Seeing Yourself in the System

In the last podcast, we talked about how leaders do two things - they lead toward a vision and they manage the anxiety that shows up as they work to get deep commitment to that shared vision. In this episode we are going to dig a little deeper into the second part of that conversation - leaders managing anxiety in the face of the pursuit of a vision. Effective leaders learn to notice anxiety and see patterned ways they (and others) express it. Leaders work on seeing self – without shame or blame – as part of our humanity. Leaders give others the same gift – seeing their reactivity as part of their humanity without shaming or blaming or taking things personally. Leaders learn to see self in the system in real time and to, when possible, disrupt those patterns and learn new ways of being.