I witnessed and felt something quite magical take place this week.
I witnessed a group of eight high-achieving, super-successful leaders leave their egos outside the room. They let their guards down, and acted with courage and honesty. By doing so, over two days they found a way to create an ‘ecosystem’ that would work for them all.
It would ‘work for them all’, and they would work for it.
From Egosystem to Ecosystem.
From Group to Team.
What’s so magical about it?
- The foresight and leadership is wonderful to see.
To understand that these time-poor executives wanted to prioritise creating a working environment that would help them all to thrive. Not just thrive individually, but in a way that would help them all leverage and benefit from each others’ experience and expertise.
And more, much more!
- The impact. The impact goes way beyond their individual or collective experience.
All of the teams they lead, and the tentacles those teams have throughout the organisation and into the clients and communities they serve – all will benefit from the time they took to come together.
- The courage that I saw was moving.
I’m not just talking about the courage to give up some of their ‘patch’, or their individual priorities. I’m talking about them sharing how their personal backgrounds, or truly raw challenges, shape who they are today, how they think, what they fear and more.
They got to know and understand each other as human beings. Beyond the boardroom.
It was such a privilege to be part of it.
That was the magical feeling it gave me. I felt right at home. I felt complete trust in myself and my role too. I LOVED it.
It’s not easy work for those involved. It’s not for everyone.
It takes real guts and commitment on the clients’ part.
And that’s what’s so magical.
The opportunities are there in front us all the time. For you, them and me. Daily.
We can lean in and have courage to be curious and open. To find a new and better way forward for ourselves, our teams and our families.
The choice is always there.