Most of us have a different idea of the 'what' of leadership is but not enough of the 'how to' do it. In this episode, we share some ideas on the 'how' and in particular looking at why leading ourselves and others is a practice.
Too often we turn verbs in our patterns of language use into nouns - we nominalise them - and as a result, the original meanings of words are diluted as they become overused.
For example, when we speak of having a difficult relationship with someone in our workplace, what we really talking about is a difficulty in the process of relating between two people.
It may sound a little weird when we say that out loud, but that’s because we’re so conditioned to verbalising the noun - relationship - rather than the verb - relating.
So what? It sounds a bit pedantic and outlandish. Does it matter?
Words make worlds. We know this from our own experience.
So, I suggest it does because when we look deeper into the behaviour and language patterns we can pinpoint where there is a misalignment of intentions and understanding in communication that reduces our ability to connect and work well together.
The consequences are added cost for a business. Costs that are significant and avoidable.
In Episode 6 we speak to the idea of leading as a practice. It’s something we don’t take time out to do. We tend to learn ‘on the job’ with mixed results and enlist the help of coaches and mentors to help course correct our practice to become more effective as we work together with others.
We also introduce and begin to unpack the last two elements of the GRACE Framework® which is a practical framework to help us actually practice leading ourselves and others.
The last two elements are: -
CREATE - how to do this with less fear and harnessing wisdom and intuition
EMBODY - how to be more aware of how work with our body when we work
Lastly, we share more on the idea of regeneration shifting it from something that is interesting to talk about to something we can actually do to make a difference and have an impact.
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Ep 07: Leading As A Practice