How can I be different? How can my work be unique? What marketing technique will let me stand out? What can I do to catch someone's attention? How can I be noticed in the world?
Do we all want the same thing? In many ways, yes. We seek this differentiation to tell us and others we not not the same, we have something better, something more valuable to offer.
We compete in sports, business, relationships, education. We award excellence. Do we reward teamwork the same way? How do we see sustainable leadership?
What if we collaborated. What if we looked for the commonness. What if we tried to find the same. What if we all pooled our resources to help each other. What if we tried to connect in our sameness. What if we actully joined together to save our planet- for the good of us all.
Is this an impossible dream? Is it against human nature? Of course not. It is our choice to compete and differentiate OR to collaborate and live in wholeness.
Leaders today can merge. Leaders today can share leadership. Leaders today can bring together the challenges, the resources, the issues and the needs. Leaders can make a difference in the world. Leadership begins with you. Challenge yourself to be a sustainable relationship leader.
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Debbie,
I like the term sustainable leadership and often see the world through this lens. I agree that that if we look for what is inherently good in ourselves and each other, we would find deep levels of alignment and create sustainable relationships.
I also wonder about how to create the space for this value to be adopted. If you have ever read Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change, it take a certain level of emotional DNA to come "awake" to this type of upper tier value. Have you read this book? If so, I'd love to chat to you about this as well.
Look forward to meeting up for coffee soon.
Tracie Moser, CPCC
Caliber Leadership
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