E31: How To Be a More Objective Leader

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul

“While many of us describe and see ourselves as objective and non-judgmental, the reality is probably closer to the opposite.”
The assumptions and resulting judgments you make about any given person or situation may be fundamentally flawed and you probably don't realize it. This drives you to take leadership actions that are less impactful than you would like and may lead to significant conflict or communication issues.
Why?
The reasoning process we use to make decisions is fundamentally flawed, and in this episode we’ll discuss why.
In this episode, I am going to discuss ways to become a more objective leader. I’ll offer a framework that highlights the flaws in the way we reason, make assumptions, and draw conclusions. I will also share some ways to minimize our natural tendency to jump to conclusions, assumptions, and judgments that may be more subjective than we think.
In this episode:

• An example of flawed assumptions in action
• The Ladder of Inference: the 7 steps of our reasoning process
• How conflict and communication issues can easily arise from this reasoning process
• Questions to ask yourself to become more objective
• Why it is important to strive to be more open and curious instead of being right
• And more!

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