Here are two simple but powerful metaphors for managers.
Be the Lighthouse:
- enable those around you to safely reach their destination
- light the path to the ultimate goal
- keep employees from crashing into obstacles along the way
- guide and encourage others
- be a beacon of safety and security during dark and stormy periods
Be the Forklift:
- lift up your employees as needed
- be a source of strength when there is too much for one person to handle
- help others move forward with their heavy load
This management wisdom comes from Kundalini yoga, Yogi Bhajan and gifted yoga teacher Amy Pickholtz.
What do you think?
Before yoga and I began our dance I hadn’t just been a student … I had already been teaching as well – High School Drama and Corporate Training to be specific and although both held much appeal and seemed to suite me in many ways, I never felt completely at home, or as if it was the THING I should do. Something was missing. Basically I was teaching, but didn’t feel like a teacher. I mostly just felt lost, scared and confused with bright spots in my life. Like amazing children and finally meeting a great man to help me raise them… and that’s where things changed (personally I think it’s because fate is nosey and bossy, but that’s just one woman’s opinion).