Simply defining your leadership values is not enough. You also must actually live those values—in other words, walk your talk.
Simply defining your leadership values is not enough. You also must actually live those values—in other words, walk your talk.
We don’t choose growth values based on who we believe we already are. Rather, we choose them in areas where we see room for improvement.
With self-compassion, we help ourselves accept and bear the fear and pain that arise when we see and own the truth of what is driving our dysfunctional behaviour.
Mastering personal growth requires that we bring mindfulness to fast-brain reactions, which sabotage our long-term goals, and operate more from the slow brain to move towards our values and goals.
Self-compassion gives us a space of inner psychological safety, which enables our natural curiosity and intelligence to come to the fore.
When psychological safety is created by these four elements, organisations are much more likely to innovate quickly and adapt well to change.
When these principles of conscious feedback are followed, the end result is psychological safety, which in turn boosts team and organisational performance.
Carl Jung famously said, ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ Mindfulness is how we ‘make the unconscious conscious’. The impact our unconscious programming has on our behaviour cannot be overestimated....
The more we can slow down our reactive-brain reactions when receiving feedback, the more psychologically safe, constructive and growth-based our relationships and culture will be.
Dealing with our subconscious fears, beliefs, and assumptions can require literally a lifetime of inner development work. The first step is to address the shadow that is holding us back from living our growth values.