{"id":37679,"date":"2024-04-20T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T17:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=37679"},"modified":"2024-04-20T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T17:29:41","slug":"planning-for-a-new-leadership-endeavor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/planning-for-a-new-leadership-endeavor\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning for a New Leadership Endeavor"},"content":{"rendered":"

What better way to end our time in the DLGP program than with the book Rethinking Leadership<\/em> by Annabel Beerel.[1]<\/a> In this expansive text, Beerel offers a comprehensive evaluation of modern leadership theories and ponders where<\/em> all the leaders are<\/em> when we have access to such a plethora of information about<\/em> leadership. I love her intention,<\/p>\n

\u201cto show, through my critique, the complexity of the role of leadership and how there can be no one hero to do it all. We need many effective leaders working collaboratively together, complementing one another\u2019s capacities and skills yet keeping one united goal in mind.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again, Dr. Clark has presented the right book at the right time. I am currently pursuing a new endeavor to develop an in-person collective of local, female entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders. In developing the content for this mastermind group, where I\u2019ll be leading weekly meetings on leadership, marketing, and business, I used the content of this book to help me outline topics we could cover over the next year. The following highlights from the book are some of the concepts I included in the outline of the mastermind along with my reasons for selecting them.<\/p>\n

The psychology of leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of all the ways we have read around the topic of leadership over the past three years, the texts about psychology have been some of the most helpful to me. Beerel even includes some of the sources we read throughout the DLGP in her book. Concepts like failure of nerve and relational triangles from Friedman[3]<\/a> have been key in helping me understand the psychological framework needed to stay above the fray and be a leader that is differentiated from the anxiety of our time. I look forward to introducing the collective to some of the psychological leadership concepts that Beerel presents like courage, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and failure of nerve. My favorite quote from this chapter was \u201cCourage is the ability to act despite one\u2019s fears. It does not mean an absence of fear.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

Neuroscience, leadership, and mindfulness<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This chapter offered a great deal of consilience with my portfolio project on resilience. It was rewarding to read through Beerel\u2019s explanations of neuroscience, the relaxation response, increasing levels of stress, the various parts of the brain, mirroring, mindfulness and neuroplasticity and recognize that all those topics were covered in my project research and workshop. Connections to Thinking, Fast and Slow[5]<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, The Body Keeps the Score[6]<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, and Spellbound[7]<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>were abundant in this chapter. I look forward to leading discussions in the mastermind about how our brain works and how we can harness the power of our conscious and unconscious mind for leadership purposes.<\/p>\n

The shadow side of leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Beerel\u2019s chapter on the shadow side of leadership offers an important look into the negative consequences of ego and provided many parallels to my expertise in the Enneagram and the concept of front stage\/back stage leadership from Simon Walker.[8]<\/a> Effective leaders must certainly be aware of the masks they wear and have safe places to expose the darker side of leadership. I hope this collective of female leaders will be once such place.<\/p>\n

Gender, diversity, and leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Finally of interest to me in terms of information for the leadership collective was the chaper on gender, diversity, and leadership. Because the mastermind will consist of female leaders, it is important for us to acknowledge the pros and cons of being a female leader. I know from Sway[9]<\/strong><\/a><\/em> that unconscious bias is a real issue and women often have to work twice as hard to prove their worth. However, as Beerel notes, there are also many benefits to being a female leader. I cannot wait to discuss all these perspectives with the women who join the collective.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, Beere\u2019s book was a great summary of the leadership concepts we learned in the DGLP and I look forward to sharing the many insights I have gained with other women who God puts in my circle of influence. Here is to building the effective leaders of tomorrow, so we can tackle the wicked problems that come our way!<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Annabel Beerel, Rethinking Leadership: A Critique of Contemporary Theories<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2021), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003044444.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Beerel, 4.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Edwin H. Friedman and Peter Steinke, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (10th Anniversary, Revised Edition)<\/em> (New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2017).<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Beerel, Rethinking Leadership<\/em>, 112.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Daniel Kahneman, \u201cThinking, Fast and Slow\u201d (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013).<\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> Bessel van der Kolk M.D, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma<\/em>, Reprint edition (New York, NY: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015).<\/p>\n

[7]<\/a> Daniel Z. Lieberman MD,\u00a0<\/em>Spellbound: Modern Science, Ancient Magic, and the Hidden Potential of the Unconscious Mind\u00a0(Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, 2022)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

[8]<\/a> Simon P. Walker, Leading Out of Who You Are: Discovering the Secret of Undefended Leadership<\/em> (Piquant Editions, 2007).<\/p>\n

[9]<\/a> Pragya Agarwal, Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias<\/em> (London\u202f; New York: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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