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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, September 9, 2022

“Reflecting, waiting, and listening with our feelings for insight is a practice used by wise people throughout the history of civilization, and in our increasingly fast-paced society it���s a lost art.” ��� Lee Ellis

 

 

 

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Coaching Clip – How to Use the Intuitive Power of Reflection in Leadership

In this new 6-minute coaching clip, Lee shares a new intimate story from the POW experience and how the power of intuition served him well during that time. Then he coaches us on how to apply the art and learned skill of intuition to strengthen your leadership.

Also, read the companion coaching article on this topic – “Balancing Rational vs Intuitive Leadership Decision-Making”

 

Use This Model to Hone Your Intuition Skills

Thousands of leaders and teams are already using Courageous Accountability Model to manage team communication and decisions:

Begin using it immediately in your day-to-day decision-making and witness the results of better team performance and results. We offer three options–choose the one that best fits your objectives and goals:

Personal Study

Read the award-winning book, Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability, to learn and apply this model.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase on Amazon

 

Group Self-Study Program

The Engage with Honor Training Guide provides 10 self-guided lessons that you and your team can study together.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase the book and training together and save 30%

 

Group Online Study Course

Many leaders don���t feel qualified to conduct training, and it���s expensive. The Courageous Accountability Development Course, is an online platform using the latest, real-time collaborative learning technology to ensure the best learning environment possible.

Learn More and watch a sample interview

Request a complimentary course demo

 

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FAQ on Team Member Not Fitting In

Leading with Honor FAQ ���

���What do you do when you get new people on your team and they don���t fit in?���

Lee Ellis��� Answer ���

���This is a good time to proactively apply the Golden Rule���accept them the way you would want to be accepted���openly and respectfully. Take the initiative to get to know them and help them get to know others on the team. Building understanding is the way to build acceptance and trust, and trust is the glue that binds teams together.

Remember, differences tend to divide, but diversity is essential for healthy teams. Embrace the other person���s strengths and talents and tolerate their struggles. Like you, they are not perfect. Welcome them and make it work.���

Read and Watch more Leading with Honor FAQs

 

 

 

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Coaching Blog – Balancing Rational vs Intuitive Leadership Decision-Making

(A Note from the Editor: The internal landscape of the workplace continues to shift and change, as teams are doing more with less people which also threatens work/life balance and/or burnout, new leaders being placed in leadership positions early without the necessary training and mentorship to succeed, and organizations are working to retain their people talent during the ���Great Resignation���.

This four-blog series, ���Honorable Leadership in a Season of Volatility���, specifically focuses on helping leaders successfully navigate through these challenging times where additional, external pressures in financial, political, and business sectors are also affecting internal team and organizational effectiveness.)

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Several years ago, I experienced several touchpoints that raised my awareness on an issue that I already believed in.

Firstly, my strategic partner and good friend Hugh Massie, Founder and CEO of DNA Behavior�� International, mentioned that he was learning to trust his gut instincts more. That caught my attention since he is a CPA by training and a very results oriented, rational person.

Secondly, I read Malcolm Gladwell���s book, Blink, and learned about this idea of the ���second mind,��� as he called it. Gladwell raised the visibility of the power of intuition, but I suspect that it was only for a short time for most people.

Thirdly, I met a leadership consultant at a past National Speakers Association Convention who was building her speaking platform around the idea that leaders (who have mostly been trained like engineers to trust rationality and disregard feelings) needed to learn to use their intuition more to make better decisions.

Finally, I read another impressive book, THE WAY OF THE SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed and was interested to see that author Mark Divine, a former CPA and Navy SEAL, made instinct (awareness of gut feelings) a major theme of the book. His proposition is that leaders should train like Navy SEALS to intentionally use both rational (conscious mind) and instinctive (drawing from the unconscious mind) inputs to make the best decisions.

 

Albert Einstein didn���t read Blink, and he certainly wasn���t a Navy SEAL, but evidently, he discovered this related theory early on, saying, ���The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.��� [Tweet This]

 

I���m seeing a pattern from these different points on the topic of intuition, so let���s explore it a bit deeper.

So what is the gift?

Intuition is about listening to your subconscious mind (gut instincts) to pull forward information and feelings that you���ve accumulated over a lifetime. Warriors have to rely on instinct, using every possible sense from outside and every stirring from inside to stay alive. Having a good visual memory for shapes and landforms is crucial for a military pilot. Being able to store and recall patterns of logic and information is important for an entrepreneur or business person.

Emotional memory is probably the strongest memory that we have, and it���s also the one most quickly accessed. Emotional memory is the one we feel in our gut, and it helps us access the gigabytes of memory stored in our subconscious faster than any processor yet made. So, intuition is this stream of awareness that flows from our subconscious to our conscious, but it requires our tuning in to hear the signal.

In this 5-minute coaching clip, I share an intimate new story from my POW experience. Please watch and then continue with the blog below –

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Can It Be Learned?

The short answer is yes, but the issue is whether you will develop your awareness and then allow intuition to move from your gut to your mind. It���s not a problem when data is tagged with emotions; it���s ready for quick retrieval and usually easy to access. At other times, it���s as simple as stopping to ask yourself, ���What is my gut telling me about this���what is my intuition?���

Sometimes data needed for intuition needs help in getting to our awareness, and this situation is where we have to be more intentional about accessing it. It usually means taking time to shut down our rational thinking and reflect usually in a quiet setting away from distractions.�� Sounds a lot like meditation and prayer, doesn���t it? I believe it���s very similar and can be the same.

