4: The Foundation

Question

In which the question that lies at

the very heart of adult-to-adult

relationships is discussed.

How to Be a Grown-Up

Peter Block is a brilliant thinker about how we behave at work. His
book Flawless Consulting should be on the bookcase’s top shelf for
anyone who’s trying to get any thing done within organizations, as
should The Answer to How Is Yes. I’ve heard him frame the work he
does as “giving people the responsibility for their own freedom.”
That’s a big statement that raises as many questions as it answers.
One of those questions might be “What’s freedom?” and Block
would probably respond by saying that it is being able to show up
as an adult in our work and being able to deal with those around us
as adults, too.