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Edwin Jansen on how people adopt self-management at Fitzii
... a personality typing tool. Typically, someone gets some kind of really difficult feedback or is in some conflict with someone and then their deepest fear around how they operate in the world is triggered. And then we like to say leadership development is a team sport, so the whole team gathers around t...more
...hat person and says, "We got you, you don't need to be afraid of this thing". And so they ultimately have an emotional awakening around their deepest fear and realising that they don't need to operate out of that fear. And someone we know is out of stage two, (the Heart stage) when they are now able to ...more
...f this thing". And so they ultimately have an emotional awakening around their deepest fear and realising that they don't need to operate out of that fear. And someone we know is out of stage two, (the Heart stage) when they are now able to put the needs of the team ahead of themselves because they're n...more
...ave a whole bunch of Orange and Green habits that you need to unlearn and then if and when you get triggered, you can then operate from that place of fear and you can regress into older bad habits. And so that's a constant behavioral change, where you're constantly trying to improve what we call 'Teal L...more
...back is given and how feedback is received. And it's super important that we provide feedback as a gift and from a place of love, not from a place of fear. When feedback is delivered from a place of fear, fear begets fear, and then it becomes kind of a spiral. And so we've really put a lot of attention ...more
...t's super important that we provide feedback as a gift and from a place of love, not from a place of fear. When feedback is delivered from a place of fear, fear begets fear, and then it becomes kind of a spiral. And so we've really put a lot of attention into how do we help facilitate experiences for pe...more
...per important that we provide feedback as a gift and from a place of love, not from a place of fear. When feedback is delivered from a place of fear, fear begets fear, and then it becomes kind of a spiral. And so we've really put a lot of attention into how do we help facilitate experiences for people t...more
...t that we provide feedback as a gift and from a place of love, not from a place of fear. When feedback is delivered from a place of fear, fear begets fear, and then it becomes kind of a spiral. And so we've really put a lot of attention into how do we help facilitate experiences for people to do that in...more
..., how have you guys (as you said) created spaces for people to develop some of these skills, like giving feedback in a way where it's not coming from fear? Edwin Jansen: Yeah, and I love that point. I've always thought 'Soft Skills' - that doesn't feel right. I believe these skills are the most importan...more
...that business just brings up in people in hitting performance targets or whatever that is. And then power over people or we approach a situation from fear that creates negative feedback, and then if they're afraid to give that feedback or have that conversation with people, it's all in the interpersonal...more
...how much I'm getting paid, here's how that came to be and this is how I feel about that". And what was interesting is, there was a lot of trepidation anxiety coming into that meeting. And then when you find out it's like, oh, okay, now everyone knows how much Edwin gets paid. It really was this anticlimac...more
...el than any other personality typology. It's a shortcut within for each individual because their Heart stage, it's ultimately triggering this deepest fear of their personality type. So my deepest fear, ironically, is to be controlled or to not be in control. And so my interest in moving into self-manage...more
... shortcut within for each individual because their Heart stage, it's ultimately triggering this deepest fear of their personality type. So my deepest fear, ironically, is to be controlled or to not be in control. And so my interest in moving into self-management was actually addressing the scariest thin...more
...en whenever I see someone even theoretically subverting or challenging these Teal practices, I get triggered, and I get afraid, and I act out of that fear and I get back into dominant control push mode. So it's just amazing how these things are interrelated and we just find that the Enneagram is just th...more
...and what triggers that person, what they're really afraid of, and then how to help them; what they need to hear and feel in order to move out of that fear....more
...e how all that difference unfolds. What I always go back to is, (and this is this is helpful because it's the saviour for working against my deepest fear), is that as long as we're harnessing the collective intelligence, and as long as those really strong voices realise like me: "Okay, I've got to tone...more
...ore feedback and I needed to do some more inner work and realise why was I behaving like that in those situations, but not others? And it was when my fear was was being triggered. And then how do I need to change as a result? So my only advice to everyone would, seems like, less people are getting into...more

