READ / ReDefine Leadership

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Reflecting on Time

This SEEING EXERCISE transforms the discomfort of time into awareness of our growth.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

Naming Your Emotion

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the nature of an emotion reaction, allowing us to process and redirect our response.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Assess the Shared Vision

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the nuances of members' understanding of the story of vision, and the characteristics of community.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

The Reactive Approach

This SEEING EXERCISE is the practice of a reactive diagnosis of the functions.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

Examining Leadership Ideas

This SEEING EXERCISE turns a learning opportunity into a learning success.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

Grand and Small Things

This SEEING EXERCISE differentiates between vision that provides direction and vision that inspires.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

Hearing the Story of Vision

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the basics of your current story of vision.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Meaning-Making in the Group

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the meaning that members of the group currently express.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Direction and Mistakes

This SEEING EXERCISE explores our reaction to the markers of direction and mistakes.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

The Functions in Action

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the breadth of the functions of leadership in our past successes.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

When are you a Leader?

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals when and how much we act upon the functions of leadership.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

The Components of a Relationship

This SEEING EXERCISE breaks apart an interaction into its components, allowing us to see the relationships within.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Failure to Reach Behavioral Change

This SEEING EXERCISE transforms a behavior we liked but failed to learn into a successful moment of growth.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Incorporating New Ideas

This SEEING EXERCISE brings an external idea, theory, concept, or tactic into our leadership practice.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

A Structure for Trial and Error

This SEEING EXERCISE decreases the challenges of trial and error and thereby increases the number of learning opportunities.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

The Hidden Outcomes of Preferences

This SEEING EXERCISE forces us to consider the consequences of behaviors we perform without consideration.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Empowering the Best

This SEEING EXERCISE explores how the members of the group see and share the story of vision.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20211 min read

Naming the Element

This SEEING EXERCISE explores the element, structure, and transfer within an interchange relationship.

Phil Cole

Jul 31, 20212 min read

Formalizing Relationships

This SEEING EXERCISE acts upon the structure of a relationship to create pressure for future performance.

Phil Cole

Jun 25, 20213 min read

Conclusion (Part 5, The Basics)

In each of the past articles in The Basics, we have explored how the functions define the amount of success that a group can have. We...