LEADING SELF FOUNDATIONS
The first level of The Leadership Excellence System™
“We can only influence the thinking and behaviour of others, when we know what it means to transform ourselves.” - Karen Williams.
At the core of Leadership Excellence is the ability to lead ourselves. It includes strong self-awareness, having a clear intention, knowing how to regulate our reactions in high-stakes moments and holding ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions. Only a leader who leads themselves well can coach and empower others to achieve their goals and contribute to the success of their organisation. Ultimately, Leadership Excellence begins with a commitment to our own personal growth and development.
Each of the 4 levels of The Leadership Excellence System™ include practical tools to develop your leadership, communication and influencing skills. Here’s how they all click together.
THE
LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE
SYSTEM™
Below are your core Tools for Leading Self
THE POWER OF YOUR COMMUNICATION
Identify your preferred and practiced communication style and how you can have more influence.
What’s the difference between Fixed & Growth Mindset?
How to Jump off your Trigger Train
HBR ARTICLE: MANAGING YOURSELF
Quash Your Bad Habits by Knowing What Triggers Them
Are you Above or Below the line?
BE - DO - HAVE
Most of us learn from a young age that if we say all the right things and do all the right things, we will have the results and outcomes we truly want, and then we will BE the person, the leader, the success story we’re dreaming about or hoping for.
But focusing on the DOING keeps us stuck in the chase, because no matter how much we DO and HAVE, the feelings those wonderful things bring are often fleeting.
For example, think about the last shiny thing you bought, or the most recent words of recognition you received, or the last holiday you went on. It’s likely it felt very satisfying at the time, but the feeling quickly fades and we’re thinking to ourselves “what holiday?!”
The skill of fulfilment, and it is a skill, not a by-chance thing or a work-hard-at-it thing, that we think it is. The skill of fulfilment is built on the awareness that we are human beings. We are energetic, feeling, emotive beings, but when we get stuck focusing on the doing, we lose who we really are.
At the core, we all want to BE happy, BE fulfilled, BE…(insert your favourite word here). And we can be, but focusing only on the external world to bring us these feelings, leaves us reacting to the external world. Good things happen we feel good, bad things happen we feel bad.
But when we focus on cultivating our thoughts and feelings with intention we can create who we BE on purpose. Now we are back in the driver’s seat of our lives and our outcomes and results. We’re no longer chasing, now we are creating.
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