Lead from Where You Are: Enhancing Your Mission & Vision for Impact
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Executive HR Women’s Network Meeting Recap
Staffing Solutions Enterprises’ Executive HR Women’s Network recently had the privilege of hosting?Beth Sweeney at our Executive HR Women’s Network meeting, where she delivered an inspiring presentation titled “Lead from Where You Are: Enhancing Your Mission & Vision for Impact.” Here’s a recap for those who couldn’t attend, and a guide for implementing these strategies in your own leadership journey.
Identifying Core Values
Beth started the session by guiding us through the process of identifying our top five values. This step is crucial for grounding our leadership approach in what truly matters to us, ensuring that our actions align with our core principles.
Defining Leadership Mission
A leadership mission defines what you’re there to do and how you do it. Beth broke it down into key elements:
Behaviors: Actions and habits that reflect our values.
Values and Beliefs: Fundamental principles that guide our decision-making.
Character Traits: Personal qualities that shape our interactions and leadership style.
Beth posed essential questions to help define your mission:
Crafting a Leadership Vision
A leadership vision is about where you aspire to be once you’ve achieved your mission. Beth encouraged us to think about:
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She asked reflective questions to guide this process:
Reflecting on High-Point Experiences
We spent time reflecting on our career and community leadership, identifying high-point experiences where we stretched ourselves and made a significant impact. Beth recommended analyzing these experiences by looking at:
?She emphasized understanding what made these moments high points and the feelings associated with them, searching for trends and insights.
Finding Your Ikigai
Lastly, Beth introduced the concept of Ikigai, a Japanese term meaning “a reason for being” or “the life worth living.” She guided us on how to find our Ikigai by reflecting on the intersection of what we love, what we are good at, what the world needs, and what we can be paid for.