#481 Exploring Vertical Development: Focusing on the Being Side of Leadership

Join Coach Curl on the Today's Leader podcast as we delve into the groundbreaking concepts of vertical development in leadership. We discuss Ryan Godfredson's upcoming book, 'Becoming Better: The Ground Breaking Science of Personal Transformation,' and explore how focusing on the 'being' side of leadership can transform your approach to leading teams and businesses.

leadership development, vertical development, Ryan Godfredson, personal transformation, emotional intelligence, Success Mindsets, self-awareness,

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⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Leadership Development Podcast

00:01:26 - Understanding Horizontal vs Vertical Leadership

00:02:42 - Importance of Developing Leader's Character

00:03:56 - Cultivating Emotional Intelligence in Leaders

00:05:08 - Enhancing Self-Awareness for Effective Leadership

00:06:22 - Integrating Insights for Leadership Growth

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Way to go, guys. Way to go. Keep it

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going. Good job, guys. All right, Paul, I

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see you. Great job, guys.

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Hey there, I'm Coach Cole and welcome to

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the Today's Leader podcast, Building

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Tomorrow's Best Leaders Today.

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Recently, Ryan Godfredson, a

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previous guest of the Today's Leader

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podcast back in episode

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196, reached out about

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his new book that's coming out in June

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this year now. In episode

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196, I I spoke to Ryan

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about the the book that he had called

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Success Mindsets, The Key to Unlocking

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Greatest Success in Your Life.

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And that's a real game changer, that

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particular book for so many people that I

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know. He was, he's been featured

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on in the Wall Street Journal. He's been

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on USA TODAY. He's an

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associate professor and he's currently

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working in leadership development. At a

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major university

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now his new book is called Becoming

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Better, The Ground Breaking Science of

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Personal Transformation. And one of the

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really important things that I know about

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Ryan is that he it's evidence

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based, it's research based. It's these

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theories are not just something that he

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comes up with, it's something that he

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tests and he theorizes and he

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workshops and he resources it so.

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They come from a really strong place,

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a a really good place for us to be able

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to take advantage of that and put it into

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practice in our

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in our own leadership, uh, worlds in

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which we operate. The premise of the new

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book is that transformational growth only

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comes by focusing on

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and elevating our being

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side. So there's two sides to leadership,

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the being and the doing. And a lot of

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leadership development focuses on the

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doing side and not the being side.

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So traditional leadership programs tend

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to emphasize what we call horizontal

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development, focusing on expanding a

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leader's knowledge, skills and

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competencies, the doing side of

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leadership. While important

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and in the role that I currently have,

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it's incredibly important. This approach

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may neglect the being side.

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Which encompasses a leader's character,

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mindset and psychological

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make-up. So let me just go back over

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that. The being side

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encompasses the leader's character,

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mindset and psychological make-up.

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And neglecting this side aspect can

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lead to some serious leadership

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challenges. So let me just break this

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down. Now bear in mind the book's not out

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until June. I haven't had an

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advance copy of the book, so this is just

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from some of the articles that I know

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Ryan has already produced and has out

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there. So leaders with a well-developed

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being side exhibit qualities such as

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intentionality, right?So making decisions

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based on values rather than

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reactive emotions. They

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have long-term visions, so they focus on

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sustainable goals over

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immediate results. They're

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purpose-oriented, so they're

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prioritising mission and

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vision over outcomes, over mere

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outcomes, especially short-term outcomes.

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They focus on empowerment, so they're

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encouraging autonomy instead of exerting

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control. They're

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stakeholder-centric, so they're

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considering the broader impact on all

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stakeholders and not just on their own

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personal gains. And they're strong in the

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emotional intelligence field. So they're

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being aware and managing one's own

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emotions and those of others

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effectively. So

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that's the being side of leadership,

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emotional intelligence,

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stakeholder-centric, empowered,

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purpose-oriented, long-term vision,

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intentionality. So to

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cultivate those attributes, 'cause it's

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one thing to be able to just to talk

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about them and see them. The next

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stage is obviously to cultivate them

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within your leadership makeup, within

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your leadership role,

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enhance self-awareness. So let's look at

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that with a three-step vertical

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development process. So they all feed

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into each other. Enhance

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self-awareness, that

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ability for us to. to be reflecting on

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personal mindsets and how

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they influence our perceptions

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and our behaviors.

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Reflection is really, really key and

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critical in this particular aspect of

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self-awareness. I refine our

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mindset so engage in activities like

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gratitude journaling, meditation to

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shift towards creating

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value-creating mindsets. Um,

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as a really good place to start, go check

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out Ryan's first book called Success

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Mindsets. It's a game changer for so many

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people that I know. Seek

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coaching. So working with mentors and

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coaches to identify and transform

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limiting neurological processing

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habits. We often hear limit the the

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concepts around limiting beliefs.

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UmImposter syndrome. All

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of those things can be enhanced by

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working with a coach. But the

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key here is to focus on vertical

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development. Leaders can improve their

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capacity to navigate

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stress, adapt to change, and lead more

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effectively by focusing on

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vertical development or the OR the

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being side of leadership as opposed to

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the doing side of leadership.

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It's a really interesting concept. I'm

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really excited. For when the book

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comes out, we have a lot of

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leadership, uh topics in and around the

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concept of character of leadership, our

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own values, et cetera, et cetera.

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Ryan's is backed up by research

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and it's gonna be very interesting to

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read that to see how we can

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encapsulate it in what it is

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that we do. And that is we lead our

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people, we lead our teams, we lead our

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businesses. Hey, thanks for joining me

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on this exploration of vertical

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development. We encourage you to

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integrate those insights into your

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leadership journey and of course take

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some action towards your growth. As I

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said, the book's not due out until June

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and we will put a reminder in to

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our podcast for our podcast listeners as

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listeners on when that

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pop over to todaysleader.com.au, where

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you next time. Bye for now.