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You set aside the first hour of your day to work on a strategy document that you’ve been putting off for a week. You haven’t been disciplined about getting to it, but you’ve had one crisis after another to deal with in the past week. Now, finally, you’ve carved out 90 early morning minutes to work on it. The problem is that most organizations spend far more time focused on generating external value than they do attending to people’s internal sense of value. Doing so requires navigational skills that most leaders have never been taught, much less mastered. The irony is that ignoring people’s internal experience leads them to spend more energy defending their value, leaving them less energy to create value. A good starting place is to find a colleague you trust to be your accountability partner, and to seek regular feedback from one another.

Do you notice you have an “invisible lawyer’? That can defend and justify, sometimes go ‘below the line’ and where your frustrations, disappointments and even anger can undermine you or others? Developing the capacity to “name it, to tame it”, to self-regulate and “own your place in the mess” are key leadership capacities! Before having a “ladder of inference” moment (or a ‘knee jerk’ as I call them!) asking two key questions in challenging moments: 1. “What else could be true here?” 2. “What is my responsibility in this?” By regularly questioning your conclusions, you’re offsetting your confirmation bias — the instinct to look for evidence that supports what you already believe. By always looking for your own responsibility, you’re resisting the instinct to blame others and play victim and focusing instead on what you have the greatest ability to influence — your own behavior.

A good read!! “Ignoring people’s internal experience leads them to spend more energy defending their value, leaving them less energy to create value. Transformational leaders balance courage with humility and let people grow”

‘The irony is that ignoring people’s internal experience leads them to spend more energy defending their value, leaving them less energy to create value’ ‘[as a Leader] it’s important to ask yourself two key questions in challenging moments: “What else could be true here?” and “What is my responsibility in this?” By regularly questioning your conclusions, you’re offsetting your confirmation bias — the instinct to look for evidence that supports what you already believe. By always looking for your own responsibility, you’re resisting the instinct to blame others and play victim and focusing instead on what you have the greatest ability to influence — your own behavior. (…) transformational leaders balance courage and humility in order to grow and develop every day.’ Courtesy HBR #leadership

Tony Schwartz great read with a ton of good ‘word lessons’ to hang on in our offices for a bit😉. 👉Being humble enough to listen, mindfully say to oneself, ‘so what?’ So what if my idea doesn’t steal the show, or my version of the plan isn’t the one we run with at first. 👉Mindful and confident of oneself in the big picture to know what responsibility you have in your organization, & because of that I’m going to let my direct report run this show because it’ll help them grow.😊 👉Its when we lead from a strategic, mission-based approach that we tend to see noticeable long term transformational results & changes….that perhaps…. 😉We were leading our teams toward while giving them the confidence to take their teams there….not fully realizing our influence…🤗Good stuff! #teamdevelopment #leadershipdevelopment #humbleleadership #strategicvision

"Man know thyself" - Socrates Leadership is not just about what we do, but also about understanding our internal dynamics. In the world of leadership, decision making and interpersonal interactions are pivotal. We often find ourselves juggling between two shelves: 1. rational and deliberate. 2. reactive and impulsive. This insightful article well illustrates on navigating these internal conflicts and offers strategies for self-observation and growth, emphasizing the importance of seeking support and accountability.

‘See more to be more’. Reflection is a valuable leadership skill, which takes practice and experience. Self-reflection is an advanced leadership skill, which takes emotional energy and courage. Coaches can be the leader’s mirror to make the reflection real and the prism which gets inside the reflection to turn it into insight, growth and action #collectiveworkscoaching

Rather than simply getting better at what they already do, transformational leaders balance courage and humility in order to grow and develop every day.

Are you a transformational leader? Interesting and insightful article. Important thoughts to consider, as a business owner for the future or now as you look to take your business to the next level! #centralfloridabizbroker #leadershiplessons #transformationalleader #businessinsights #leader #hbr