The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
How do your philosophies and purpose show up in the way you behave day to day?
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
I show up to others as individualistic, self-absorbed, anxious, and irritable.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
The 3Ps stand for your Philosophy, Purpose, and Practice as a leader
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
Step four – test your hypotheses
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
The right-hand side of the brain has no voice, but normally feeds its perspectives silently into the left-hemisphere interpreter.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
The wise person thinks beyond self-interest and is invested in the well-being of others19.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
Shaun went a step further in characterizing his six selves and drew pictures. This helped him better explore the different selves he identified (Figure 2.2).
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
We don’t think this depiction of leadership is complete. Intelligence and empathy are not enough.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
Choosing to see possibility, and committing to growing with and through others, moves us away from narrow, individualistic interpretations of our world to a more collective and collaborative perspective.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
In summary, then, wise leaders are committed to reflective learning. They make time to reflect and seek to learn from other leaders they perceive to be wise.