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In two of my previous articles, I looked at an explanation of why people behave the way they do and why it’s important for leaders to monitor their own behavior. In this article, I’d like to explore why this is all so important for leaders to understand as they are working with others.
To quickly review: as we experience various “events” we filter what we experience through the rocks that we carry around with us (our values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations). This filter allows us to add our perception and judgement to what we’ve observed, leading [...]
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I’ve been following Dr. Bret Simmons’ recent posts on Leadership Development. In a comment left on this post, Mary Jo Asmus describes how she tries to incorporate reflection when working with her coaching clients.
This all started me thinking about my own approach to leadership development and how reflection is at the heart of it.
Leadership Can Be Learned
While I believe that leadership can be taught, it can only be taught to those who want to learn. So really, I should say that I believe that leadership can be learned. That’s where leadership development has to start, [...]
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Practicing what I call Reflection Leadership helps us, as leaders, to be able take the time to reflect on what’s going on around us. By taking this time to reflect, we are able to rise above the clatter of everyday issues to recognize those things that are most important. This reflection also allows us see with greater clarity what needs to be done in any give situation.
But where do we start? Reflection Leadership isn’t about locking our office door so that we can contemplate our navel lint. The whole purpose of the reflection is to [...]
Reflection Practice is the activity of quieting the mind and body to allow for reflection to happen. It is something the reflective leader needs to work at daily in order to be able to focus on the all of the areas of Reflection [...]
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Sometimes I look at leadership a lot like I look at art. I may not be able to explain exactly why a particular painting is good art, but I know it when I see it. The reverse is also true. When I see a bad painting (here I’m thinking of Elvis Painted on Black Velvet) I it is not good art. Leadership tends to work the same way. Some folks make leadership look effortless and are really effective leaders. Others work hard at it and still couldn’t lead their way out of a paper bag.
I [...]
