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Leading Through Change: From Disenchantment to Enhancement Strange fascination, fascinating me Changes are taking the pace I'm going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch-ch-Changes Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch-ch-Changes Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older Time may change me But I can't trace time I said that time may change me But I can't trace time — David Bowie, "Changes" Change is the new Shaman in our global village. Every aspect of our formerly safe, predictable lives is subject to his whim. Massive systemic change demands that we step forward and become bold, enlightened "Renaissance Leaders", as now, more than ever, what we "do" profoundly influences "what will be". For Leaders, change has manifested as a challenging uphill battle with intensifying competition for market share, volatility in the financial markets, and escalating uncertainty. All causative factors of increasingly demotivated employees and plummeting innovation. Most of our hours are spent on putting out fires and holding onto what we've got for dear life. Now more than ever before, understanding this change is key to harnessing its power. Read complete feature to discover the Shaman at work

This month's issue is stylistically different than our new shorter format. I know you are on the run facing competing demands for your time and attention. Although today's fashion is to stay superficial, I believe that we must resist the outer demands to stay on the surface. Now, more than ever before, it is important to step out of time to nurture our depths so we maintain the richness of our lives - from the boardroom to the bedroom. To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, twice a year I will offer up a more in-depth discussion on one of the principles that is particularly relevant and timely in response to what I am hearing from professionals just like you. If you'd like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you'd like addressed. I also invite you to get some "real time" with me and your elite cohorts on one of my complimentary teleseminars and upcoming Future Works® Network Member Meetings. We'll have a new Future Works site up within 90 days. Please come back and visit often.

From two FWG subscribers: I'd like to pass along this information about the visionary work of Mary Madeiras and Christine Sposato. Their company, Madeira Entertainment, has been chosen by the non-profit Generations of Hope to produce a documentary film that will encourage our nation to replicate their outstanding model community called Hope Meadows, which has for the past 14 years been successfully reducing the number of children in foster care. Hope Meadows is an intentional intergenerational community that was built around a social cause: foster care. This model community has blended adoptive parents, children from the foster care system, and retired seniors for a shared purpose: to provide loving support for the newly adopted children. The amazing result is a community that is the intervention. Generations of Hope has been featured on CBS's 60 Minutes, ABC News, Nightline, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Oprah Winfrey, where they received the Angel Award, and in the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Here's how you can help...by making a donation at the link provided below and/or by forwarding this link to folks you know who would be interested. https://www.fundable.com/

When you look back at your life, will you be able to say that you lived in your groove, knowing when to leverage change so that you could move from disenchantment to an enhanced life doing the work you love and loving the life you lead? What are you doing to make your future rock? Let me hear your responses.

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