The Tension Triangle

See the Drift Before It Breaks

Miemie van Loggerenberg

• Publisher: Digital On Demand
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781048316858
• Subtopic: Leadership
• Index: Business

Something has shifted. The numbers still look acceptable, people are still working hard and the organisation appears intact. Yet decisions take longer, conversations grow more careful and progress requires increasing effort. James Calloway has just taken leadership of Halcyon Advisory, a respected Amsterdam consulting firm that is slowly losing its coherence. Guided by his mentor, Martin Eldridge, James begins to recognise the quiet separations between Direction, Trust and Work—the three relationships that determine whether an organisation holds together under pressure or drifts towards failure. Through memorable parables and the unfolding story of Halcyon, The Tension Triangle shows leaders how to distinguish visible symptoms from underlying causes, notice what has gone quiet and intervene before strain becomes crisis. Leadership Reflections and a practical Field Workbook help executive teams translate insight into honest conversations, sharper diagnosis and focused action. Written by educational psychologist and business coach Miemie van Loggerenberg, drawing on more than three decades of work with leaders and teams, this book is for executives who sense that something is wrong before the dashboard confirms it. It gives that feeling a name, a practical framework and a way forward.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• I. PART ONE
• Halcyon Advisory
• The Triangle
• Halcyon Advisory
• II. PART TWO
• The Lighthouse
• The Mapmaker’s Assistant
• Halcyon Advisory
• Leadership Reflection — Direction
• III. PART THREE
• The Silent Marketplace
• Halcyon Advisory
• The Clockmaker’s Lesson
• The Physician’s Blind Spot
• Halcyon Advisory
• Leadership Reflection — People
• IV. PART FOUR
• The Workshop of Many Tools
• The Relay Without a Baton
• Halcyon Advisory
• The Blacksmith’s Furnace
• Halcyon Advisory
• Leadership Reflection — Work
• V. PART FIVE
• The Bridge Builders
• The Second Bridge
• Halcyon Advisory
• The Three Roads
• Halcyon Advisory
• Leadership Reflection — Alignment
• VI. PART SIX
• The River That Changed Course
• Halcyon Advisory
• The Closing Note from the Author
• VII. PART SEVEN
• From Seeing to Acting
• Tension Triangle Field Workbook
• Acknowledgements
• Author’s Biography
• The Tension Triangle: Three Tools, One Practice