CLG has been professionally transformative. I was asked to lead the development of a new four-year medical school at our health system but my leadership skills were failing. I lacked awareness. Jim Dethmer saved me. Without his coaching and the CLG principles, there would be no medical school in our town. The most influential Commitment for me is “exploring the opposite” (Commitment #10). The appreciation that the opposite of my story is as true or truer than my story has been liberating and has actually reduced my own personal suffering. CLG culture has also become pervasive and extremely influential in our organization and we plan to have two executive leaders assigned to further drive CLG culture throughout the ranks.
