How will you change first? How must you change first?
It’s a radical question because it puts the responsibility back on you. And few people, few leaders are willing to take that kind of responsibility.
Or ask it this way, from The Art of Possibility , “Who am I being that my player’s (my colleague’s, teammate’s, direct report’s) eyes are not shining?”
“Who am I being?” is not just a call to self-awareness but to a humility that opens you to another way of being.
And those “shining eyes”? If they are “windows to the soul” they confirm that those we are privileged to have on our team are fully with us. Even more than that, from our sincere commitment to learn those eyes shine with the anticipation of their own learning.
It is in our very nature to grow, to learn and to make more meaning.
Effective leaders make that possible because they go first.
DAVID BERRY is the author of “A More Daring Life: Finding Voice at the Crossroads of Change” and the founder of RULE13 Learning. He speaks and writes about the complexity of leading in a changing world.
