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Published: April 10, 2022, 11:43 a.m.

\nStepping into leadership, on whatever scale, immediately asks a central question of each of us: What kind of person will I be? Can I be a person who brings out virtues of dignity, creativity, courage, compassion, persistence, humility, generosity and wisdom in myself and the people I am alongside? Can I catch on to the ways in which I contract into fear, or reactivity, or habit? Can I find others who will help me walk the path of attention, inquiry and practice that can support me in bringing myself to the world in a way that\u2019s most fully expressive of my intentions?
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about how we lead together in a way that draws upon our essential goodness. And it's an invitation to a new learning community we're launching. It's hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nHere's a link to the details of the new Thirdspace Leading from Essential Self programme which we talk about in this episode and which is is coming up soon.\xa0
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\nYou can find out more about other Thirdspace programmes we talk about this week on the Thirdspace website here:\n

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• Our two-day Foundations of Coaching programme on 25-26 April 2022\xa0
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• Our year-long Professional Coaching Course which begins in June 2022
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\nTurning Towards Life is hosted by Thirdspace. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nThe Call of Leadership
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\n\n\nWe\u2019re \u2018called to leadership\u2019 any time we find ourselves caring deeply about the world and people around us and want to respond with wisdom, resourcefulness, dignity and creativity \u2013 whether that\u2019s in an organisational setting, in national-scale leadership, in a family, because we\u2019ve taken up a role in a community that we care about, or whenever we want to bring a new idea, possibility, cause or work of art into the world.\n\n
\nStepping into leadership, on whatever scale, immediately asks a central question of each of us: What kind of person will I be? Can I be a person who brings out virtues of dignity, creativity, courage, compassion, persistence, humility, generosity and wisdom in myself and the people I am alongside? Can I catch on to the ways in which I contract into fear, or reactivity, or habit? Can I find others who will help me walk the path of attention, inquiry and practice that can support me in bringing myself to the world in a way that\u2019s most fully expressive of my intentions?\n\n
\nAnother way of saying this \u2013 can I lead from my 'Essential Self\u2019, the goodness and wisdom that\u2019s at the heart of each of us? Can I attend to being \u2018right sized\u2019, inhabiting fully the life-giving possibilities that are mine to bring without shrinking away or trying to be bigger than I really am?
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\nJustin Wise\n\n
\n\nPhoto by Simon Berger on Unsplash\n