Leaders who live in the new story help us understand ourselves differently by the way they lead. They trust our humanness, they welcome the surprises we bring to them; they are curious about our differences; they delight in our inventiveness; they nurture us; they connect us. They trust that we can create wisely and well, that we seek the best interests of our organisation and our community, that we want to bring more good into the world.
… What we ask of the tellers of the new story is their voice and their courage. We do not need them to create a massive training programme, a global approach, a dramatic style. We only need them to speak to us when we are with them. we need them to break their silence and share their ideas of the world as they have come to know it.
Meg Wheatley in Finding our Way (p.30)
Thank you to friend Helen Scarisbrick for drawing this to my attention.
Grits and Grains 
I nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blog Award and it is at http://ivonprefontaine.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
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Ivon, congratulations on your award. You do, indeed have a most inspiring blog. Thank you also for the nomination. What a great way this is to build a community. Thanks for the part you play in it.
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David, it what I am trying to figure out about the virtual world. What leads to building community resembles what we do face-to-face. It is the appreciation and validation of each person we meet along the path.
Thank you for your kind words.
Ivon
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Got here via Ivon’s blog reccomendation-look forward to following you!
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