Healthy leaders prove their mettle in the midst of leadership conflict. Evaluate these three pillars in your own leadership life.
Talking Points:
- If you don’t have a track record of honesty and integrity, you’ve already lost the battle. Ask yourself if you’ve earned the trust of your team.
- A lack of emotional health will cause you to lead from a place of insecurity. Allow all traces of ego to be exposed in you before you lead through conflict.
- A payoff of solid character and emotional health is a team full of the same kind of people. A relationally healthy team is one that attracts the best kind of talent.
Discussion Questions:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Share a time you’ve seen a meeting get out of control. What were the consequences from that event?
- Why is honesty and integrity important? How does trust relate to those two things? How have you seen a lack of trust affect a team?
- Have you ever had a boss who was really insecure? What caused you to draw that conclusion? How does insecurity affect a leaders’s ability to lead through conflict?
- Evaluate yourself on your trustworthiness and emotional health. Defend your answers with some examples or proof.
- Describe the emotional health of those you work around right now. Are you surrounding yourself with quality people? Explain.
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
