Attention is becoming a leadership superpower
CARE-centered leaders do not assume they are aware of everything that is going on throughout their organization. Appropriately they remain curious, ask questions that invite honesty, and listen in ways that make people feel safe enough to speak what they already know but have not yet had the courage to voice. Leaders create more than information when they cultivate this kind of atten- tion. The conditions for awareness are created. In turn, this awareness possesses the power to change systems.
These leaders recognize that it is not about needing even more data. It is about developing a a deeper capacity to perceive the people, their organization as well as the world around them. This attention allows leaders to perceive people, patterns, possibilities, and signs of the emergent potential of the entire system.
What happens when people feel truly attended to?
They speak more honestly They trust more freely They contribute more fully …and they notice more
While connection fosters belonging and belonging expands care, Attention reveals what is waiting to emerge
The organization becomes more alive to itself.
Attention is becoming a leadership superpower
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