Margaret Wheatley on leadership and Warriors for the Human Spirit

... of wonder, which is a very important component as we do our work as we live our lives we could be in a state of wonder right now we're in a state of fear and anxiety for good reason. But what I learned from publishing that book, which was very well received, I was very well received that it's still now...more
...r, which is a very important component as we do our work as we live our lives we could be in a state of wonder right now we're in a state of fear and anxiety for good reason. But what I learned from publishing that book, which was very well received, I was very well received that it's still now a classic -...more
...cessarily in the same job, but staying available for what's coming, what's needed already, the large numbers of people who are beside themselves with anxiety and fear, who are suffering terribly. Those are the leaders that I'm working with. And that's the level of change that's possible....more
... the same job, but staying available for what's coming, what's needed already, the large numbers of people who are beside themselves with anxiety and fear, who are suffering terribly. Those are the leaders that I'm working with. And that's the level of change that's possible....more
... to do it. What the methods and tools are, we have all of those. But it's not happening because of the other dynamics here - of self interest, greed, fear, wealth going to the very few. And this turn that it is always present in any civilization at the end of its lifecycle. So that's where we are....more
..., they're protecting the people. In our case, we are protecting people, and with, as nonviolent warriors who have a deep commitment to not add to the fear and aggression of this time - that requires training. How is it possible, not to feel afraid? How is it possible not to get reactive when somebody at...more
...w, in a meeting or in a public space, or whatever - I'm talking about verbal attacks, not physical. But with so much aggression out there and so much fear, we take a vow that we will not add to that as much as possible. But that's why we require training. So it's wonderful work. I am deeply, deeply grat...more
... that we're doing the work for its rightness, not for certain outcomes, certain expectations. When we can get there. giving up hope is also giving up fear. They are two sides of the exact same coin. So when we can get there, there's a kind of liberation, there's a kind of, 'I'm just gonna go for it', yo...more

Frederic Laloux with an invitation to reclaim integrity and aliveness

...f CEOs, they wouldn’t be invited to whatever CEO retreats and think tanks… but there was no real danger to their lives in any way. It was just an ego fear, but it’s a real fear. And I wanted to honour that. And what we realised is if I don’t have a plan B, I am, by definition, powerless. By definition, ...more
...be invited to whatever CEO retreats and think tanks… but there was no real danger to their lives in any way. It was just an ego fear, but it’s a real fear. And I wanted to honour that. And what we realised is if I don’t have a plan B, I am, by definition, powerless. By definition, I will not take big ri...more
...eople who are listening to this podcast, that is actually not true. Lose this job and you’ll find something else. You won’t, you know, starve. So the fear is in our head, and I can completely understand it. I mean, a number of years ago I was a consultant at McKinsey, and at the time, I had no plan B. ...more
...playbook? Looking at what works and past movements like: how did the suffragettes or the civil rights movements or the colour revolutions get through fear and apathy there? I mean, the fear was very real, right? You go out on the streets and you can be beaten up and you can die, and yet they’ve managed ...more
... past movements like: how did the suffragettes or the civil rights movements or the colour revolutions get through fear and apathy there? I mean, the fear was very real, right? You go out on the streets and you can be beaten up and you can die, and yet they’ve managed to break through that fear and apat...more
...ean, the fear was very real, right? You go out on the streets and you can be beaten up and you can die, and yet they’ve managed to break through that fear and apathy. And their playbook was very different. It wasn’t give people the facts so that they wake up to act… And so if you cook it all together, a...more

