Golden rule of bad governance: the one who has the gold, makes the rules.

- Anonymous

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

- John F. Kennedy

To be free is to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

- Nelson Mandela

We have the opportunity to join together to experience what few generations in history have had the privilege of knowing; a generation mission, a compelling moral purpose, a shared and unifying cause.

- Al Gore

This materialistic culture is actually making people very dissatisfied. They can't find the meaning in their life, and they're left with nothing except getting more and more stuff that they don't either want or need whereas the other three-quarters of the planet has nothing.

- Jane Goodall

Leadership

We have an integrative understanding of the term 'Leadership':

It includes both individual and co-creative leadership and considers them to be integral aspects of each other. Rarely does leadership rest with only one person and never does it exclude the understanding and actions of individuals.
In that sense our understanding of ‘leadership’ includes but goes beyond the traditional view of outstanding individuals to appreciate the complexity of the many individual and collective processes that inspire and enable people, organizations and societies to work together towards a more wise, just and sustainable civilization. From that perspective we are all leaders and all part of leadership.
GLN also uses ‘leadership’ as an umbrella to include both social and business entrepreneurs and leaders from all sectors of society as well as process experts in coaching and consulting, meeting facilitation and team work, project and organizational management, leadership development, training and education, negotiation and conflict transformation, communications and networking – to name but a few leadership disciplines that each have their particularities but have a lot in common.
In our experience all of these leaders and the innovative ‘social technologies’ they use can be significantly enhanced by learning from each other both in dialog and action. GLN helps to facilitate this exchange for its members and wider field of leadership.