Leveraging Leadership Profile in Coaching

We all share this planet together, and we want to steward through it . We know that strong outstanding leaders at a higher level of evolution than those who created the problems are necessary to solve our global environmental challenges. And then also for purposes of awakening all of us on this planet are all sharing, as one humankind. And we are all brothers and sisters. We all have the same general goals, interests in and opportunities for our lives. We hold value, respect and honor each other. And that’s what the leadership circle is all about.

The purpose is to support leaders in evolving the conscious practice of their leadership. And that’s really critical because in evolution we’re ever constantly adapting or changing. Many of us can speak academically about it’s a lifelong journey, lifelong learning. But the reality is, it truly is an evolution. We never arrive and even those who might think they have arrived. The world continues to modify, change, new challenges, opportunities constantly, right? So we’re always in a state of elevation evolution.

In conversation with Michael O’Connor at Coaching Matters, Micheal explains the relevance of the leadership circle and why we should coach people towards things that are meaningful to them. He explains that we tend to live in a world that’s got a lot of complexity and tends to be the root issue of where people are looking for support on how to navigate through all this relevance or all this complexity. The leadership circle framework has a nice convenient value for all of us in that the research has already been done. So one should start there, as a place of look and challenge.

Isn’t it interesting? Well, Here is a glimpse of the conversation that Gaurav had with Michael.

A Conscious Leader Vs A Natural Leader
Do you think there’s a difference between being conscious and being natural? Do you think leadership should be naturally established?

Being a conscious leader and natural are two different things. This is my opinion, but I feel very strongly, the second is that we as people mature and evolve over time. So in our early years, that which is natural is not conscious, it’s actually the opposite of that. And we kind of mature into and evolve towards something that looks more and more like that. So while we’re on the journey, and research has about 95% of us consciously addressing things is necessary. So the question is, does that mean I’m being a natural?

No, not at all. One of the key themes in creative compensation is to be authentic and real. We can be conscious, and authentic, and real, all at the same time. But it requires honesty, and it requires integrity. So I will say, if we want to be meaning-making, highly contributing leaders, the natural thing to do is to be conscious, and constantly challenge that which is natural.