Finding my voice has led me to another transformational discovery. I realize now that it has never been my self-will that has led me to my achievements. Although I have been tenacious in my efforts to learn, grow, adapt and thrive in any environment, organizational or otherwise, this tenacity did not get me through the uphill climb. My quick wit, street smarts, and educational pedigree were not what I leaned on, nor were they of much comfort in the competitiveness of what I now call the organizational wild™. You may see where this is leading and predict what I’m going to say next, but honestly, didn’t.

Throughout the ups and downs of my organizational life, and there were many, as we all know for ourselves, what got me though all of the set back and onslaughts, as well as the success, was faith. I didn’t even realize I had any at the time! It took a recent period of “forensic accounting” of my life in the working world to uncover and isolate this phenomenon. Faith in the workplace? Faith in what? In whom? Yeah, go figure…

It turns out, that no matter how heinous the situation, or how ill-behaved my colleagues (or myself!), I still had faith in our God-given ability of free will—the freedom to do the right thing, no matter how hard it may seem. I have often exercised this freedom and been greatly rewarded for my efforts. I’ve seen many others do it too. Wonderful! But for those who never or seldom did or do, well, now I write about why that is so.