Bernadette Wesley on bridging inner and outer transformation

...at we can have an unpredicted outcome. In other words, that's what exponential kind of offers us - this nonlinear curve. Because I think there's this fear that 'now you're putting all the responsibility on us, we have to grow to develop to save the planet'. And it's like, actually, no - we have to shift...more
...f you've changed the structures. Bernadette Wesley: Exactly. And it lives within us. It doesn't change when you change the structure. I always say my fear is it's same prison, different walls. We change the packaging, we change the structure, and we think that's going to fix everything. And it does do a...more
...and commitment and energy it takes for us -individually and collectively - to explore that, I think. Bernadette Wesley: It does. And I think people's fear is that it will take so much time to do this developmental work inside a work environment, and we have all these other things to do. And when you wer...more
...s my heart to even think about it - and to actually let that in the cost of hiding these beautiful beings that we are. For the sake of, perhaps, this fear of being rejected. We'll go into some of the practices, but one of them is working with these core assumptions and beliefs. And I've sort of narrowed...more
.... That's the language of trauma, so they say. So, you'll feel it first when you name it. This is not taking up more time in the meeting, which is our fear. It actually unlocks something. So I name it and then someone else says, 'Oh, I have that too, on some level'. And it's sort of like turning on the l...more

Nand Kishore Chaudhary from Jaipur Rugs on love, collective consciousness and self-management

... sensible and purpose-driven. People who don't require to be managed, people with empathy, creativity, and who are driven by love, passion and not by fear. To develop respect for the weavers, there are many initiatives where we are bringing our professionals and weavers together. One such initiative is ...more
...y with our role. Our role is separate and our identity is separate. So when we develop our identity, we don't want to lose that. And we are driven by fear. And so it impacts our role. So my suggestion, and my advice is not to create that identity, only focus on the role. When we mix them together, it ma...more
... only focus on the role. When we mix them together, it makes things more complicated. And when we are driven by losing our identity, we are driven by fear. So it really impacts our decision-making and then we are not able to take the right decisions....more

Miki Kashtan on the three shifts needed for self-managing organisations to thrive

... the only way or when it is declared necessary, in many more cases, then, I think, are necessary. Because people declare it necessary on the basis of fear that collaboration is just not workable, rather than on the basis of specific circumstances and criteria. And power with is essentially about honouri...more
... on the part of the person who has structural power. The internal change on the part of the person who doesn't have structural power, is to overcome fear and habit of deference. And there is a risk because if the person with power hasn't made the shift, standing up for what you know is true does carry ...more

Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz on acting your way into a new kind of organising with Liberating Structures

...t I know what happened. That happens all the time. So for one reason or another, she felt privileged enough to say, let's do this right here. And the fear for somebody starting is: I'm going to look disorganised, I'm going to look unprepared. Because I'm asking a question, I'm not giving a PowerPoint pr...more
...Business School, and so forth. I'm gonna be the brain at the top of the organisation. Well, that's utter nonsense. But now I still have to manage the fear. Is there anything that I offer now that the group is discovering for themselves, a direction? They're shaping their own. They're simultaneously and ...more

Jos de Blok on Buurtzorg and the virtues of humanising, not protocolising

...our fears - these kinds of things. No, you have to be a leader, strong leaders - confident. You can't be confident about everything. There's a lot of fear in all these things. So just say it's there, so how can we deal with it? Building trust. You can only build trust when you talk about the basic thing...more

Bill Fischer and Simone Cicero on Haier and the entrepreneurial organisation

... accept that. And what I worry about is when the Haier model gets transferred, will there be acceptance of engagement, or will there be reticence and fear over being visible and therefore vulnerable? ...more

Peter Koenig on source, money and consciousness
...g to get them to understand teals and the other level, so yellow, and turquoise and teal". And then I said to him, "Yeah I can totally understand the fear, but you know what's going to happen, don't you?" And he said, "What's going to happen?" And I said, "You're going to be attracting nothing but green...more

Michael Y. Lee on lessons from researching self-managing organisations

...irly recent management innovation, and there's not a lot of evidence that it is effective. So it's funny, isn't it? The kind of habit mindset and the fear of anything new or alternative. I wanted to talk about as well - because I saw that you do this research about global dispersed teams, and how they ...more