It is a big thing that his holiness Dalai Lama is in Copenhagen right now. He is giving a speak on compassion and he is showing it. Yesterday I was lucky to be there live.
 
When I have heard his lectures online or about Buddhism their idea on compassion it is different than most people think of it in the West. It becomes more and more common giving compassion.

Before going I was wandering how his holiness looks at disability? Bad karma? Something you are able to do something about? I didn´t ask him but now I think I know what he would say: "It is life". He said so on similar subjects.

I agree in many of his statements: One of the important ones about leadership is: "Weapon control must take place in your heart". He used an example when he explained that anything can be used as a weapon.  When he was 4 years old he used his nails to scratch his brother when he was mad at him.  

He truly believe that we are all one. - Everybody suffer when someone suffers. At the same time it is possible to be happy. Something that is also in my experience to be true. How can we serve the most?: To be happy and create surplus in every aspect, then share.

 

In this blog I address both professional and personal leadership. 

In my daily life I have in the last 5 years gained extremely many hours of experience in leadership between people.

Specifically, I have to manage the budget. Do we reach the goals. Will I hire and dismiss the right people, and people where I can be a good management matchto them. Cooperation. Employee Development Interview, work envioment laws, tasks, leadership, values, development, chemistry, daily well-being (social capital), etc.
 
In areas it is good to have an ultra schematic approach. There must be a, b, c, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. To do such and such. At other times the routines and plans changes - which is fine, but then a task is suddenly no longer routine and must be explained anew. Circumstances may have changed a bit and it is not routine anymore. What different persons take as a norm is as individual as the date when we are born.

There are many good intentions during a day.

One example is to do something completely new. As a leader it can be a constructive way to articulate a situation. You can be sure that if there is a frustration among your employees or are you frustrated employee or manager, then something new must be taken into action. A very simple way when the "ordinary" does not work is to try something new. My experience is consistently that EVERYBODY want the best and want to create a better situation. Occasionally it is me who shall be more distinct and clear, other times all parties. The best results come when the involved and sometimes everyone in a team contributes to a common understood solution in which we are all winners.