{"id":113,"date":"2013-04-30T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T03:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talkshop.ph\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2013-04-30T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T03:35:11","slug":"why-it-is-hard-to-be-a-transformational-leader-to-those-close-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkshop.ph\/blog\/why-it-is-hard-to-be-a-transformational-leader-to-those-close-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it  is hard to be a transformational leader to those close to us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strategicleadershipresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/leadership-development1.png\" width=\"306\" height=\"170\" \/>You cannot ever truly know another human being; this is the marvel and mystery of love and loving, of knowing and being known.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And yet, there is sadness in this knowing also.\u00a0It is when we think we know all there is to know about someone or something that the relationship begins to die and lose its sacredness.\u00a0Transformational leaders know there are multitudes of latent relationships to be known and enriched.\u00a0\u00a0Not doing so may result in profound and devastating consequences. For those of us who are practicing transformational leadership, we find the most challenge applying it on those who are the closest to us and those we love the most. \u00a0We are more attached to winning the trust of new acquaintance and less able to inspire and uplift those nearest to our heart.\u00a0\u00a0We also tend to assume that we know all there is to know about those we love. It is not easy to recognize, more so affirm, those we are close to.\u00a0\u00a0But this is the sacred task. \u00a0And if we can practice it, even a little, we will begin to experience not only transformation, but also the sacredness in all our relationships.\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Mark Shryock l TalkShop Leadership Coach<\/p>\n<p>TalkShop is the Philippines\u2019 leading training provider and the choice of top 1000 corporations in coaching their leaders and furthering their teams\u2019 personal effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot ever truly know another human being; this is the marvel and mystery of love and loving, of knowing and being known.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And yet, there is sadness in this knowing also.\u00a0It is when we think we know all there is to know about someone or something that the relationship begins to die and lose its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trainings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You cannot ever truly know another human being; this is the marvel and mystery of love and loving, of knowing and being known. 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