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Conscious Leadership As An
Empowering Leadership
Practice
DR. VALITA JONES
PROGRAM MANAGER, CIHED
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Agenda for the Day…
Reflective and critically look at an alternative
leadership model/framework
Create A New Cycle Of Thinking & Change
We Think of Leadership As…
A Developmental Process...
Authoritarian…
Management…
Visionary…
Strategic…
Systemic…
A Practice...
Leadership Styles: The
Condition of Our Thinking…
Types of Leadership Models
Traditional (Fragmented)
Authoritarian leadership (chain of
command)
Charismatic leadership
Trait leadership
Transformative (Networked)
Love-Based leadership
Soul leadership
Personal leadership
Ethos of Work Environments
Fragmented/
Hierarchical Orientation
1. Past perspectives
2. Distinct boundaries
3. Linear causality
4. Change incrementally
5. Simple Complexity
6. Can be controlled
Networked Orientation
1. Whole system
2. Blurred boundaries
3. Non-linear causality
4. Dynamic flux
5. Increased complexity
6. Can be influenced
Allen & Cherry, 2000
Why Are Styles Important?
Because the style of an organization’s leadership is
reflected in both the nature of that organization and its
relationship with the others
Motivation To Change…
Learning organizations are emerging
Creativity and innovation are unfolding as
drivers within organizations
Unprecedented meeting of worldviews, belief
systems, and ways of engaging reality
Globalization and changing work
environments now require cooperative &
collaborative interactions
A Need To be Different
"We cannot solve our problems with the
same kind of consciousness with which
we created them.“ ~Albert Einstein
Conscious Awareness
Is a process of recognizing what is going on
inside and outside of you
That decisions and actions have effects and
the interaction between a complex array of factors and forces that are not necessary
controllable
Awareness is a powerful tool for transcending
unconscious patterns, fostering an expanded perspective and openness to new possibilities”
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/08/conscious-leader/
So What Does it Mean to Be Conscious?
Simply put we are aware…
Work from a place of possibility…
Understand that our thoughts have power…
Develop skills that can match our inner capacities
to the outer complexities of life (balance)…
How Do You Know You Are
Conscious?
“The best indicator of your level of consciousness
is how you deal with life’s challenges when they
come. Through those challenges, an already
unconscious person tends to become more
deeply unconscious, and a conscious person
more intensely conscious. You can use a
challenge to awaken you, or you can allow it to
pull you into even deeper sleep”
~Eckhart Tolle
Hidden Message in the Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnlCo5APrE
Buddha says…
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we
think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow
that never leaves"
Consciousness Can Be Measured!
Tool
CQ-Consciousness Quotient
Termed coined by Romanian professor of psychology-
Dr. Ovidiu Brazdua
www.consciousness-quotient.com
Consciousness Quotient
Psychometric tool used to measure dimensions of consciousness
Measures the amount of access we have simultaneously to information from a vast field of possibility
High CQ = Broader perspective/higher level of awareness
Low CQ = Assess less information
Higher CQ enables greater consciousness and greater awareness and choice
No awareness…no choice!
Six Dimensions
Physical – conscious of your body and physical elements in your environment
Emotional Mental – conscious of your feelings and any emotions
Spiritual – conscious of yourself as being part of a larger whole and your connection within it
Social/Relationship – conscious of human relationships and the People you connect with
Self-conscious/Self-awareness – consciousness of self; awareness of your self-awareness-of the observer who is doing the observing of yourself
Nine sub-categories
Internal State Awareness - refers to the ability of being conscious specifically about the inner changes
Self-Reflectiveness - refers to the ability of being conscious in a reflective way about you own person
Mindfulness - refers to a way of looking at yourself and your environment in a non-judgmental way
Autonomy - refers to the degree of autonomy- the individualization of a person; in other words, the ability to function autonomous, without requiring external support
Personal Growth - refers tot the ability of being conscious about the evolutionary transformation one person goes through
Nine sub-categories
Positive Relations with Others - is the ability of being conscious about inter-personal relationships.
Purpose in Life - refers to existence of a purpose in life. Purpose is the context of meaning within which one makes life choices
Verbal Expression - describes the ability of expressing the conscious content through verbal communication. The items are spread one in each main factors
Openness toward new experiences - refers to the ability of being conscious about new information; generally it is the ability of being open to any new things happening to one
Peter Drucker…
“Every few hundred years in Western
history there occurs a sharp
transformation. Within a few short
decades, society – its worldview, its
basic values, its social and political
structures, its arts, its key institutions –
rearranges itself. . . We are currently
living through such a time”
Pillars of Conscious Leadership
Purposeful
Responsible & Accountable
Intentional
Grounding and Approach….
Conscious leadership is a conceptual framework that
is grounded in the sociocultural knowledge of
reciprocity, which allows leaders to perceive patterns
in the environment, see the interconnectivity of
multiple problems, and subscribe to a participatory
leadership style, which incorporates the idea of
shared responsibility and problem solving.
_Jones, 2012
Leadership On A Continuum
Attributes of a Conscious Leader
“You” are your greatest asset!
Embrace Your Authentic Self
Self-knowledge, Self-mastery and Self-
confidence
Purposeful and Intentional
Develop Active Listening Skills
Believe in Reciprocity
Capitalize on Community Wealth (Partnership
Mastery/ Communities of Practice)
How Are Conscious Leaders Different?
Self-aware and less clouded by their identity. Thus, having the
freedom to be more flexible. Create rather than react and is a critical
thinker
Have personal power and focus on the leadership of "doing" rather
than "being." A conscious leader considers all the player in the
organization as they lead and act in a ways which supports the
balance of the whole
Are self-aware enough to know that they can always explore their
limitations further and as leaders, they set the tone for an
organizations of continual self-examination and evolution
Aware that they have access to broader and multiple sources of
information simultaneously
Open to dealing with things as they are, which implies a greater
capacity to influence situations and effect change
So What Does It All Mean?
Understanding of organizations as networked systems that are
interconnected
Promote organizational learning, innovation, creativity and shared
leadership
Compassionate
Increased wisdom
Cooperative and collective
Understand the POWER of choice
Ability to guide change
Create opportunities for transformation and change
Tap into the collective awareness of the group
Building relationships/partnerships
Organizations Who Practice
A More Conscious Leadership
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
THE CONTAINER STORE
ZAPPOS
PATAGONA
WHOLE FOODS
THE CONTAINER STORE
Conscious Leadership Tool Kit
Conscious Leadership Framework
A Leadership Platform Statement
A Portfolio of Your Work
Leadership Action Plan (Leadership
Options, i.e. education, corporate,
non-profit)
Journal
Final Thoughts….
Deconstruct
Reconstruct
Construct
Questions?
“Women don’t want a divided life; they
recognize that career is not enough;
they want to be interconnected with
people. They want to keep growing
throughout their different lives, adjusting
as needed to different circumstances.
They want to live a “balanced” life”
_Jamila Aswad, 2013