things and to exert far wider influence and impact in the world than would have been possible if you had stayed with your earlier calling.
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Puneet Trehan
15/6/2013 12:14:14 pm
Hi Nick,
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Nick Wright
28/6/2013 01:55:46 am
Hi Puneet and thanks for sharing your reflections on this topic. I think you raise a very significant point concerning the difference between feeling and outworking a sense of spiritual (or existential) 'higher purpose' and wanting to fulfil more 'ordinary' goals such as having a well-respected job.
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15/6/2013 01:39:49 pm
Nick,
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 10:41:02 am
Hi James and thanks for posting such a helpful response. Your comments about listening, tuning in, discerning etc. reminded me of another blog you may find interesting: http://www.nick-wright.com/1/post/2011/10/listening-for-a-voice.html. I would be interested to hear if it resonates with your experience. I liked your emphasis on personal humility and integrity before God. With best wishes. Nick
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Funmi Johnson
15/6/2013 05:21:50 pm
Hi Nick, thank you for a really thoughtful piece. My 'calling' is definitely around violence against women issues and broader gender equality issues. Whenever i find myself being tempted to wander off and do something new and exciting, i check back in with myself, to see how it aligns with my mission. There's lots to be done, but it doesn't all have to be done by me.
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:05:46 pm
Hi Funmi and thanks for the encouraging feedback. It sounds like you have a strong and clear sense of personal mission. I would be intrigued to know more about how you 'know' what your mission is and how you discover and experience that 'knowing'. With best wishes in the important work you are doing. Nick
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Funmi Johnson
9/7/2013 06:32:29 am
Hi Nick,
Luis Cochofel
9/7/2013 06:33:52 am
Dear Funmi... you've just reminded me of a Portuguese philosopher saying, that surely is adequate under this thread and in this interesting conversation. In Portuguese, it goes like this (I'll translate it, in a free style, afterwards...):
Barry Stein
16/6/2013 12:53:27 am
Hi Nick;
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Nick Wright
16/6/2013 01:36:18 am
Hi Barry,
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Luis Cochofel
17/6/2013 02:52:44 am
I've had a catholic education but I do not relate the two things -- being a catholic and listening to 'a call' -- as I believe every single human being gets 'a call' every now and then.
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:14:24 pm
Hi Luis and thanks for sharing such a dramatic and vivid experience. It sounds like you felt a strong 'call' to act in that situation and somehow knew what to do when you were in it, even though that 'knowing' felt different to your ordinary sense of knowing.
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Luis Cochofel
8/7/2013 05:51:59 am
Life's a permanent surprise, isn't it Nick?!?
Brian Bell
17/6/2013 02:53:35 am
I have been fortunate to coach both younger MBAs and senior executives over the course of my work history (more than 1200 total in some capacity individual or group). Regardless of faith tradition, or even among non-believing atheists, a greater majority do have a sense of career calling and are desperately seeking how to find out what it is the calling means. Some will say this is nothing but human nature and biology at work, while others of some faith are quick to say God or a supreme diety is behind it. This sense of calling is more real than discussed and provides a wonderful basis for discussing what people should be doing with their lives. Cheers!
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:17:43 pm
Hi Brian and thanks for sharing such an intriguing response. I would be very interested indeed to hear more about how you approached helping your clients discern their calling, especially having worked with such a large number of individuals and groups. Please tell me more! With best wishes. Nick
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John Parman
17/6/2013 02:54:24 am
Have you read Noisy Contemplation by Rev. Bill Callahan? It is a poetic biblical reflective on the difficult relationship many Christians have with the relationship to God and Christ through their tradition; their filial or familiar sense; and the transformational moment of personally being called to serve God as an adult inside and outside of tradition, paterfamilias, and analogy.
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:19:06 pm
Hi John and thanks for the note. I haven't heard of that book but it sounds fascinating. With best wishes. Nick
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Angela C. Dowd
17/6/2013 02:55:05 am
Thanks for the topic Nick. Kind of a coincidence that today Bill Moyers is interviewing Joseph Campbell on PBS (old interview from 25 years ago). They are talking about following the call.
