Most individuals we work with are already successful; they have good ideas and make good efforts...yet still fall short of their vision. They are constrained by past circumstances or environmental factors. They find themselves feeling inauthentic, become frustrated, and struggle to bring people along. Yet still, there is a greater future for them...they just need some help to create that future.
DISCOVER CHOICE & EQUANIMITY
HERE - THERE - NOW
By bringing attention to what is and what is not, we are released from a state of wants and perceived needs, to one of choice.
By dissolving the prejudices and preferences that pervade our minds, we are released from a state of agitation to one of equanimity.
What are you like at your best? Change is hard. It’s not sexy. The past lingers, the present is ever-evolving, and the future remains uncertain. Yet, with a little help and clarity, we can create something better than we ever imagined. To realize we are something better than we ever imagined. If you’re looking for a motivational pep talk or the next flavor-of-the-week in “self-help”, this is probably not for you.
WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THOSE WHO ARE READY TO DO THE WORK.
DISCOVER CHOICE & EQUANIMITY
HERE - THERE - NOW
By bringing attention to what is and what is not, we are released from a state of wants and perceived needs, to one of choice.
By dissolving the prejudices and preferences that pervade our minds, we are released from a state of agitation to one of equanimity.
What are you like at your best? Change is hard. It’s not sexy. The past lingers, the present is ever-evolving, and the future remains uncertain. Yet, with a little help and clarity, we can create something better than we ever imagined. To realize we are something better than we ever imagined. If you’re looking for a motivational pep talk or the next flavor-of-the-week in “self-help”, this is probably not for you.
WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THOSE WHO ARE READY TO DO THE WORK.
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Leaders at All Levels - development from the executive boardroom to the shop floor.
An Organization can be a Community - this is why we adopt stakeholder-centered and peer-led approaches.
Time is Precious and so is your Budget - this is why we focus on objectives, not spending money for time.
Data-driven Results - this is why we measure improvement with the same rigor that you measure changes within the organization.
An Organization can be a Community - this is why we adopt stakeholder-centered and peer-led approaches.
Time is Precious and so is your Budget - this is why we focus on objectives, not spending money for time.
Data-driven Results - this is why we measure improvement with the same rigor that you measure changes within the organization.
Defining Leadership
By David Davila
Leadership is all about the impact made during our interactions with others - the sum of which we call a relationship. Our working definition of Leadership is inspired by pioneers in the fields of Leadership Education, Adult Development, Management Systems and Organizational Behavior, Psychology and Philosophy.
We coach executives and organizations to embark on a leadership journey - one which requires Courage, Humility, and Discipline. Milestones along that journey include positive changes in behavior, perceptions, and impact.
Leadership is:
This is in contrast to the common (noun) translation of a leader as "boss". It is also in contrast to the idea that to lead one must have and use their authority. Leadership can happen with or without authority, and is most often desired by those who are subject to authority structures. This is why we can easily identify lack of leadership within the management of organizations.
Ronald Heifetz, author of Adaptive Leadership, pioneered Leadership Education as a field of study separate to management theory and organizational behavior. In a 1988 INC article, Heifetz, the King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, explains:
"I define leadership as an activity, not as a set of personality characteristics. So what I'm interested in is developing people's capacity to perform a particular activity, and I call this activity "leadership." And the activity of leadership I define as the mobilization of the resources of a people or of an organization to make progress on the difficult problems it faces.
Notice that I am not talking about routine problems; I don't think they require leadership. I'm talking about difficult problems. In those situations, someone exercising leadership is orchestrating the process of getting factions with competing definitions of the problem to start learning from one another."
See the full article here: https://www.inc.com/magazine/19881001/5990.html
We coach executives and organizations to embark on a leadership journey - one which requires Courage, Humility, and Discipline. Milestones along that journey include positive changes in behavior, perceptions, and impact.
Leadership is:
- A verb; an activity; an exercise and practice (something you do)
- Separate to personality characteristics or charisma
- Separate to authority, position, or status
- Difficult and often times requiring mindset shifts and focused behavioral changes
- Encourages mature adult behavior in oneself and others
- Collaborative, provocative, and disruptive to the status quo
This is in contrast to the common (noun) translation of a leader as "boss". It is also in contrast to the idea that to lead one must have and use their authority. Leadership can happen with or without authority, and is most often desired by those who are subject to authority structures. This is why we can easily identify lack of leadership within the management of organizations.
Ronald Heifetz, author of Adaptive Leadership, pioneered Leadership Education as a field of study separate to management theory and organizational behavior. In a 1988 INC article, Heifetz, the King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, explains:
"I define leadership as an activity, not as a set of personality characteristics. So what I'm interested in is developing people's capacity to perform a particular activity, and I call this activity "leadership." And the activity of leadership I define as the mobilization of the resources of a people or of an organization to make progress on the difficult problems it faces.
Notice that I am not talking about routine problems; I don't think they require leadership. I'm talking about difficult problems. In those situations, someone exercising leadership is orchestrating the process of getting factions with competing definitions of the problem to start learning from one another."
See the full article here: https://www.inc.com/magazine/19881001/5990.html