What is the Growing Edge in Your Leadership – Leading, Coaching or Managing
In this Changemaker Challenge episode, Cate and Grace pose the question: What is the growing edge in your leadership?
Leadership training is intense and personal. When well done, it breaks down dysfunctional patterns. For that reason, growing edges look a lot like breakdowns. When we heed the call to lead, we are continually coming up against growing edges and breaking down shadow issues to deepen our capacity to lead. And it doesn’t feel good during the breakdown process.
The three sectors of leadership are leading, coaching, and managing. As wellness pros, we need to ask ourselves, or have others help us identify, in which sector our strength lies: inspiring, connecting, or systematizing. When we heed the call to have the kind of impact we want to have, we need to commit to developing skills that we may not have.
On a growth path, resistance often shows up. When it does, we need to recognize that resistance is the product of the ego being enmeshed with the past self telling us we don’t need to do the things that will help us grow. Recognizing and being present with that truth allows us to reignite our resolve to grow and hold true to our mission and vision.
What you’ll get out of tuning in:
- Why growing edges look a lot like breakdowns.
- Why the call to lead requires us to break down dysfunctional patterns.
- Why leadership requires us to identify our weaknesses.
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Show Highlights:
- 1:30 – Leadership training is intense and personal. When well done, it breaks down dysfunctional patterns. For that reason, growing edges look a lot like breakdowns. When we heed the call to lead, we are continually coming up against growing edges and breaking down shadow issues to deepen our capacity to lead. And it doesn’t feel good during the breakdown process.
- 6:57 – The three sectors of leadership are leading, coaching, and managing. As wellness pros, we need to ask ourselves, or have others help us identify, in which sector our strength lies: inspiring, connecting, or systematizing.
- 13:37 – On a growth path, resistance often shows up. When it does, we need to recognize that resistance is the product of the ego being enmeshed with the past self telling us we don’t need to do the things that will help us grow. Recognizing and being present with that truth allows us to reignite our resolve to grow and hold true to our mission and vision.
- 23:31 – When we heed the call to have the kind of impact we want to have, we need to commit to developing skills that we may not have.
Favorite Quotes:
- “When it gets hard, — and it will get hard . . . because that’s the nature of doing things that you don’t know how to do yet — there’s going to be a struggle to become who you want to be.” — Cate Stillman
- “If resistance shows up . . . you know you’re on the right track.” — Grace Edison
- “We have to be able to dissolve [in order] to grow.” — Cate Stillman
- “When we heed the call of the kind of impact we want to have, without self diminishing, without playing small, without coming up with excuses, . . . now we’re choosing the path of fire.” — Cate Stillman
Guest BIO:
Grace Edison lives in British Columbia, Canada. She’s a mom of twin 8 year olds, a Yoga teacher, studio owner, and Yoga Health Coach — and she also works for Cate Stillman in Admissions at Yogahealer! More than anything, she loves to make people laugh and has a not-so-secret dream of doing stand-up comedy. Grace has a strong passion for empowering others to take their health and wellness into their own hands. She loves building authentic relationships, making people laugh, and creating supportive communities. After a long-standing relationship with severe depression, Grace has found deep relief through the habits of Ayurveda — and much credit is due to Cate and her Body Thrive program. After taking Body Thrive several times and jumping into Yoga Health Coaching, Grace came aboard the Yogahealer team.
