Unlock Your Leadership Power

A Leadership Beyond

In this week's conversation we spoke with Damaris Patterson Price. Damaris uses story and the power of metaphor without ever losing mooring to the practical action needed to be our best as leaders.

In our conversation, Damaris refers to Shakespeare and Gulliver’s Travels, but the emphasis remains, as her book promises, on straight answers about how we can unlock our truest leadership power.

Here are a few highlights from our conversation:

What is a leader? The perception and attraction to becoming a leader can be the title, the money, the status, the power -- in short, positional. This drive comes up empty and self-serving overall. The best leadership is to become your best in service to your people, your customers, and all stakeholders.

Permission – Give yourself permission to claim your gifts, to step up and stand out. This can be especially difficult for female leaders wary of appearing arrogant.

Humility – Confident, yes! Arrogant, no. The tension between hubris and insecurity. Walk as servant rather than as an expert.

Fall in love with your work – Become willing to pay the price. Remain ever curious, ever learning and determined to be the best you can.

Reimagining Human Resources – A consultancy; not an order taking or giving department. Solving business problems through an “HRian” lens.

We hope you enjoy and benefit from the conversation as we did.

A Leadership Beyond exists to support the alignment between the business strategy and people strategy - to drive results with people not at the expense of people (Talent Optimization).

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