Unconscious Leadership
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
I know I have.
Those are the moments that we are ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐. We are not staying awake to the present moment and the subtle shifts around us. Itโs not until something significant arises, like an icy road, traffic jam or unplanned detour, that we wake back up. This abrupt, unexpected waking pumps adrenaline and cortisol through our systems causing us to ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ to the challenges before us.
Research shows that the ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (๐ณ๐ฑ%) ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ*. Itโs not that leaders get up in the morning and say, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บโ. The reality is we all have unconscious, reactive aspects to our nature. The key question is, โ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐?โ
We know from the research that for 3 out of every 4 leaders, the answer is most likely โ๐ฃ๐คโ*.
So, how can more leaders stay awake and consciously navigate these complexities and pressures? It helps to center ourselves with the following questions.
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ? (๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต 1)
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ?
These are not questions to be asked once in a lifetime, once a decade or even once a year. They are ongoing inquiries that Integrative Leadersโข use as a ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด to guide themselves in consciously navigating the challenges they face.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐!
โ Write your responses to questions 1 & 2.
๐ฃ Share your responses with another leader and ask them questions 1& 2.
๐ฅ Register for our free webinar December 12th at 9:00am PST
๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝโข
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Leading up to the webinar, keep looking for our weekly posts covering the ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ every Integrative Leaderโข must ask themselves.
๐ญ Post 1: https://lnkd.in/gED5hrUt
*Reference: Mastering Leadership by Robert J Anderson & William Adams
