The Essence of an Integral+® Leader

Integral+®️ Leadership is a comprehensive approach that understands human consciousness and behaviours, which provides a leading-edge framework for leadership training.

Integral+®️ Leadership views human beings as complex ecosystems that are composed of multiple dimensions of experience, including cognitive, emotional, somatic, social, and spiritual aspects. An Integral+®️ Leader is one who is attending to these dimensions and seeks to integrate them into their leadership style.

Here are seven tips for becoming an Integral+®️ Leader, using Integral+®️ Leadership as a guide:

1. Cultivate Self-Awareness

Integral+®️ Leadership emphasises the importance of self-awareness in leadership development. To be an Integral+®️ Leader, it is essential to be attending to your own thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This will help you understand your own biases, strengths, and limitations, which in turn will help you become more effective in your leadership role.

 2. Embrace Complexity

Integral+®️ Leadership recognises that the world is a complex and interconnected system and that leadership requires an understanding of these complexities. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you must be comfortable with ambiguity, uncertainty, and change. Embracing complexity means being open to new ideas, perspectives, and ways of doing things.

3. Foster Collaboration

Integral+®️ Leadership emphasises the importance of collaboration and teamwork in achieving organisational goals. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you should foster a culture of collaboration by encouraging teamwork, sharing knowledge and resources, and creating a sense of community within your team, impacting the wider organisation, to help meet stakeholder needs.

 4. Develop Emotional Intelligence

Integral+®️ Leadership also recognises that emotions play a crucial role in human behaviour and that emotional intelligence is an essential skill for effective leadership. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you will develop emotional intelligence by understanding and leading your own emotions and those of others and using this understanding to build better relationships with your team members.

 5. Practice Mindfulness

Integral+®️ Leadership understands the importance of mindfulness in leadership development. Mindfulness involves being fully present to the present moment, without judgment or distraction. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you will practice mindfulness to help you stay focused, calm, and centered in the midst of the many challenges of leadership.

 6. Embody Principle-Based Leadership

Integral+®️ Leadership shares the importance of principle-based leadership. Principle-based leadership involves aligning your personal principles with the principles of your organisation and using these as a guide for decision-making and action. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you embody principle-based leadership by modelling ethical behaviours, setting clear expectations, and holding yourself and others accountable for upholding these core principles.

 7. Embrace Growth and Development

Integral+®️ Leadership offers the personal growth and development that are essential for effective leadership. As an Integral+®️ Leader, you’ll embrace growth and development by seeking out opportunities for learning and development, being open to feedback and constructive criticism, and being willing to take risks and try new things. 

In conclusion, being an integral+®️ leader requires a deep understanding of human consciousness and behaviours, as well as a commitment to personal growth and development. By cultivating self-awareness, embracing complexity, fostering collaboration, developing emotional intelligence, practicing mindfulness, embodying principle-based leadership, and embracing growth and development, you can become an effective Integral+®️ Leader who can inspire and motivate your team to achieve great things.

If you are ready and this resonates with you in your professional and personal life, please join us on our upcoming public Integral+®️ Leadership training program, commencing May 16th online live with 20 x 90-minute weekly sessions.

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