Thoughts on Leadership – exploring a leader, manager, technician model to leadership development

I wonder if you couldn’t break apart the functions of leaders, managers and technicians.  A technician should be concerned with mastering two things: themselves as a person and their craft. To master yourself as a person, you have to know yourself. What are your motivators and demotivators? How do you discipline yourself to be productive?  …

Values

What to value:✝✝ Calmness, clarity, curiosity, compassion, caring, commitment, confidence, courage, creativity, cheerfulness, and connectedness. Discipline over desire.Commitment to the tribe who is bringing forth the shared goals. Forgiveness & reconciliation over conflict.Happiness for others over jealousy.Acceptance over resentment.Empathy over judgment.Composure over foolishness.Humility over pride.Kindness over anguish.**Autonomy over tyranny.^^^Independence of your circle over dependence on others. Personal responsibility …

Beliefs

We believe that each person’s character should be the most valuable possession that a person can have. Character can be compromised by the individual, but no one else can take away a person’s character. While actions will have consequences outside of a person’s control, only the individual can decide if their actions are consistent with …

Pepperoni Salad

A head of Romain lettuce quartered and then diced into two finger width A half pound of grated mozzarella Half of a red onion pickled in a 50% water 50% balsamic vinegar mix overnight (can stay in jar up to a year) 3 ounces of julienned pepperoni 3-4oz lunch meat ham julienned (cut long way …

The power to choose

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor Frankl Are you going to bend yourself to the reality around you, or are you going to bend reality to your self?

Using the C’s as a positive model for shaping who your best self can be

The C’s are a concept that I was introduced to through a quasi-spiritual, psychotherapy approach called the Internal Family Systems. The Foundation for Self-Leadership published their list of 8C’s. The reason I found this list of C’s to be helpful is because I can use it as a model of who I am when I …