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Elvira Beracochea
17/6/2013 02:56:01 am
Yes, Angela. Joseph Campbell made his career and created a new philosophy of life on a simple concept: Follow your bliss. I do! Glad to know my story was inspiring. It is true,by the way, when you follow your "bliss" or calling, I think you are truly genuine and people respond to that. I have thousands of helpers in my career and lots of help and support since I started my company because I am doing what I am supposed to do, follow my bliss. Wish you do too!
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:23:27 pm
Hi Angela. Thanks for sharing such a stimulating and honest account of rediscovering and following your calling or 'path'. I too have found the notion of helpers to be true, people or (in my interpretive framework) God who have inspired, guided and challenged me on route. I wish you well as you move further into the world out there, sharing your skills and ideas. Keep us posted on what happens next! With best wishes. Nick
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Angela C. Dowd
7/7/2013 01:58:13 pm
I thought of turning back but quickly realized I need to keep heading in this new direction. It's unfamiliar territory. I'm not sure how I fit in. I'll be volunteering a few hours a week and feel this will open some doors...or at least some windows ;-). I'll share more about it soon...thanks for the encouraging words Nick.
Rose M. Eliud
17/6/2013 02:56:57 am
Hi Nick. I have enjoyed reading your article on "a calling beyond ourselves". It is interesting I see this at a time I am thinking about a "scary risky" step I took to quit my job based on a some "voice" I heard tell me to do so. Had I read this post before this "voice" thing, I would have thought you are another too spiritual fellow. I am now walking in the dark trying to light my own path heading to a direction I feel led to. From a Christian perspective, I would say God is lighting the path for me. The step was scary, it still is considering I am letting go all the security I had set up for myself with regard to finances and livelihood. But the most exciting thing about where I am right now is I know for sure that I am living my purpose. It is not fully clear what's next for me...but I have a vision of the ideal and I have my ladder on the right wall ready to climb.
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:28:57 pm
Hi Rose and, wow...I love the way you articulated your experience and your reflections on it. I too know that experience of thinking about a scary, risky step, of walking in the dark, of God lighting a path, of not being fully clear about what's next. I felt excited too as I read how you now know for sure you are living your purpose and I really liked your analogy of the ladder on the right wall. Please do keep us posted as your journey progresses. With many blessings. Nick
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Rose M. Eliud
5/8/2013 11:40:14 pm
Hi Nick, thanks for asking; here is a peek at the journey I believe I'm making from success to significance. http://theexecutivewoman.weebly.com/1/post/2013/08/what-are-you-successful-or-significant.html
Eric Bot
17/6/2013 06:01:27 am
Nick,
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 07:40:13 am
Hi Eric and thanks for sharing your insights on this topic. I think you raise an interesting point about how to discern 'calling' at an organisational rather than individual level. In my experience of working with leadership teams, it's sometimes about stepping back from rational analytical processes such as SWOT, PESTLE etc to ask more intuitive questions such as, 'what's our strongest sense of why we/as an organisation are here', 'what is this situation calling for from us in this moment in time', 'what is our gut instinct telling us, even it if flies in the face of reason or evidence' etc. It can create a very different type and quality of conversation where fresh insights, passion and sense of purpose can emerge. With best wishes. Nick
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Helene Samuels
17/6/2013 09:04:04 am
This is a deep and thoroughly philospphical discussion to which I cannot contribute much. While I am not a fervent relgious in any sense, I have the following prayer ascribed to Father Mychal Judge, FDNY died 9/11/0, up in my coaching space to keep me grounded:
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 07:45:30 am
Hi Helene. I'm glad you did contribute to the discussion! I really like the prayer you quoted and your reflections on spirituality as intrinsic to being human. Very profound. With best wishes. Nick
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Murray Peat
17/6/2013 09:04:50 am
Hi Nick. I warm to your description of the Lord's calling which you describe. For me this can happen at any time and sometimes happens over a period of time. It may be a nudge to go and pray for someone across the room (this has resulted in 3 instantaneous healings of backs/ear/bones). It may be an inner conversation - in 2005 He specifically called me to go to China to live and we did for 3 years.
