Leading from the Inside Out “Leadership is, at root, about understanding and managing our own internal experience.” Schaetti, Watanabe, Ramsey Leading in the 21st Century Presenter: Taruni Falconer, BA, MEdc, Dip Tchg, FICI Associate Facilitator Personal Leadership LLC Master Facilitator Cultural Detective° Global Series


Why lead from the inside out? Organisations across the globe are finding that the realities of our times are calling us to take ever more conscious leadership – of ourselves, of our teams, of our distributed workforce, of our organisations. Yet it isn't the taking of leadership itself that is important, it is in how we lead that we make the difference.

So, what can support us as leaders in moments, in interactions of high change & fluidity? Personal Leadership LLC is an approach of 2 interrelated principles & 6 practices that help us stay connected to inspiration even in the face of the new, unfamiliar, ambiguous, & unexpected. Creativity © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 3

Something’s up! The “Critical Moment Dialogue” of Personal Leadership method CMD, the core process technology of Personal Leadership method, gives us a reflective tool to use in those “Something’s Up/ trigger moments in the midst of high change, fluidity. Teachable, learnable moments that often slip past us. Get lost in excess stress or lost in a yearning for stability. (“How can I discharge this feeling as fast as possible?” ) © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#>

Core themes of Personal Leadership Leading from the inside out Disentangling internal experience from external circumstance Using difference of context, people, culture, as a resource Choosing our internal state of being Committing to applied competence “Leadership is, at root, about understanding and managing our own internal experience.” Schaetti, Watanabe, Ramsey

Based on Two Principles: Creativity CREATIVITY = the uprising of life energy from deep within. When we accept ourselves as the creators of whatever it is we are experiencing, we have choice as to how to respond to it. 2 principles: Creativity- used to be used reserved for people in creative arts/ creatives. Changed in popular culture as understand that everything we do can become a creative act. CREATIVITY is uprising of life energy from deep within. Source of inspiration and insight. Is palpable, is kinesthetic. A physical vibration of alignment. When we accept ourselves as the creators of whatever it is we are experiencing, we hav choice as to how to respond to it. Not a victim. MINDFULNESS- Circulates throughout our entire body’s inner network. Intricate interplay btn thoughts, emotions, sensations, chemicals, heart rhythms. Daniel Goleman “a precise non-reactive awareness”. Purpose is to free us from powerful self-defeating emotional habits. © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 6

Based on Two Principles: Mindfulness MINDFULNESS = “a precise non-reactive awareness”(Daniel Goleman) . Purpose is to free us from powerful self-defeating emotional habits. Circulates throughout our entire body’s inner network. Intricate interplay between our thoughts, emotions, sensations, chemicals, heart rhythms. © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 7

The “Critical Moment Dialogue” Is based on Six Practices Habit = unconscious practice Practice = conscious habit © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com

Six Practices of Personal Leadership Aligning with Vision Attending to Judgement Attending to Emotion Engaging Ambiguity Cultivating Stillness Attending to Physical Sensation © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 9

Sensory Input Practices Refer to the way we interact with the world Attending to Judgement Attending to Emotion Attending to Physical Sensation © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 10

Container Practices Hold us, sustain us while we attend to judgements, emotions, physical sensations Aligning with Vision Engaging Ambiguity Other 3 practices are what are called “container” practices. Why? Because they almost palpably /literally hold us, sustain us, as we attend to judgements, emotions and physical sensations. Cultivating Stillness © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 11

Discerning Right Action What have I learned from this reflection? The Critical Moment Dialogue Attending to Judgement What are my positive and negative judgments about myself, others, and the situation? What am I assuming? Aligning with Vision How does my experience align or not with my vision? How can I strengthen that alignment? Engaging Ambiguity What do I not know? What more can I not know? Attending to Emotion What are the positive and negative emotions I am having, and why do I care so much? “If I don’t know what I’m doing, I can’t do something else.” Feldenkrais Cultivating Stillness As I take a breath, what insights come? Attending to Physical Sensation What are my physical sensations and what are they trying to tell me? Discerning Right Action What, if anything, is the right thing for me to do or say? What have I learned from this reflection? © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 12

Personal Leadership’s Process Model 2 Invite Reflection Take leadership of your own experience. Use the six practices of Personal Leadership and the Critical Moment Dialogue to distentangle from your automatic reactions, to achieve a new quality of understanding, and to become skillfully self-reflexive. 1 Recognize “Something’s Up” Be mindful. Notice your judgments, emotions, and sensations. 3 Discern Right Action Be creative. What, if anything, do you need to do or say? To whom, when, how? © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com © Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com <#> 13

Multinationals Practicing Personal Leadership-selected examples © 2014 Personal Leadership Seminars www.plseminars.com

Why Practice Personal Leadership? Sustain high levels of motivation and commitment, with ease Engage challenging situations with curiosity rather than fear Generate options for action where previously stuck Maximize authentic behaviors that contribute to good relations

Not-For-Profits practicing Personal Leadership – selected examples

More Reasons to Practice Personal Leadership… Create a vibrant relationship with change Engage full intelligence Enable self-care and resilience Generate internal alignment between values and behavior Maximize agility and style flexibility

Educational Organisations practicing Personal Leadership - selected examples

Still More Reasons to Practice Personal Leadership… Sustain continuous professional & personal development that impacts leadership of organisations For teams, move more quickly through ‘storming’ into high ‘performing’ Share a common language for addressing complex conditions Engage difference as a source of creative inspiration

Leading from the Inside Out LDC will be holding this one-day programme: * Thursday 4 September 2014 in Wellington. The day-long session will be followed by two half-day Action Learning Groups (ALGs): * Thursday 2 October * Thursday 6 November 2014.  `*

Leading from the Inside Out One Day Program + Two Learning Action Groups PREPARE Short Pre-Program Activity EXPERIENCE Immersion in One Day Workshop APPLY & INTEGRATE Monthly Partnered Activities between each of 2 x Learning Action Groups

Leading from the Inside Out “Leadership is, at root, about managing & understanding our own internal experience.”