VIrtual Spring Gathering 2020: Association of Transformational Leaders
Join your fellow transformational leaders for conversation, community and inspiration!
Our mission is to continue to support Transformational Leaders in their work, and to stay connected, inspire and help each other and those we serve.
Because we can’t get together in person this May, we’re hosting a Virtual Spring Gathering via Zoom video conference Friday, May 15th, from 7:00 – 9:00pm, Central Time.
We’ll connect and enjoy learning about the 3rd Initiative in Transformation –from our ongoing Transformational Leadership curriculum, with Dr. Paul Scheele.
Initiative #3: Encourage the active challenge of prevailing mental models or habits of expectation by offering data that challenges current assumptions and provide opportunities for collaborative inquiry.
Seeing the Dragon That Swallowed You
When we are in the midst of a problem—the disorienting dilemma—it can be difficult to know how we got here. Very simply, our problems exist as the unintended consequences of our previous problem solving approaches. The challenge is to solve the way we solve our problems. You’ll be introduced to a four step inquiry process which helps bring light to the hidden ways we maintain problems in spite of our best attempts to remedy them.
We’ll also be sharing some amazing practices and resources for well-being and to help others do the same, from our very own members:
Friday Night’s Collaborators are:
Patrick Weseman: Breathwork
Valerie Lis: Simplified EFT
Kay Grace: Toning & Lovestream for Planet Earth
Eduardo Drake: Being with You
Julie Delene: Supporting the Passage
Lynne Jensen: Heartmath
Mary Welch: 7 Line Poem
Paul Scheele: JoySpring Protocol
The event is free to our members and their invited guests, though your financial support is very much appreciated if you are inspired to do so. (Click on the Donate Button and enter any amount you like)
Looking forward to “seeing” you Friday!
Paul Scheele, PhD
TLC Member, Author, Founder atl
Actively Challenge Habits of Expectation
Third in the six part series: Transformational Leaders Curriculum
Initiative #3: Encourage the active challenge of prevailing mental models or habits of expectation by offering data that challenges current assumptions and provide opportunities for collaborative inquiry.
Seeing the Dragon That Swallowed You
When we are in the midst of a problem—the disorienting dilemma—it can be difficult to know how we got here. Very simply, our problems exist as the unintended consequences of our previous problem solving approaches. The challenge is to solve the way we solve our problems.
A four step inquiry process helps bring light to the hidden ways we maintain problems in spite of our best attempts to remedy them.
- Step 1: What you are committed to? Choose an outcome you truly desire to accomplish. Ask yourself, “What is the single most powerful change that I or my team could make to improve this area of the business?”Specify what concrete behaviors are necessary to achieve this goal. Frame them as positive statements.
- Step 2: What are we doing or not doing that prevents our commitment from being fully realized? Ask yourself “What are the things we consistently do or don’t do that most gets in the way of our goal?” Take stock of the things you and/or the team does instead of the behaviors that would create positive change. Write them down. Define actions rather than feelings.
- Step 3: Identify your hidden commitments. Fears that hold you back can be discussed here. These can point you to competing commitments which you can list. These are ways that your ego protects you from undesirable outcomes you fear.
- Step 4: What’s your big assumption? These are the internalized truths we hold about how the world works, how we work, and how others respond to us. These make our competing commitments “real.” Look for assumptions that hold your competing commitment in place. Notice how your assumptions lead to the very behaviors that prevent rather than support your goals.
The four step inquiry can be accomplished in 10 minutes. It will provide insight into how you are operating in ways that maintain the status quo, and more importantly, begin to show productive ways to change for the better.
You can read more about this work on Paul’s blog here:
Six initiatives links:
https://scheelelearning.com/six-initiatives-that-transform-individuals-and-organizations/
https://scheelelearning.com/discover-disorienting-dilemmas/