Exercising a Leadership Mindset
Jenny Vazquez-Newsum, Ed.D.
Leadership Strategist | Author of 'Untapped Leadership' | Founder & CEO at Untapped Leaders
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Last week in the?Untapped Leaders Community, we were joined by? Angela R. Howard , Organizational Psychologist and Culture Impact Strategist. She encouraged us to respond to the tough questions about leadership that aren’t that easy to answer. Here are just a handful...
When our brains are wired for survival, how does that affect our leadership behaviors?
Who counts on you? When you think of that question, what feelings come to mind?
Are you willing to do the work?
There was so much depth and complexity to each of these questions, but I leave them with you as you approach the start of the week. You can catch the full recording and all of the discussion questions in the community.
Thanks for being here.
– Jenny
PS. If you want some insight into the type of leader Angela is, check the special announcement below.?Thank you, Angela!
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Write.
An opportunity to dig into what we might be missing in our leadership.
Do you identify as a leader? If so, what has informed your identity as a leader?
If not, what is missing for you? What do you feel you need to experience, earn, or do before identifying as a leader?
Wonder.
An opportunity to reimagine deeply embedded leadership structures and practices.
As you’ve learned about leadership, how has your definition been informed by what you’ve read, seen in the media, or experienced in the workplace?
What aspects of that definition resonate?
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What aspects don’t resonate? How do the aspects that don’t resonate support or inhibit your own identity as a leader?
Witness.
An opportunity to learn from overlooked perspectives.
“Leadership is presence. Presence of mind, relationship, values. Leadership is a constant navigation, a constant shift and repositioning, to align mission/vision with decision-making/action, intent with impact, and theory with practice.
For me, I have often been described as ‘leading from the back.’ What I have come to discover is that means I am not leading the way they have expected and I am not leading in a way that gets recognized or awarded.
What feels unrecognized is that I am not ‘leading from the back’ AND I have no desire to ‘lead from the front.’ My leading is making sure that there is a we, and the we has power to achieve and to change.” – Sara, Senior Human Relations Specialist
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On the Reading List
Are You Afraid to Identify as a Leader??- Harvard Business Review.?"Establishing a culture that celebrates leadership and makes it truly accessible, regardless of gender, race, age, or other identity, can help everyone feel more comfortable seeing themselves as — and acting as — a leader."
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