Heike Grosch

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Leadership for the challenges of today – with Heike Grosch

Heidi writes

Today we are witnessing the total breakdown of the “traditional” way of leadership. Political leaders lack any compassion with their people and act out of self interest and ideological, narrow minded goals in the ruining the economy and the lives of most people in their countries. People get traumatized, especially children who would need to be positive about their future and their possible contributions to the world. Instead, deliberately by the political leaders, they are thrown into fear and the obsession of being guilty. Depression and despair instead of joy and aliveness.

Worse leadership is hard to even imagine, while really good leadership is not only possible but desperately needed, especially right now.

What are some markers of good leadership? First of all the ability to see oneself and one’s task embedded in a bigger picture. When problems are tackled, leaders need to check all possible paths to solutions and never believe that there are no alternatives to their own favorite ideas. They also need to have a good knowledge of themselves to realise when their actions are driven by their personal triggers and predilections or if they are oriented by the intent to serve the greater good of the people and the countries which they are leading. True leaders need to have the ability to step into other people’s shoes, to emphatically anticipate the impact of their decisions and actions. They need to be clear about their own values and how far these are compatible with their task. Moral competence is a requirement which, at present times, seems totally lacking among those who rule our countries.

In my conversation with Heike we talked about leadership in the context of business. She knows very well the shortcomings of traditional leadership methods and requirements, which in terms of integral speak are neglecting the “right hand quadrants” and overstate the “left hand quadrants”. They favorise “objective” facts and processes to internal states of being which always influence human behaviour and decisions, whether we like it or not.  As long as we are not fully aware of and aligned with our own inner conditions, our external actions are doomed to fail and potentially create huge harm – as we can witness all over the world in this present moment when power driven individuals expose their lack of human understanding and care.

We all have to unlearn “orange” addiction to external success by all means and embrace deep listening to each other creating authentic and trusting relationships. We need to rebuild our societies from bottom up, come together in small groups and then connect into networks with similar values.  Emerging leadership is characterised by the attempt of creating a more human and  not overly digitalized society. How can we do that?

Heike is offering Mastermind Groups, where people connect easily on a very deep level and from there learn together new ways of approaching not only work, but life itself. Furthermore she is leading a leadership course for people who understand that the present leadership paradigm is counterproductive and even destructive to the wellbeing of the people involved. She offers the space and the tools for the participants to enter into a wider perspective and to develop themselves into more capable and grown up human beings who can serve their purpose, at work and in life, in a much more efficient and sustainable way.

Enjoy our inspiring conversation and register to one of Heike’s free introduction seminars!

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