This is just a sampling. Your power hour is where you give yourself a chance to think beyond a superficial puddle, but from a deep thought-filled reservoir. Most people are puddle thinkers you know and you can't really lead - have a compelling new story - as a puddle thinker.
It is the one part of the week when you take back your time (your story partner) and check in on your vision and execution. It's like pulling off on the side of the road, checking your route to make sure you're going the right way before you get too far down the highway of 2023, going in the wrong direction.
So, as you can see, your power hour is critical. It is the core source of your leadership effectiveness and therefore ultimately its success. It powers your vision and empowers your leadership because you will hear and learn things that will transform your leadership beyond what you can see at the moment.
The result? It will solidify your vision, and deepen your conviction, desire, and motivation to see it through while refining your weekly actions and outcomes.
In the creative thinking space, this is considered experiencing the role your subconscious plays as your guide and coach. And as I've mentioned in previous e-coaches, this is the way to get new results from new thinking vs. trying to get new results from old puddle thinking.
Coaching Actions:
1. I highly encourage you to honor your power hour. Commit to experiencing what it can do for you.
2. Keep a journal. Keep track of the "ah-has", learnings, and insights. You'll be amazed as you review them over time what was revealed.
3. If you don't have a power hour, determine when that will be in your weekly schedule and stick to it.
4. If you have one and have not been honoring it, ask yourself why. You don't want to hear and learn in 6 months what you need to hear and learn today.
5. If you are a leader leading leaders - help them integrate this into their schedule, hold them accountable, and ask about what they are gleaning from it. Teach and coach strategic thinking and planning.
Remember - Every day you are scripting the next few pages of your story by the actions you take. Let your power hour be your co-writer and director.
Coaching Bonus: The InFocus e-coaches are written for continuity in leadership learning and development. So, print them out, put them in your journal, or development notebook, use them in staff meetings, pass them along, or have your team subscribe. Here's the link: www.thedistinctleader.com
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