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CHAPTER 21
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Inspire People
D
O YOU INSPIRE PEOPLE? The root of the word inspire means
to take breath in, to fill with spirit. Inspiration is the capacity to
move people by reaching in and filling their hearts from deeper sources
of meaning.
To lead your organization through adaptive change, you need the
ability to inspire. Adaptive challenges involve values, not simply facts
or logic. And resolving them engages people’s beliefs and loyalties,
which lie in their hearts, not their heads.
Inspiration is not an innate capacity reserved for the rare and gifted
charismatic individual. To see that everyone already has this capacity,
take a walk through the children’s unit of a hospital, and the everyday
ability of people to inspire will surround you. We believe ...