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Creating Possibilities

August 22, 2000

"Leaders make a difference by creating possibilities and breakthroughs.
They do this through the way they speak and listen.  The conversations they
start change the world around them in small and big ways. 

Charles Darwin said, 'What if --' and our perception of ourselves and our
place in the universe changed forever.  However it wasn't his contributions
so much as his 'possibility thinking' that distinguished him as a leader.
After all what is a theory but a possibility that you take a stand for
(Krisco, 1997, pp.193, 195)."

Reference:  Krisco, K.H. (1997).  Leadership & the art of conversation:
conversation as a management tool.  Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing.

How are you creating possibilities?

Leadership & the Art of Conversation is available on loan from the OSU
Leadership Center.  A complete listing of all the Leadership Center's
resources is available on our website http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu

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Created: 2009-01-02, Updated: 2009-01-12