Leadership begins with Who
How are you getting in your own way?
Imagine there are two leaders: Leader A and Leader B. Both hold the same position, have had the same experiences, and possess the same exact capabilities. However, there is a key difference between them. That is, in stressful, complex, or ambiguous circumstances, Leader A interprets what happens from a place of ego, scarcity, or threat while Leader B interprets what happens from a place of creative presence, openness, and opportunity. In the long-term, who is more likely to possess greater resilience in working towards a vision? Who is more likely to inspire and motivate themselves and their organizations towards continual excellence and personal fulfillment?
“The core leadership strategy is simple: be a model.”
Leadership is more than your position, skills, and competencies. It is also your ability to make meaning of any situation from a place of opportunity rather than threat, possibility rather than scarcity, and unity rather than division. And it is your ability to harmoniously guide others to live and act from a place of purpose and possibility as well. The way you make meaning ultimately determines the way you think, act, and decide.
But your meaning-making capacity is not about your way of doing, it’s about your way of being. Your way of being is influenced by how you think (perceptions), feel (emotions), embody (somatics), relate (relationships), and interact with your environment (systems). An integral approach to coaching means we work with all of these elements so that we can amplify all of your unique talents, skills, and experiences in a way that makes your leadership journey more impactful and fulfilling for yourself and others.
This means that we work on both refining practical leadership skills AND expanding our meaning-making capacities. Both are necessary ingredients in gaining new perspectives and shifting into mindsets that can unlock the greatest potential of yourself, others, and organizations at large. The results are truly inspired, meaningful, and purpose-driven achievement.
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Coaching is…
Being supported in a process of discovering your current thinking and feeling patterns that may be limiting or hindering you.
Being guided towards new perspectives and ways of thinking that can uncover greater possibilities and opportunities.
A space where you identify and develop the skills to construct your own answers to issues or challenges.
Coaching is NOT…
Consulting: A coach does not solve problems for you. A coach helps you uncover the assumptions you are making about a problem.
Mentoring: A coach does not advise you on what to do based on his/her own experience. A coach helps you tap into the wisdom of your own experiences.
Teaching: A coach does not tell you the way something should be done. A coach supports you in creatively assessing all options available.