Self –Reflection and Learning
Being fully engaged and committed is a self-learning and life-long learning experience that creates opportunity. To reflect upon our own personal journey, with integrity and honesty places us in a position of alignment and creates authentic power of opportunity. This requires us to become connected to ourselves and others from a base level of honesty and with a willingness to learn and value the fullness of engagement in life and all it has to offer. A process of reflection and learning has value that integrates to our overall purpose and our very direction of travel, socially and personally, inspiring decisions and options.
If we are discerning, we will explore and examine our journey so far in the broadest context possible. By adopting an enquiring approach that sets aside personal ego, and requests the input of others, with the purpose of adding value and gaining insight for further direction. This takes courage, in recognising the importance of people and their contribution, as well as self-reflecting on those areas in our lives when we have felt that our achievements are not what we wanted to achieve, or what we expected. We rarely learn our greatest most valuable lessons in those times when everything is good; our most valuable experience comes from our challenges.
To reflect is to question:
The definition of socialised or personal power:
High in socialised power
Motivation –
Make a value based contribution
Help other people, serve others
Admire the world for what it is
Make people laugh & smile
Have fun
High in personalized power
Motivation-
Convince others that I am right
Achieve my daily goals
Belittle those who correct me
Hog the limelight
Think positively
Being an authentic person, or organisation, requires some reflection. In recognition of our path so far, our effect on other people, situations, business or customers that enables us to make more value based improvements and decisions.
How is your leadership and personal engagement encouraging you and those around you to make a greater contribution?
Hazel Rowell-Peverley
Full Circle: HR and OD Consultancy Executive and Life Coaching Services
Delivers Human Resources and Organisational Development Consultancy & Executive Coaching services…
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