By | Sarah Rozenthuler | www.greatleadershipbydan.com
In our rapidly
changing world, new pressures are emerging. To navigate more demanding customer
expectations, an acute distrust of business and so much remote working, leaders need
to find new ways of operating. Cultivating leadership presence is foundational
for this to happen.
With deeper
presence, a leader is able to remain centred when facing unexpected
disruptions, be open to new directions and build trusting relationships. People
follow people. Leaders who are grounded in who they are, what they stand for
and what really matters take others with them.
What
leadership presence is
When was a time
that you became so immersed in what you were doing that you lost a sense of
time? You might have been reading a novel, talking with a colleague or writing
a report; any activity that requires focused concentration can take us there.
Already you’ve had a taste of this capacity.
When we operate
from a sense of our presence, we are in a state of absorbed relaxation. There
is a feeling of spaciousness or ‘flow’ inside us. Afterwards, when we look
back, we realise that we’d been totally ‘there’ and in touch with our best
self.