From the course: Lead with Vulnerability without Sacrificing Leadership Effectiveness
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The vulnerability mountain
From the course: Lead with Vulnerability without Sacrificing Leadership Effectiveness
The vulnerability mountain
- The eight attributes we covered at the beginning of this chapter help you become a vulnerable leader. The vulnerability wheel we talked about in the last movie helps make sure you harness the power in the right way. And the vulnerability mountain, which I'm about to go over, gives you a starting point and a path to follow. If you've ever gone hiking or climbing, you'll know that the first few steps are always the easiest, and then the farther and the higher you climb, the more challenging things get. Just like climbing a mountain, you'll make mistakes, you'll get hurt, and you'll have to backtrack to find another path forward. But the higher you climb, the more people you'll meet on your journey, the more beautiful the vistas become and the farther out you can see and the more clarity you get, and it all begins before you start climbing the mountain. You need to give yourself a base camp and a peak to target. For the base camp, ask yourself, what would you be willing to be…