Consulting to Cross-Stitch

I had a marvelous spectrum of reactions to the book this week. In the process of getting the word out about the release of The Character of Leadership: An Ancient Model for a Quantum Age I sent an e-mail to my former bank colleagues. Immediately after sending that note my phone rang and it was one of my former colleagues letting me know how excited he was to see the re-entry of character in leadership discussions. We chatted about our mutual interest and even talked in general terms about consulting engagements.

After finishing that call, the phone rang again and this time the caller was a woman who wanted to acquire the list of character traits I had mentioned during a television interview earlier in the week. I was happy to point her to www.characterofleaderhip.com as a good source for the information she sought. She went on to tell me that she wanted the list so she could put them in a cross-stitch for her grand children.

I was stunned that in less than 15 minutes there was a range of validation for the character model that ran from consulting to cross-stitch. Although it is dangerous to use a sample of two to reach a conclusion, I am heartened that our new book will energize a conversation about character in leadership.