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 08:10:40 am
Hi Murray and thanks for sharing such vivid and inspiring examples of hearing and responding to God's call in your life. What you shared reminded me of an experience I once referred to in this related blog: http://www.nick-wright.com/1/post/2011/11/to-do-or-not-to-do1.html. May God continue to guide and lead you. Nick
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Linda J. Ferguson
17/6/2013 01:39:10 pm
Here's a quote I like from Rabbi Hillel -
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Delia
19/6/2013 01:56:20 pm
Thanks for this quote. As I was reading through the earlier posts I was reminded of the times when I moved to follow what I sensed was my calling, even though it may not have seemed logical or clear at the time, and the next door openned allowing me to allow me to keep going ... I am now reflecting on how this can be trusted in the meeing with clients too ...
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 08:24:37 am
Hi Delia. Your comments to Linda reminded me of some work I've done in Gestalt coaching where, when acting out an issue with a client, the next step has become clear only once I had taken the previous step. It has felt like a kind of progressive revelation...one step at at time. I would be very interested to hear any further reflections you may have on how you may work with a client in this way. With best wishes. Nick
Nick Wright
7/7/2013 08:26:37 am
P.S. Here's a link to a case study article that may be of interest? http://www.nick-wright.com/just-do-it.html. I would be very interested to hear what you think! With best wishes. Nick
Nick Wright
7/7/2013 08:16:38 am
Hi Linda and thanks for sharing the quotation. It sounds like Rabbi Hillel may be saying that what we love most is what we were created for...that is, it points towards our purpose in life. If we follow that 'call', God will open the doors for us as part of His wider purpose. I would love to hear more about how you have used this principle in your coaching practice. With best wishes. Nick
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18/6/2013 05:37:00 am
Nick, Thanks for another stimulating blog post. I've always felt and trusted that there is a calling for each of us. To me, the calling is the application of my gift to a need in the world.
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 02:16:13 pm
Hi Terrence. Thanks for sharing your reflections on this topic and for the links to your blogs too. I was struck as I was reading your post by a possible distinction between a 'general call' in life, e.g. to outwork my gift, talent or core process in whatever circumstances I may find myself and a 'specific call' to act in a certain way or direction in a specific situation. What do you think? With best wishes. Nick
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Pam Kennett
18/6/2013 01:58:43 pm
I'm beginning to look at the area of meaning in work for my MSc. I'm not a spiritual person but I do think there is a missed opportunity to enjoy work and life by thinking more mindfully about what's meaningful for you and whether what you're doing is fulfilling that meaning. Whether that is building up one area of your life or work more than another or maybe something more drastic. Marjolein Lips-Wiersma has done alot of work in this area and says that as our lives are constantly moving back and forth our lives are never 100% 'stable' (my words) but that is no bad thing as that is what sets us on our path. I'm looking forward to exploring more about this area. As an atheist I'm hoping the god question doesn't come up too much but you never know. Specifically I'm looking at the impact mentoring has on an individual's meaning.If anyone has any useful references I'd appreciate it although there's quite alot out there - some mentioning the 'g' word and others not.
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Nick Wright
7/7/2013 02:26:59 pm
Hi Pam and thanks for posting such an interesting response. My sense is that questions of 'calling' and 'meaning' sit closely together. I haven't come across Marjolein Lips-Wiersma's work but I would be interested to hear more about what 'moving back and forth' could mean as your studies progress. I wondered if you had considered including an existential dimension (see, for instance, van Deurzen, Existential Perspectives on Coaching, 2012). Your comment about hoping the God question doesn't come up too much made me smile. :) With best wishes. Nick
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Maya Kalra
19/6/2013 03:22:49 am
I loved reading all the comments/sharing and maybe this was my calling today.......to read and understand more about calling. I am in a profession where I am very satisfied because I work with socially disadvantaged people. However, there still is a certain restlessness (can resonate with what Nick says) and a need to slow down and find my life purpose. I need to work more consistently on meditating and manifesting. I ask for all your support and prayers.
