Leadership – Part Four

Posted on | July 18, 2011 | No Comments

Within a coaching or psychotherapeutic group, one client may assume the leader role by instigating or directing the group in a particular  new direction. This is the fulfillment of dialogue; the expression of ideas back and forth, that synergize to create new knowledge. My clients take certain terms, expressing their opinions on such issues as relationships, careers, and lack of self-efficacy, and these invariably lead to new questions and further dialogue. Each one of these interruptions creates paradigm shifts along the streams of focus for this group. Each group member in either group offers their beliefs and in this way the leadership of the group is reconstituted within the same session and among the succeeding sessions, usually to the betterment of the whole proceeding. Points of conflict can be points of great learning. Usually one regards these disagreements as problems in the pursuit of the  fastest solution with smallest risk. Often these solutions are short-term fixes. Shawn Nichols, MA, CC shawnnichols.com

Learning and Transformation – Three

Posted on | July 14, 2011 | No Comments

Being open to other beliefs is the start of transformation. Transformative learning is the transformation of existing and currently held personal information and knowledge that can be examined by stating current beliefs, often with a sharing group. Once we acknowledge this information we start the process by  evaluating, refining and considering points of view, based on this new awareness. An open mind and the desire to have new experiences allow us to develop new habits of reflection, practice and relevance. New habits and foundational thoughts are created by a move from egocentric perspective to ethnocentric perspectives, allowing one to inhabit another view and making these new views part of one’s new belief system. My group clients are speaking of their own lives, perhaps defending their views and actions. Within the group, other individuals are appraising these statements and weighing and comparing them to their own behaviors. Some ideas will be rejected, but the successful group will have each one bravely offering their beliefs and motives up for scrutiny and comparison. In the successful group, clients will begin to acknowledge others similarities and differences. Some of the individuals will be left changed and considering a new concept or solution between groups weekly meetings. Within session and after, members of the group will continue to evolve, articulate and reconstruct matters of behavior and belief, bringing them back to group for further discussion. Shawn Nichols, MA, CC shawnnichols.com

Leadership Continued, Part Three

Posted on | July 11, 2011 | No Comments

Before one can even begin to organize the theories of leadership, one must define the terms leadership, leader and a leading role. It is in our meaning making that we achieve a common ground for a continuous dialogue on the important aspects of leadership and the new specific event or organization. By observing the individuals, one views the assigned leader’s possibilities and shortcomings. As I raise my hand or add some insight to the change system underway, I effectively become part of the leadership. By observing and considering the management groups, one part of the organization’s collective, one begins to see leadership potential, strengths, and necessity. Within these groups of potential leaders, one or more at a time may take the leader’s role but that does not mean the leadership has been overrun. Shawn Nichols, MS, CC shawnnichols.com

Transformative Change for Success – Two

Posted on | July 7, 2011 | No Comments

Isomorphism, is the concept of a collective mind, within groups, companies or communities. The collective mind develops along intersubjective learning and sharing. Ideas are passed along, refined or rejected, and created in a new presentation with new ownership. This process often continues at a faster pace within discussion groups than is possible within the isolated individual. New ideas therefore are managed, chewed and revised by a group of people interested in the personal benefits of such a group. Everyone is invested and everyone soon opens to new possibilities and perspectives. The process of transformative learning is a series of stages or phases. Shawn Nichols, MA, CC. shawnnichols.com « go back — keep looking »

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