what is leadership?
When I ask people in workshops what leadership means, I get a wide variety of answers, and most often way off the mark.
In the simplest sense, Leadership is about making conscious choices that result in a constructive impact you yourself can and want to have on others, and their corresponding behaviour as a result of that impact.
Leadership is essentially human and personal. We follow people because of the impact they have on us. Whether you are a mother trying to do her best with the challenges of leading children and a family, a middle manager trying to lead his team to contribute to the success of his organisation or Gandhi leading and changing the fate of a nation and becoming a beacon of light for generations to come. It is how we choose to show up and engage with others that motivates them to follow us.
The principles of behaviour and impact in the three examples are the same, the difficulty level depends on the situation and environment.
So what kind of leader are you now, and what kind of leader would you like to be?
What kind of impact do you have now, and what kind of impact would make you proud of yourself?
What kind of impact would instil in others the deep sense of trust to be able to follow where you lead?
coaching is a fundamental journey of discovery
Everybody seems to be a coach these days. And despite the wide proliferation of life-, business-, executive-, marriage-, start-up-, anti-aging- and career coaches, or whatever type of coaches they define themselves as, some people still seem to be hesitant to engage with a coach.
So, what could a coach do for you?
If someone wants or needs to be told exactly what to do, they should seek a consultant. If they need to find out why they ended up in the situation they did and why they are unhappy about that, therapy would probably be a better option.
Imagine this: If your focus is on becoming the best person you can possibly be and to consistently show up as that best version of yourself, to set challenging goals for personal and professional growth, then, a professional coach can provide guidance and support you to make conscious choices to develop that future you desire.
Whether it’s in your personal life, professional life, or both, striving to be the best version of yourself and setting challenging goals to achieve your dreams.