The Four Seasons of Quiet Leadership begin in Winter.  

We start with an acorn - the potential of our leadership - and look inside for the leader that we wish to be.  We will consider Humility, to understand the extent to which it is held in our intention, our action or our impact.  As the first green shoots poke out through the snow, as we cast our first shadow in the weak winter light, we consider the ways we are experienced by others as a leader, from the very start of our journey.

In the Springtime, we will look at the kindness with which we grow.  As we gain power and status, we impact others within the system, but do we do so equally, and do we recognize the ways we cause friction as we grow?

The Summer sees the tree reach maturity.  As our canopy spreads, we find a magnificent power and strength as we look at Kindness.  We will ask ourselves how we use power; to serve ourselves, or to shelter others?

Finally comes the Autumn.  We must shed our leaves and decide what we can leave behind before we face the Winter ahead.  If a tree carries every leaf into the winter storms, the weight of the snow will break its branches.  This is the notion of Grace; a fluidity of action.

We must choose the loss that we will experience because we cannot carry everything forward.  Leadership is a practice of growth, maturity, loss and renewal.