LFI Leadership Competencies

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1 LFI Leadership Competencies LFI L E A D E R S H I P C O M P E T E N C I E S S E S S I O N S O V E R V I E W A N D S E L F A W A R E N E S S O C T O B E R

2 LFI Leadership Competencies Servant Leadership Leadership Presence Integrity & Authenticity Systems Awareness Active Listening & Curiosity Collaboration Situational Awareness Visionary & Inspirational

3 Competence Consciousness and Competence Consciousness Unconscious Incompetence Unconscious Competence Conscious Incompetence Conscious Competence Create New Behavioral Practice

4 Leadership Competencies Overview Servant Leadership Leadership Presence Integrity & Authenticity Systems Awareness Active Listening & Curiosity Collaboration Situational Awareness Visionary & Inspirational Leader as Servant Confidence and Vulnerability Consistency and Transparency Seeing Interrelationships Understanding and Openness Sum Greater Than The Parts Drawing The Best From All Resources Articulating a Common Goal Moving People Towards It

5 Neuro-Plasticity Reveals a Chemistry of Habit Neuro-plasticity refers to the brain s ability to change Research shows that we are never too old to change, that we can rewire our brain to think and act in new ways Habits involve the entire body Intellectual Emotional Physical Our thoughts affect our cells behavior

6 Self-Directed Neuro-Plasticity Sounds fancy but it s just Building Self-Awareness Cultivating your ability to observe yourself as a detached observer Notice what you are thinking and feeling and how each are feeding off each other in any given moment You can only make new and more constructive choices when you are conscious of the ones you are making now And recognize them as a choice

7 Revisiting Crossing the Line Take a moment to reflect on the Crossing the Line exercise from the opening retreat Write down some thoughts to these questions: What did you learn from that exercise? What stuck with you during the last month? What have you noticed about your perspectives since that exercise? Pair up with someone at your table Discuss your observations

8 Ladder of Inference Video Video (6 mins)- Rethinking thinking - Trevor Maber Additional Reading - Humility in Leadership: Five Steps for Overcoming Our Leadership Biases Society for Organizational Learning - The Ladder of Inference Journal Question What are some situations that cause your bias or belief to takeover?

9 Ladder of Inference The Ladder of Inference is a model that describes how we process data, develop beliefs, and make decisions. From millions of external of inputs (life), we Select Data and Apply Meaning Make Assumptions and Draw Conclusions Adopt Beliefs and Take Action based on Conclusions and Beliefs The Reflexive Loop affects the Data we select We tend to select data that support our beliefs - and ignore data that contradicts our beliefs We do this in an instant and act accordingly

10 Rewiring Your Thinking Physical Manifestation How is what you are thinking and feeling showing up for you physically? Thought Everything begins with a thought. Change the way you think to get your desired result. Desired Results Feelings/Emotion When you feel a strong emotion, ask yourself, What am I thinking?

11 Perspectives What are some perspective you hold that may be holding you back? What patterns of belief keep getting in your way?

12 The Dunning-Kruger Effect Original Study Hypotheses: 1.) Incompetent people tend to overestimate their skill level 2.) They also fail to recognize actual skill in others 3.) And, they are poor at seeing how extreme their incompetence is 4.) If the get training, they will admit they were unskilled Refers to a study by David Dunning and Justin Kruger about selfevaluation Poor performers tend to self-assess that they have performed very well In order to accurately assess your competency in a skill you need to be competent enough about the skill to assess the quality and gradations of the skill Example: American Idol Auditions the poor singers are so inexpert about singing that they cannot judge nor see how badly they sing

13 Implications of Dunning-Krueger Reading How Difficulties In Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Leads To Inflated Self-assessment Flawed Self-Evaluations: David Dunning's Fascinating Work Revisiting Why Incompetents Thing They're Awesome The Dunning-Kruger Effect Journal Questions - Where has the DK effect shown up in your career or leadership style? What can you do to counteract the DK effect in your leadership style? What does this mean for us regarding self-awareness and leadership development?

14 Some Steps To Build Self-Awareness STOP - what you are doing. Notice your thoughts and how they are making you feel OBSERVE - what are you thinking that makes you feel the way you do? ASK what valuable lesson does this situation have to teach you? Be curious about your reaction REFRAME your thoughts are not reality. Thoughts are just how your brain is processing it. What s another perspective?

15 Who Am I? Think Again Video (9 mins) Ted Talk - Hetain Patel Journal Questions - Who have you imitated in your life? (Who did you want to be like as a kid?) What assumptions are you trying to keep people from making about you?