Welcome to We Move Together.
Note: After a year or so of writing this blog with a focus on leadership and organizational effectiveness, I feel the need to adapt and grow. While I will still focus on leadership and organizational topics, our world is so complex and simple, funny and sad. There are endless topics to explore. We learn and grow each day.
As the line goes, “life would be easy if not for all the other people”. Let’s work to turn that around and say, “life is easier when WeMoveTogether”.
My name is Michael Hurley. I have been thinking and living leadership for many years. With this blog I will present my own thoughts, ideas and random musings along with the best on leadership from business, sports, great thinkers, history, and society in general. You know the drill – my blog posts are my own thoughts and do not represent my employer. So if you like what you read, I did good. If you do not like what you read, well still me.
Why a blog on leadership? At its essence Leadership is a process of influence. Great leaders move the world around them and have influence to bring true change. The change can be a big item such as introducing a new product or something much smaller with a single person influencing a group of people to bring their all to a task at hand. While my focus is more on leadership in business, one can argue that effective leadership has never been more important, and sadly lacking, in society (yep government) in general. I do not plan to touch that third rail called politics, but let’s see.
This blog will aid me in my journey to become a leader of consequence. For those who come across this blog, I trust you are searching to be a better leader. Together we move together. Why the title of “We Move Together”? For me a key component of leadership is movement. We are here and need to go there. By the way, where is there? In graduate school I had to create a leadership model. I was drawn to the concept of push and pull and the key need to focus on the “pull” for effective leadership. An effective leader is out in front pulling people forward.
Before a business career, I studied Anthropology and was a college athlete. Both of these passions have influenced me as a leader in ways that I have only figured out later in life as I reflect on my influences. In fact my first experiences as a leader involved athletics. I will touch on my experiences as a member of a crew team (rowing) which provides interesting food for thought on the interplay of extreme teamwork and the glue of leadership to bring it all together. With my anthropology studies I learned the importance of a holistic view to situations. I plan to dive deep into the concepts of anthropology as a key source for leadership development.
I hold a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Behavior. Leadership development was a key component of my studies. I have been successful with leadership development within my organization both as an HR professional and working in operational management. Once again let me share myself through this blog. My dearest hope is that I will connect with others as we discuss leadership. Together we will move together and just maybe find ways to influence the larger world.
Hi Michael
Your blog is an insperation, very much what I had in mind, and it seems to me we share thinking on the Hr role and leadership. Im very new to this so please excuse the rough work so far.
Thank you so much! Your work is not rough at all – keep it up and I will continue to read. Let’s figure this out together. Let’s chat more later.
- Michael
Michael, I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. See the nomination at anotherlovelyday.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/very-inspiring-blogger-award. Congratulations!
~ Sandy
Cool and thank you. I am honored. We write to inspire ourselves first and if lucky take others along for the ride.
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Hi Michael. I’ve nominated you for The Booker Award. You can find the nomination @ http://wp.me/p1TJPv-2B6.
Very nice, thanks! I need to think about this one, five or more of my favorite books. This will be fun. David, thanks for the continued inspiration.
- Michael
Michael, I have nominated you for the Family of Bloggers Award in this post: http://davidkanigan.com/2012/10/06/1-year-and-counting/. You are under no obligation to accept. I just wanted to thank you for your followership and your friendship. Dave
David – thank you so much. I just read your one year post and it inspired me. You were one of the first blogs I connected with and do continue to post. I will do the same. We do have a great community.
- Michael
Michael, I’ve nominated you for the “Family of Bloggers” Award. To see the nomination, visit http://anotherlovelyday.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/overdue-thank-yous-awards-and-a-little-winnie-the-pooh.
Thanks so much for your friendship and followship.
~ Sandy
Honored and thank you. Love and I will look at it. All the best to you and thanks for the inspiration to write, write some more and never stop.