{"id":771,"date":"2010-05-17T12:16:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2010-05-17T12:16:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:16:04","slug":"embodied-coaching-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/embodied-coaching-and-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Embodied Coaching and Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Integration Training has pioneered working with the body in UK business environments along with handful of other training providers. I was encouraged then to see two new descriptions of this work online from Ireland and the US recently, both nicely encapsulating our own somatic or embodied coaching<\/a> and leadership training.<\/a> See also the video below.
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From Lane Kelly Assoiciates<\/a><\/p>\n

“Constantly challenging and demanding tasks and assignments are fast becoming the norm as we race to protect our organisations. Time to process is scarce. There is little or no time to feel how we feel. The danger is that we lose touch with our ability to be authentic and to protect ourselves.<\/em>New and demanding experiences trigger common somatic, or physical body, responses. Recall your first public speaking event, performance review or presentation? Recall the excitement, energised anticipation of success and achievement, or perhaps, the turbo-charged butterflies, difficulty in breathing or nervous trembling that undermined your confidence and effectiveness?<\/em><\/p>\n

These are examples of somatic responses that you learned to deal with and this learning has informed and shaped your performance in similar situations ever since.<\/em><\/p>\n

The more personally demanding we perceive an experience or assignment to be, the more somatically we experience it. This can result in your developing tensions which distort or limit both your physical and intellectual ranges of behaviours.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is especially important when it comes to communications. Your message is 50% body language, 43% tone of voice and 7% words. Anything that is upsetting you somatically will surely distort your message.<\/em><\/p>\n

Radically different, Embodied Coaching ensures you ultimately learn and develop in a self-generative manner. The programme is based on timeless practices of developing mastery and self-generation through conscious awareness and choice. You learn how to avoid the detrimental, unconscious habits we all too often employ in our daily work and lives.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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From Stonewater (US) <\/a><\/p>\n

“Two Fundamental Leadership Claims<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

A leader is someone who cares about something enough to ask others to care about it with them, and who effectively partners with others to co-create a new future.<\/em><\/p>\n

The world needs many more masterful leaders from all walks of life to successfully address the extraordinary challenges we face at this moment in history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Training a New Second Nature<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, having a pretty good idea of\u00a0what\u00a0to do\u00a0is rarely enough to help you actually do things differently.\u00a0 Much as we might like them to, good ideas don\u2019t always translate into new action.<\/em><\/p>\n

To become a more masterful leader, what you need to do is actually embody a new way of being \u2013 in other words, put what you learn into action again and again until it becomes second nature.\u00a0 If you\u2019re seeking to take more effective action on behalf of your goals, then you\u2019re going to need to engage your body as well as your mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not talking about situps and pushups here \u2013 I\u2019m talking about developing an embodied leadership presence that builds trust and gets things done.\u00a0 This is a presence that you own\u2026 that emanates from inside you and touches others deeply without you having to say a thing.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably known someone who has that kind of presence: when they walk into a room, people sit up and take notice.\u00a0 They naturally inspire trust and easily galvanize themselves and others behind worthwhile goals.\u00a0 That kind of leadership comes from the inside out, and cultivating it requires training your whole self.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Path To An Embodied Leadership Presence<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Get clear about where you\u2019re going.<\/em><\/p>\n

To increase your own and others commitment to take action, you need to be clear about the direction you\u2019re headed and stand behind it with your entire being.\u00a0 That begins with connecting to what matters to you in a heartfelt, visceral way.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Get familiar with what\u2019s standing in your way.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everyone has habitual ways of being that don\u2019t support where they want to go and who they want to be.\u00a0 As long as those habits remain outside your awareness, it\u2019s difficult \u2013 if not impossible \u2013 to choose a different course of action.\u00a0 Our approach makes blind spots visible in a gentle but undeniable way, opening the doorway to new and more effective choices.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear though: This is NOT about scolding yourself into \u201cbetter behavior.\u201d\u00a0 Rather it\u2019s about interrupting and uprooting the patterns that aren\u2019t serving you so there\u2019s room for something new to take hold.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Practice new ways of being.<\/em><\/p>\n

Together we\u2019ll identify new skills and actions that support more of what you care about.\u00a0 Then you\u2019ll practice them in low-stakes situations until they become second nature, so that when the going gets tough, it\u2019s what comes to you naturally.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Basis of Embodied Work<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This process probably sounds straightforward enough, but most people discover the approach to be unlike anything they\u2019ve tried before.\u00a0 More than sitting and listening to a lecture, you\u2019ll be up moving around and engaging with others.\u00a0 Rather than reading about models of leadership, you\u2019ll investigate your own experience.\u00a0 In addition to exploring that experience in conversation, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to engage in bodywork that can actually change the way you show up in your everyday life.<\/em><\/p>\n

All of this amounts to a path of personal growth and self-cultivation that goes beyond self-involved navel gazing to focus on how you can be of service in the world.\u00a0 It\u2019s about stepping further onto the path of your destiny and learning to be as effective as you can so that you can give your best to what you care about most.<\/em><\/p>\n

The approach is derived substantially from the field of somatics, a mind-body approach to growth, learning, and change that is well-established in the fields of psychology and healthcare and is more recently being applied in domains of leadership.\u00a0 Influenced by aikido \u2013 the martial art of peace \u2013 as well as Western psychology, Eastern philosophy, interpersonal neurobiology, and management theory \u2013 this approach offers a reliable path to developing a more compelling leadership presence.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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