David Hulings
Writing from the edge of pain, toward the heart of healing.
about the author
David Hulings
Years ago, David was sent on a journey, but not by his own choosing or making. A broken marriage would end one career as a church pastor, but by God’s grace, it would also open the door to another. Executive leadership coaching was not on David’s life plan, but thirty years later after hundreds of one-on-one coaching sessions logged and thousands of hours of learning more, has changed that life plan. Since that devastating turn in the road, David has not only crafted a successful leadership coaching business, but has enjoyed every minute of it. Why? Because it has fulfilled the purpose of his life. Written on the wall of his office, it reads:
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the archetypes attend a funeral
“Dad, get to Andy’s house right way!”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, but I think it is going to be bad!”
Life can make some sudden turns and twists. One of the worst in life is the death of a child. Parents should not have to bury their children. That is not the order of life and death. In this book you will read about the grief and trauma that losing a child can bring to a father. That type of trauma is magnified when the death is caused by mental illness that ends in a son taking his own life. How does one respond to such a tragic event? The Archetypes Attend a Funeral is one father’s story of how he is navigating the turbulent waters of the Ocean of Grief.
just middle manager
Just Middle Manager is traveling to the celestial city of influence to be renamed Next Great Leader. But what is a great leader? Is there one style of leadership or many? These questions and many more weigh on both Just Middle Managers back and his heart as he sets out to follow his dream. Just Middle Manager is the story every leader should read, bringing to life the archetypes of Carl Jung into the real world of leadership style. Just Middle Manager is brought face-to-face with typical leader archetypes like ruler and warrior but also discovers nuggets of truth from the lesser known destroyer, lover, and orphan. Reading this enchanting fable that is more than just another boring business book will challenge you: Just Middle Manager or Next Great Leader?
What other leaders* are saying about Just Middle Manager: Next Great Leader:
Leader Innocent—Provides leadership hope
the archetypes and the drama of change
Any change in a person’s life or an organization is a story. And, of course, like a story, there must be characters-actors. Some actors in the story of change are heroes. Some are villains. Some are key actors and have powerful and influential roles in the change narrative. Others have bit roles; they seem insignificant and less important.
Each person in the change dialogue, however, will tell the story over and over. Generations later will give an account of “remember when we had to change that.” Sometimes the story is a good story. Often it is a bad story. This book is a guidebook, a script, to help assure we have more purposeful actors creating more positive stories of change. Those successful stories would replace what we often hear-negative narratives of failed and incomplete ventures.
trust!
The word trust is, perhaps, the most important word in leadership, organizational culture, and interpersonal relationships. We go to school to learn to be educators, doctors, mechanics, skilled tradespersons, scientists, and scores of other degreed and non-degreed occupations and skills. It is our hope to be proficient in our fields. Yet, in all those hours of learning, the average employee or leader has probably had little, if any, formal training on how to foster and develop, and/or repair and rebuild trust. That is a dangerous scenario.
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Years ago, David was sent on a journey, but not of his own choosing or making. A broken marriage would end one career as a church pastor, but by God’s grace, it would also open the door to another.
Executive leadership coaching was not on David’s life plan, but thirty years later, after hundreds of one-on-one coaching sessions and thousands of hours of learning more, it has changed that life plan. Since that devastating turn in the road, David has not only crafted a successful leadership coaching business but has enjoyed every minute of it. Why? Because it has fulfilled the purpose of his life. Written on the wall of his office, it reads:
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