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Profound Self-Awareness and the Need to Explore Drivers and Blockers

In: Exploring Leadership Drivers and Blockers

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  • Ian C. Woodward

    (INSEAD)

  • Samah Shaffakat

    (Liverpool Business School)

  • Vincent H. Dominé

    (INSEAD)

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss the centrality of self-awareness to leadership development. Self-awareness involves an in-depth awareness of one’s “strengths, weaknesses, drivers and blockers” as well as the interrelationships between these factors. We argue that understanding these elements and becoming comfortable at including them as part of one’s self will help individuals to get to an in-depth understanding of their true nature, in addition to providing them with greater freedom to select their actions and commitments to change consciously. This builds on a systems psychodynamic perspective, process of personalization, Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and positive psychology. We especially draw upon Robert Kegan’s adult mind development theory. A foundation for our work on drivers and blockers is Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s immunity to change process, which built on their work on adult mind development. Extending on these areas, we argue that exploring both drivers and blockers can play a vital role in helping leaders advance to higher order levels of self-authoring and self-transforming minds, thereby mitigating the gap between their own mental complexity and the complexity of the world.

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  • Ian C. Woodward & Samah Shaffakat & Vincent H. Dominé, 2019. "Profound Self-Awareness and the Need to Explore Drivers and Blockers," Springer Books, in: Exploring Leadership Drivers and Blockers, chapter 0, pages 9-19, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-13-6276-7_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6276-7_2
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