In this Episode: Lisa focuses on the first step of her three part process, (G.E.T.: Grow, Equip & Thrive)
Grow: How to develop awareness of yourself. Lisa is an Enneagram practitioner and emphasizes the value of using various assessment tools such as the iEQ9. Lisa is also certified to work with Myers-Briggs and is familiar with the DiSC and StrengthFinders. Her recommendations in this episode about using assessments as a learning and leadership tool are a combination of personal and professional experience.
Why assessments? Because we are able to identify common themes that show up within our assessment data.
Lisa touches on blind spots in leadership – we all have them – for example, how do you handle conflict? As you continue to build awareness of yourself, you choose what habits or actions lead to effective change for you.
As a person of faith, you’ve signed up to be transformed into the likeness of Christ. Having external data as reference points from different assessments, including things like sacred pathways and spiritual gifts, can help you develop strategies for change. As you do your personal work, you are impacting others without saying anything. Those changes effect the people that you work with, the people that you live with.
Bottom line: The underlying principle of transformational leadership is the business of change. By your modeling the power of change, you are in effect leading the people around you to follow your change model. That is what transformational leadership is all about. So grow your awareness of just one area that you want to make change. You might have to let go of a habit that you’ve fallen into, and lean in toward Jesus, asking for guidance and support and direction and strength to make those changes happen.
Lisa’s word of encouragement: “The more awareness that we can develop about how we move through the world, the more active we can be in seeing the areas of our life that can benefit from change and growth.”
Resources for this episode
Assessment links:
Myers-Briggs
StrengthFinder
DiSC
Enneagram
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