As an accomplished musician and composer, Michael Jones brings a unique sensibility to the subjet of leadership. While other writers address process and leadership issues, Michael illuminates the deep parallels between leadership and the creative process.
He reminds us that beyond all techniques and advice, leading is about bringing forth new realities in line with our deepest aspirations. Leading arises from awakening us as human beings, from developing our unique gifts and cultivating our sense of connection - with one another, with our work and with the Universe. And leading ultimately manifests in the health of the whole, the commons that defines that connectedness.
Herein lies the core paradox of leading. When we learn how to recognize and nurture the commons, what is most personal becomes most universal, and the ego's obsession with the self gives way to the being's committment to presense and to the future.
