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Take Back Your Power – Watch Your Language (Part II)
Posted by Dana Theus in eCoaching on September 15, 2011
This is the fourth post in the Take Back Your Power series of posts.
As we examined in Part I, language is an important element of our personal power. When you catch yourself speaking with the out-of-power words we looked at earlier, don’t beat yourself up. Saying “I’ll try” instead of “I will” is just a habit and habits can be changed with focus (see below). However, there are two legitimate reasons that we often choose out-of-power vocabulary. The InPower trick is to learn to use InPower language to deal with these situations. Most of the time, our language turns out to be an indicator of deeper things.
Take Back Your Power – Watch Your Language (Part I)
Posted by Dana Theus in eCoaching on September 6, 2011
This is the third post in the Take Back Your Power series of posts.
Personal power (InPower) is not something we’re born with, it’s something we master – like learning to balance on one foot – as we progress on our journey to lead change in the world. First we master it for ourselves, and then we use it as we work with others, helping them access it personally and in group, together applying it in combination with external power to change the world for the better. Read the rest of this entry »
When You’re In Power, Are Those Around You Threatened?
Posted by Dana Theus in eCoaching on August 9, 2011
Sometimes when we begin to refine our understanding of power and consciously work to bring more of our own power to the fore in our lives, it creates discomfort with – or for – those close to us, including colleagues, employees, friends and even spouses and children. If others have become used to you giving your power away, when you take it back this can surprise them, and sometimes even threaten them. This can be true when you are granted external power as well, and those around you are not used to the new level of responsibility you now shoulder. As I launch into the Take Back Your Power series of blog posts, I think it’s important to acknowledge this dynamic and prepare for how to handle these situations.
First, it’s important to get comfortable with the idea that you deserve to be powerful, and you especially deserve to own your own personal power. A key characteristic of internal power is that it is an unlimited supply. When you take your own power back, you are not taking it away from others, however you may be demanding that others rely more on their own internal power than they did before. Read the rest of this entry »
Giving Away Your Personal Power – And Taking It Back
Posted by Dana Theus in eCoaching on August 2, 2011
This is the second post in the Take Back Your Power series of posts.
A key leadership skill is learning to manage your personal power in every situation. Just like balancing on one foot, once you understand the feeling of InPower, it’s easier to identify when you unconsciously give your power away and can take steps to retrieve it and catch yourself earlier next time.
How do you know you’ve just given your InPower away? Read the rest of this entry »
What Is Personal Power?
Posted by Dana Theus in eCoaching, InPower Leadership on July 19, 2011
This is the first post in the Take Back Your Power series of posts.
There are many kinds of leadership and power and I choose to focus on personal power for myself and with my clients – I call it InPower. InPower is that special ability leaders can develop to free themselves from the culture around them so they can choose where and how they place their energy in service to the world and themselves including, and especially, intentionally shaping the very culture they have freed themselves from. I choose to focus on InPower because:
- it is useful in all aspects of life, not just business;
- it tends to be infectious and helps bring the best out of everyone around you; and
- no one can take it away from you.
Personal power is hard to see
It’s easy to comprehend external power. External power builds buildings and fights wars. Many of those wielding external power do have InPower, but not all, and it’s certainly not a prerequisite. Read the rest of this entry »
Leadership and Power
Posted by Dana Theus in InPower Leadership on July 14, 2011
What is power? I love this discussion because it calls out everyone’s beliefs, assumptions, fears and attractions to this complex concept. It turns out that power means different things to different people, and really is only tangentially related to actual leadership, but in almost all cases power is related to the use of resources and the ability to change the world. Here are the typical definitions of power that I have picked up in having this discussion online over the last few months: Read the rest of this entry »
Portrait of an InPower Leader
Posted by Dana Theus in InPower Leadership, Reclaimed! on May 5, 2011
InPower Mastery Statement
The cohort of leaders who will reclaim leadership to achieve great things in the world won’t succeed out of idealism, an extreme sense of perfection or personal heroism. We will succeed because we see ourselves and the world for what is and because we master the ability to motivate groups we lead to access their full power to create transformative outcomes.
InPower Leaders derive our power from within ourselves first and foremost, owning who we are and freeing ourselves to be at choice and at cause in the world, regardless of our external circumstances. We move through the world with intention and trust, taking what is and working with it productively. With such clarity and perspective we excel at group process and choose our own actions purposefully to manage relationships, energy and intention in ways that make our teams powerful too. With powerful and purpose-driven teams alongside us, InPower Leaders advocate and create organizations, movements and cultures that unfold amazing change in the world.
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