 

“Reflecting, waiting, and listening with our feelings for insight is a practice used by wise people throughout the history of civilization, and in our increasingly fast-paced society it���s a lost art.” [Tweet This]

 

If we ignore or fail to cultivate the intuitive half of our decision-making abilities, we become less than our best as leaders and merely rely on the facts at hand.

My Experience

I think that I���m a very logical and rational person, but I���ve also been blessed with a gift for patterns and a good memory. In recent years I���ve learned to value what these gifts reveal to me and trust my intuition more. I do have to be careful about not jumping to conclusions with too little rational information, but overall I���m feeling more confident in my decision-making and greater commitment to execution.

What about you? What has been your experience? How often do you integrate your intuition in your decision-making? Why do you believe that some leaders ignore or don���t develop their intuitive abilities when it would produce better results and greater success? Please share your thoughts and comments.

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Volatility Blog Series:

Article #1 ��� 4 Ways to Manage Work Volatility with Courage

Article #2 ��� Managing Leadership Fears and Doubts

 

Use This Model to Hone Your Intuition Skills

Thousands of leaders and teams are already using Courageous Accountability Model to manage team communication and decisions:

Begin using it immediately in your day-to-day decision-making and witness the results of better team performance and results. We offer three options–choose the one that best fits your objectives and goals:

Personal Study

Read the award-winning book, Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability, to learn and apply this model.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase on Amazon

 

Group Self-Study Program

The Engage with Honor Training Guide provides 10 self-guided lessons that you and your team can study together.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase the book and training together and save 30%

 

Group Online Study Course

Many leaders don���t feel qualified to conduct training, and it���s expensive. The Courageous Accountability Development Course, is an online platform using the latest, real-time collaborative learning technology to ensure the best learning environment possible.

Learn More and watch a sample interview

Request a complimentary course demo

 

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Happy Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day Weekend from Lee Ellis and the Leading with Honor Team ��� we���re grateful for all of the hard-working leaders and teams who inspire us every day.

 

 

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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, September 2, 2022

���The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.��� ��� Arnold J. Toynbee

 

 

 

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Training Day – Air Force Personnel Center

What a fantastic training event this week with the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) Talent Division. Their team shared their unique Leadership Behavior DNA talents with the group and learned how they were similar and different from each other. This photo was taken in Freedom Hall where photos are posted of former POWs taking their first flight back to get requalified after we returned in 1973.

Thank you to Division Chief, Maili Peters (pictured on my right), for her leadership and support using natural behavior in their day-to-day work.

(Side Note: Artist Attila Hejja painted the original artwork behind us in 1980. I was the T-38 instructor pilot that took him up for his in-flight experience before the painting was commissioned. It hung in the Pentagon for many years and then moved back to Hangar 12, the T-38 Chargin Cheetah Squadron where I later served as the Squadron Commander.)

 

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Join Lee in January 2023 for this cruise event!

There���s still time to join Lee in January 2023 for this cruise event! ���A Quantum of Panama, where spies and heroes celebrate.��� An 11-Night Ultimate Caribbean & the Americas cruise to Cayman Islands, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico, aboard the Celebrity Constellation, departing January 23rd, 2023, round trip from Tampa, FL, a behind the scenes James Bond spy adventure!

Included in cruise fare:

11 Night cruise aboard the Celebrity Constellation in chosen stateroom accommodations, all meals on-board ship including 24 hour room service, beers, spirits, cocktails, liqueurs, frozen drinks, wines by the glass, sodas, juices, specialty coffees and bottled water, gratuities, Surf Wi-Fi package, on-board entertainment including shows, discos, comedy clubs, bars, lounges, etc.; age appropriate kids programming for toddlers, kids, and teens, use of all fitness facilities, pools, hot tubs, sports courts, etc.; taxes, fees and port charges. All keynote speakers, “7 Benefit” themed events, meet and greets, presentations, special events, and gala on-board ship.

Included Exclusive Presentations & “Bond Themed Events”

Leading with Honor – Department of Defense Pinning Ceremony – Keynote Speaker-Lee Ellis, Col (Ret) USAF, celebrated author, and Vietnam War POW Hero60 years of Bond – Stunts and AccidentsBond Lifestyle – Cars & Cocktails – and Bond WomenDocumentaries-���Bond at 60��� and ���Bond for Life���Meet Actress Brigitte Millar, Dr Vogel in “Spectre” and “No Time to Die”Bond: Behind the scenes- what happens behind the camera with actress Brigitte MillarPhoto and autographs with actress Brigitte MillarQuantum of Solace: “Filming in Panama, Colon and Pinewood with exclusive never before seen photos on setGuided talks through the private Bond exhibition with insider informationBond themed shore excursions, auctions, photos, and exclusive 7 Benefit’s charity Black Tie GALA

Scan the QR code for additional details ���

 

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Article – Behaviorally Diverse Teams and the Triple Bottom Line

Excellent article from DNA Behavior Managing Director, Leon Morales on ���Behaviorally Diverse Teams and the Triple Bottom Line���. Collectively we are learning to adjust to a new post-pandemic normal, whether we like it or not. Leadership can be forgiven for not knowing where to go next. They have had as big a wake-up call, if not bigger, than most of us.

But it���s time to challenge old thinking and recognize that teams from diverse backgrounds bring improved and exciting new input to group thinking. From his perspective, every leader should have behavioral insight into their workforce.

Read his article in the DNA Behavior blog on how to do this���

 

 

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How Free are You as a Leader? Here���s the Checklist

Over 30 ways to lead with more freedom! Leadership freedom is about knowing yourself and being authentic���shedding away layers of protection that keep you from growing.

The free checklist infographic below has been downloaded by thousands of people wanting to assess where they are in being an honorable leader.�� See where you stand���

Check Out the Leadership Freedom Infographic

 

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