LEAD.301.C1 Personal Leadership

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Week 5 Discussion Forum: Are you playing to Win or Not to Lose?

Our topic this week is personal mastery. Be sure to dooo aaall of the assigned reading and review all material in the classroom. I invite you to reflect on where you are in your own personal mastery and start by thinking of behaviors that you see in leaders you know and/or public figures.Cashman refers to shadow beliefs. Jenny Rogers refers to limiting beliefs. Shizad Chamine talks about saboteurs. Anderson and Adams refer to reactive tendencies. For the purposes of our discussion, they are different takes on the same phenomenon. What limits you from being your very best? The point is, what early developed habits of mind/beliefs/attitudes that you no longer need?

TO DO:

1. Describe a leader who leads with Character and another with Coping and how that impacts you and the organization. Provide an overview of where you are with your own personal mastery.

2. After you take the Leadership Circles Self-Assessment (REQUIRED), share your highest two creative competencies and how they show up in your work. Also, share your highest reactive tendency and how it has contributed to your success so far. How has it limited you? What one or two creative competencies could you lean into that would make you more effective? How does your reactive voice operate? Be coaches to each other.

3. In subsequent posts, share other insights that come up for you, interact with teammates, and continue to consider how attending to your personal mastery can and will boost your leadership ability.

4. Review the David Whyte quote below. What resonates? What scares you? What beckons?

Leadership Circles Self-Assessment

https://self-assessment.theleadershipcircle.com/en-US/registration

Here are some additional resources.

This is an excellent TED talk by Tim Ferriss to help stimulate your thinking.

https://youtu.be/iPE2_iCCo0w

Here is an important Ted Talk by Dr. Amy Edmonson on psychological safety. Be sure to watch:

https://youtu.be/LhoLuui9gX8

Here is a quick, fun assessment to "test" your "positive intelligence."http://www.positiveintelligence.com/pq-score/and a rather long (20-minute video) by Shirzad Charmine on positive intelligence, and especially saboteurs.