LEADING INSIDE OUT-leading with YOUR BEST SELF

Psychological Safety is far and away the leading characteristic of high performing teams. Letting go the burden of leadership and ideas about what a leader should be and focussing on your strengths to lead is pivotal to leading sustainably.

The Leading Inside Out program enables the realisation of your own personal leadership identity. Leading without persona – without the feeling that you have to “act like a leader” – frees up your individual leadership possibilities, inspires trust and wins the loyalty through genuine influence based on principle. This is about Leadership for the long haul where consistency, authenticity and trust form the basis of ethical behaviours and cultures.

Often, the basic premise of leadership is that everyone can lead. Leading Inside Out invites leaders to consider the kind of world they are creating in their workplaces through their thoughts, beliefs, actions and interactions - conscious and unconscious - and through that evaluation build leadership practices that inspire trust and confidence, creativity and loyalty; a workplace culture that fosters cooperation and enthusiasm for the game at hand.

Deliberate recovery

Making the time and space to recharge and evaluate is critical to leading well. The demands and pressures of leadership don't naturally let up. Being constantly under the pump diminishes both willpower and mental acuity. Building healthy recovery routines is therefore crucial for when willpower and energy are low but you still need to be on top of your game.

leading inside out

Too much emphasis on the leader you should be over the person you are often leads to effortfully living out a persona for whom "being right" is overvalued at the price of honesty. Instead of bringing out the best in others, this can close down creativity and effort. Leading Inside Out builds your ability to lean into your strengths to find the courage to lead with self-awareness and humility. These qualities deepen your capacity for the authenticity and empathy that underpin psychological safety for you and your crew.

overcoming barriers

When the leader is derailed, the team is derailed. Even the best can be blindsided by habitual thinking, entrenched fears, persistent pressure and the challenge of change. The awareness of behaviours and contexts that can derail both themselves and others offers leaders insights to develop strategies to sidestep unnecessary anxiety and stress - enabling them to lead positive, productive and peaceful team environments.