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Nick Wright
17/7/2013 01:30:24 am
Hi Maya and thanks for sharing such honest reflections. I can connect with your experience of satisfaction as I too have spent most of my adult like working in the humanitarian/social sectors. The restlessness sometimes feels to me like e.g. a yearning for a deeper sense of purpose, a desire for a closer and more intimate relationship with God or a need to take a fresh step in faith. It's something for me about feeling fully alive whilst living out my life and calling in the deepest and most vibrant ways possible. I do hope you find and create the space to discover your life purpose too. With best wishes. Nick
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Martin Klopper
19/6/2013 11:07:34 am
"Calling" presupposes there is someone or a situation that "calls"...
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Nick Wright
17/7/2013 01:38:59 am
Hi Martin. Thanks for posting such stimulating comments on this topic. I liked your introduction of the idea that sometimes the call we are hearing could be our own inner voice. How do I respond to the call of my own voice calling to me? It's an intriguing question and speaks to me of listening, awareness and authenticity.
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Rose Eliud
19/6/2013 11:08:51 am
Nick, I like the way you addressed the issue of "calling" from a metaphorical point of view. It is true that one may not believe in the existence of a deity, but that does not stop them from heeding to a calling. Your response reminds me, and clarifies one of the 7 steps of strategy development in World Vision "the discernment" that cuts across the whole strategy development process. In order to reach the point of determining "the call and aspiration" of a strategic direction, discernment in key.
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Nick Wright
17/7/2013 01:55:10 am
Hi Rose.and thanks for the note. I think you introduce an important dimension to this conversation - how to discern a 'call' at an organisational level. This questions could apply to other entities or constructs too such as groups, communities, nations etc. I would be interested to hear about how you have seen this work in practice.
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Lisa Zaccagnini
20/6/2013 02:43:00 am
"When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, when you do not tire within but seek the sweet satisfaction of your life and your work, you are doing what you were meant to be doing." --Gary Zukav
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Nick Wright
31/7/2013 12:15:59 pm
Hi Lisa and thank you for sharing such an inspiring and evocative quotation from Zukav. Your reflections in your final paragraph reminded me of 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran. Wondered if you have come across it? With best wishes. Nick
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David Johnstone
20/6/2013 02:43:41 am
I don't believe a coach or someone operating in a similar role can truly give integral coaching / guidance if they themselves are not living into their own "calling" or "commission" - Divinely or earthly inspired.
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Nick Wright
31/7/2013 12:21:58 pm
Hi David. Thanks for posting such deep and challenging reflections on this topic. Interestingly, I was invited to write an article for the July 2013 edition of the BACP's 'Coaching Today' journal touching on some similar issues, especially the power of incorporating existential or spiritual dimensions into coaching practice. I really liked your final statement: 'It takes courage, drive / obsession, tenacity and resilience to do what one will be called to do in taking the journey of fulfilling one's true Mission in life...it is not a path for the feint of heart...' With best wishes. Nick
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Rachel Conerly
20/6/2013 05:17:58 am
Hi folks - we've come at this VITAL topic from a slightly different angle. So I'll throw our pov into the pot. So appreciate the thoughtful comments.
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Trudy Arthurs
20/6/2013 07:42:04 am
What a beautifully intrigueing conversation. I particularly love Lisa's contribution, and your quote from Gary Zukav. And your comment David in your middle paragraph, about this being a loaded topic. Well done Nick on raising the question in the first place. This type of soul-deepening conversation can only add to the quality of our lives.
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Nick Wright
31/7/2013 12:27:43 pm
Hi Trudy and thanks for posting such an honest and thought-provoking response. I can understand your reservations around the word 'calling' because of some of the connotations it holds for you. I felt inspired by the account you shared of the person whose life you touched and how that influence continues even today. It sounds like you do have a calling and that you are rediscovering something of its impact. With best wishes as you continue on that journey. Nick
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Devon Reid
3/7/2013 02:48:30 am
I'm not sure if this is helpful.
