When we think of leadership we often focus on the what:external characteristics, practices,behavior, and actions that exemplary leaders demonstrate as they take on complex and unprecedented challenges. While this line of thinking is a great place to start, we won't reach our potential as leaders by looking only at what is visible. We need to see what underneath to understand how remarkable leaders lead-and that begins with mind-set.
As important as mind-seta are,we often skip ahead to actions. We adopt behavior and expect it to stick through force of will. Sadly, it won't if we haven't changed the underlying attitudes and beliefs that drove the old behavior in the first place. Making matters worse, our behavior affects other people's mind-set,which in turn affect their behavior . A leader's failure to recognize and shift mind-sets can stall the change efforts of and entire organization . Indeed,because of the underlying power of a leader's mind-set to guide an entire organization toward positive change,any effort to become better leaders should start with ourselves, by recognizing the thoughts, feelings , and emotions that drive us.
In this article, we'll share five simple exercises adapted from our new book,Centered Leadership, that can help you become more aware of you mind-set. Armed with this knowledge, you can start making deliberate choices about the mind-set that best serve you in a given moment and learn through practice to shift in to them without missing a beat. This allows new behavior that improves your ability lead at your best to emerge naturally.
1.Find your strengths
A surprising amount of our time and energy at work is focused on our shortcomings-the gap between 100 percent and what we achieved. For many executives, this pervasive focus on weaknesses fosters a mind-set of scarcity: a feeling that there are too few talented people in the organization to help to move the mountains that need moving. Many executives we talk to find it very hard to recognize, accept, and appreciate and other view. The same may be true for you. But what if you could move mountains by starting with strengths, leveraging people's strong desire for meaning?
When we think of leadership we often focus on the what:external characteristics, practices,behavior, and actions that exemplary leaders demonstrate as they take on complex and unprecedented challenges. While this line of thinking is a great place to start, we won't reach our potential as leaders by looking only at what is visible. We need to see what underneath to understand how remarkable leaders lead-and that begins with mind-set.As important as mind-seta are,we often skip ahead to actions. We adopt behavior and expect it to stick through force of will. Sadly, it won't if we haven't changed the underlying attitudes and beliefs that drove the old behavior in the first place. Making matters worse, our behavior affects other people's mind-set,which in turn affect their behavior . A leader's failure to recognize and shift mind-sets can stall the change efforts of and entire organization . Indeed,because of the underlying power of a leader's mind-set to guide an entire organization toward positive change,any effort to become better leaders should start with ourselves, by recognizing the thoughts, feelings , and emotions that drive us.In this article, we'll share five simple exercises adapted from our new book,Centered Leadership, that can help you become more aware of you mind-set. Armed with this knowledge, you can start making deliberate choices about the mind-set that best serve you in a given moment and learn through practice to shift in to them without missing a beat. This allows new behavior that improves your ability lead at your best to emerge naturally.1.Find your strengthsA surprising amount of our time and energy at work is focused on our shortcomings-the gap between 100 percent and what we achieved. For many executives, this pervasive focus on weaknesses fosters a mind-set of scarcity: a feeling that there are too few talented people in the organization to help to move the mountains that need moving. Many executives we talk to find it very hard to recognize, accept, and appreciate and other view. The same may be true for you. But what if you could move mountains by starting with strengths, leveraging people's strong desire for meaning?
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