3d day – 20June
We started the day again with a 7am Yoga class. Not easy to get up as I still felt the jet lag somehow but I managed. After that as usual short breakfast and a shower before we stated the check in session – I have attached pictures about how this Check-In circle looks, when its full and when nobody is around…
And then were confronted with Otto Scharman’s Theory of the blind spot of leadership and what actually is very often missing in our day to day world – listening. He however used and explained listening in a new way and we learned about the 4 levels of listening – the one we knew and then one about listening with open minds, with open hearts and with open will – yes, I understand, there is something to explain about it but it is probably too difficult to explain here in this blog what this is all about… If you really want to know I can recommend his the book he wrote, where you can read the whole story (Theory U) or you just wait until I will be back ….
It is incredible how open the participants are being. We also undertook what was called a sculpture challenge today. It involved getting into teams of two and using a piece of clay to create an object that represented who we are individually today and who we wish to be become. They gave us a series of questions to ask the other person about the sculpture designed to dig up the real meaning behind the sculpture For some it was the challenge to achieve personal/professional balance, for others to be confident and yet others, how to deal with pressure/stress more effectively.
Tonight the Leadership Dialogue was again with Rich Baird and additionally with Mike Mueller, the Canadian Partner heading up the Global PCS initiative and a friend of mine. They shared their insights into the future of the firm and gave us some pearls of wisdom on how to grow us as leaders. At dinner we talked about the firm's education/development program and the view of leadership about the success of the programs. It is reassuring to see that a truly long term view is being taken on developing our people.
more photos are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Guenter.Blog/3dDay20June
And then were confronted with Otto Scharman’s Theory of the blind spot of leadership and what actually is very often missing in our day to day world – listening. He however used and explained listening in a new way and we learned about the 4 levels of listening – the one we knew and then one about listening with open minds, with open hearts and with open will – yes, I understand, there is something to explain about it but it is probably too difficult to explain here in this blog what this is all about… If you really want to know I can recommend his the book he wrote, where you can read the whole story (Theory U) or you just wait until I will be back ….
It is incredible how open the participants are being. We also undertook what was called a sculpture challenge today. It involved getting into teams of two and using a piece of clay to create an object that represented who we are individually today and who we wish to be become. They gave us a series of questions to ask the other person about the sculpture designed to dig up the real meaning behind the sculpture For some it was the challenge to achieve personal/professional balance, for others to be confident and yet others, how to deal with pressure/stress more effectively.
Tonight the Leadership Dialogue was again with Rich Baird and additionally with Mike Mueller, the Canadian Partner heading up the Global PCS initiative and a friend of mine. They shared their insights into the future of the firm and gave us some pearls of wisdom on how to grow us as leaders. At dinner we talked about the firm's education/development program and the view of leadership about the success of the programs. It is reassuring to see that a truly long term view is being taken on developing our people.
more photos are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Guenter.Blog/3dDay20June
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