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Devon Reid
3/7/2013 02:49:21 am
if we see ourselves as a piece of greater intricate whole - then I suppose there is no calling beyond ourselves because we are connecting to everything.
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Terrence Seamon
3/7/2013 02:50:06 am
As the Irish bard James Joyce once said, "Hear comes everybody."
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Jon Matsuo
6/7/2013 10:24:06 am
How interesting. I have pondered this privately, but would never have ventured to express it before, without Nick's prompting.
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Richard Thayer
6/7/2013 10:25:00 am
Interesting discussion. My choice of career was heavily influenced by Geoffrey Bellman and his inspirational "The Consultant's Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do." I agree that it has a broader context and that people are much more productive (and satisfied) when following passions connected to their strengths.
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Robert Crosby
6/7/2013 10:25:57 am
"Research for over a half century has confirmed that democracy ferments creativity and initiative far more than autocracy or laissez-faire. These foment scape-goating. Market conditions and product relevance being good enough, democracy also enhances productivity, bottom-line results, morale, and the equalizing of opportunity for all.
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Robert Crosby
6/7/2013 10:27:17 am
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive!"
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 10:32:11 am
Thanks for sharing the quotation, Robert. I often use something similar in career coaching when I ask people to reflect on (a) what makes you feel most alive, (b) what do you find easiest to do and (c) what do you find easiest to learn. With best wishes. Nick
Jonathan Lee
6/7/2013 12:40:35 pm
I find it interesting that you bring religion into your sessions. I too have felt a sense of calling but I would not call it religious in any way, just a feeling that all my learning so far has brought me to a certain point in time. However in a despearte moment with a religeous coachee, when they were not moving from their position over several weeks, I lost my patience and said, "You know, I dont believe any more, you refuse to move and the only one in the building that does, is all around you at the moment. He does not judge, he just accepts, its up to you to remember your religion and what the big guy thinks of you. " He looked stunned and then laugh and eventually left his job. Did I do a good job, not sure. Was using my calling inapproriate in the coaching situation? At the time I thought not, but your comments have made me think otherwise.
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Nick Wright
6/7/2013 12:46:53 pm
Hi Jonathan and thanks for such an honest response. I think you raise some interesting and important questions about when and how it may be appropriate to introduce an overtly spiritual dimension in coaching conversations. I think it partly depends on acting on one's own calling in the moment, partly on being sensitive to the client's own framework and desire or willingness to engage in such conversations and partly on the professional or organisational policies or boundaries that you are operating within. I would be interested to hear if you client offered any feedback on how they experienced your intervention. With best wishes. Nick
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Jonathan Lee
7/7/2013 07:14:35 am
Hello Nick
Peter Dean
8/7/2013 05:53:10 am
Hi Nick - great article, heres my take on our calling:
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Mark Honman
9/7/2013 06:35:30 am
There is a kind of nexus between calling, skills, and passion. Only if your professional life makes sense in all three areas is it really sustainable... this is especially important in roles where a person is dealing with problems that don't have an easy solution - or perhaps don't have one at all. And almost by definition charities are dealing with those kinds of problems.
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Oskar Abley
9/7/2013 06:36:30 am
Hi Nick, I started the same thread in another group. Good man.
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Angel Harlins
9/7/2013 01:30:57 pm
Some are called but few are chosen . You know you are chosen when you have accepted the call. Praise God.
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Tammy Hoffman
23/7/2013 03:06:50 pm
Hi Nick. Thanks for the article and your interest in "calling". Right now, my sense of calling is in the area of organizational and societal consciousness--where we develop not only different practices but a change of organizational heart. The corporate and overall world,in my opinion, has become way too bottom lined--economy at the expense of humanity and workplaces are indeed suffering. Organizations need callings, but if its call is only greater profit and not tied to something beyond that, in the end, it rings an empty tone--the "calling" that no one really hears.
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25/2/2014 09:38:30 am
I do not understand much about things like that. Because I've never met at all. It may be somewhat idealistic.
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