Brave Leadership: Your Call to Courage

Our Leaders in Conversation webinar on Brave Leadership: Your Call to Courage was hosted by Jeanette Head, who had an engaging conversation with our speaker Caryn Conidaris a certified Dare to Lead? Facilitator. The key themes included: 1) Nuggets of Wisdom from Brené Brown’s research; 2) Vulnerability, Courage, and Authenticity; 3) Brave Leadership - Courageous Leadership; 4) Consequences of not being a Courageous Leader; and 5) “Stepping into the Arena”

Here are some Nuggets of Wisdom from this conversation:

• Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love, belonging, and connection. We believe that we are not enough.
• We are ALL worthy of love, connection, and belonging (not just fitting in requiring of us to change ourselves), and that we are imperfect - and that is okay.
• Self-compassion means to be able to relate to yourself in a way that is forgiving, accepting, and loving when situations might be less than optimal. It entitles you to give yourself some grace when you make mistake like you would to a friend.
• Courage requires vulnerability. You cannot be courageous without being vulnerable.
• Courage is about being who we are, knowing that we are imperfect and will make mistakes, and we do not have to give up who we are in order to fit in.
• Vulnerability is when the situation is uncertain, there is risk involved and we are emotionally exposed.
• Shame in leadership: The reason why we explore shame in leadership is because if we do not realise why and when we are in shame, we work out shame on other people.

Shame gets in the way of connection between people.

• Shame resilience, the antidote to shame, is empathy and self-compassion.
• Our chosen values guide us to achieve meaning and purpose in our lives, hold us accountable, and give us grounded confidence.
• Trust is developed and destroyed by the small and big actions and starts with self-trust.
• If we are brave enough often enough, we are going to fail and fall. We need to develop the ability to rise and be resilient after our setbacks.

Message to Leaders:

CONNECT with yourself and with others

Do the work! Develop yourself. Practice Self-worth and self-love

Enhance your empathy skills - connect to the emotions of the other person

Be CURIOUS- Make it a SUPER POWER

Reflective Questions for Leaders:

1. Do you practice self-compassion and self-love?
2. What are your shame triggers?
3. What ARMOR are you putting on and how does it affect your connection with others?
4. How will you step out as a Brave Leader?

For access to the webinar recording and summary please go to: https://boundless-leadership.com/resources