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“The Healthy Leader Model”
Leaders need to be able to withstand the current leadership crisis. To do this, they need a framework that will help them adapt their style of leadership and improve it. The author believes that you should dig up your roots to find out who you are as a leader, because healthy leaders stem from personal foundations rather than actions or behaviors on the outside.
Your leadership skills are rooted in six areas:
“Physical Health”
Physical health is important to leaders. They often have longer hours and more stress than the average person. It’s hard for them to find time to exercise, relax, or eat well because they’re always busy at work. To deal with this problem, you should develop body-mind awareness by finding ways to balance your life between work and leisure activities so that you can be healthy in both mind and body.
Judith Jamison is a great example of how to be mindful. She integrates her body, mind, heart and spirit in all aspects of life. She has received many awards for her work as a dancer and choreographer.
Business leaders can apply the lessons of athletic achievement at work. The most important thing to remember is that winning isn’t everything and losing isn’t fatal. You should also know how to work as a team, take smart risks, harness stress (not let it get you down), and be aware of your energy levels so that you can manage them properly.
Your health is determined by your genes, personal development, life experiences and beliefs. As a leader, consider the human value chain when dealing with employees. If they’re unhealthy, it will affect their engagement and performance at work. Consider your own physical health as an example for others to follow.
“Emotional Health”
If you’re trying to talk about important business topics with your boss, but all he does is defend himself and his actions, then it’s probably because he doesn’t have the emotional maturity to handle criticism. This lack of self-awareness hurts him professionally. If a leader has blind spots in their awareness of themselves (their emotions, flaws and strong points), then they will be unable to deal well with issues that arise. It’s important for leaders to recognize when they are denying these things about themselves so that they can fix them.
Consider the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors and its central figure, Nando Parrado. He experienced a traumatic event in which many of his friends died. This experience gave him strength that he used to walk 11 days without food through harsh conditions to be rescued. After recovering from this ordeal on an emotional level, he founded a successful company where he’s confident that no challenge is too great for him.
Your emotions have a strong connection with your brain. You can cultivate positive emotions like love, hope and optimism. Your sense of well-being is affected by the way you feel about yourself and others around you. When you experience negative emotions, try to conquer them with positive responses. For example, meet anger with forgiveness and fear with confidence. Try to get comfortable in uncertain times by building resilience through contemplation from Buddhism or other religions that help people deal peacefully with change.
“Intellectual Health”
A business dilemma is when a customer orders something that can’t be delivered on time. Do you convince the customer to delay the order or do you push your employees to deliver it? You need an answer that satisfies everyone involved. To solve complex problems, you need three things: deep curiosity, an adaptive mind-set and paradoxical thinking.
