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Are
you ready to take the next step in your career development?
Individuals who
have a responsibility for managing, supervising or leading
others need an essential set of skills: skills that
enable them to express their highest values while engaging
others with dignity, respect and the spirit of collaboration.
These tools allow leaders to effectively and appropriately
respond to inevitable performance challenges. Not only
are these skills invaluable in leading others, they
allow the leaders to harness important energy necessary
in dealing with customers and achieving ethical organizational
standards.
Leaders
face at least two critical passages in their development:
when they are new to leadership positions and later
when they are more seasoned having achieved apparent
success. Both of these transitions provide opportunities
for leaders to deepen their awareness of what it means
to lead from within – to act in congruence with
their values. Becoming more cognizant of unconscious
beliefs and values allows individuals to create a more
powerful alignment between what they hold as important
and what they say and do. This alignment increases their
ability to inspire others and builds trust and credibility:
all critical components in creating organizations that
are highly functional.
ChoicePoint
has created a leadership curriculum, “The Leader’s
Way” to assist leaders in successfully navigating
these leadership passages.
Elements
of the curriculum
Self-awareness;
personal mastery
Our
premise is that as leaders gain self-awareness (of
their strengths, weaknesses and their deeper sense
of purpose, vision and values), they can better create
a work environment where people are intrinsically
motivated to achieve common goals. A leaders’
presence is often more important than their position.
As the educator, Ralph Waldo Emerson stated “Who
you are speaks so loudly, I can hardly hear what you
are saying.”
Awareness
of self in relation to others
As leaders become more conscious, more self-aware,
they better understand how their actions impact those
around them. Understanding differing styles, temperments
and viewpoints become critical skills in working well
with others. The ability to “speak the truth”
while maintaining good working relationships, to solve
conflict and inspire action lead to greater commitment
and alignment.
Awareness
of self and others in creating group wisdom
Leaders who are self-aware and understand others,
are better able to create a field where groups can
tap into and fully utilize its collective intelligence.
Teams and groups of people needing to work together
can learn to move beyond competitive individualism
toward a deeper community where creative intelligence
and wisdom flow through and inspire the entire group.
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