Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership - Part 2

In his book, Building the Bridge As You Walk On It, Robert Quinn identifies eight practices for entering the fundamental state of leadership. The next two are described below:

Appreciative Inquiry     

• This person is optimistic and constructive while also being realistic and questioning.
• The person seeks to find the most enabling and constructive aspects of the current reality.
• Appreciative questions tap into the issues people care about most deeply and surface possibilities that have been outside their consciousness.
• In this way, they unleash energy and move self and others to a more creative state.

Grounded Vision

• This person is grounded and factual while also hopeful and visionary.
• The person conceptualizes and communicates a future that emerges from the realities of the existing system.
• The integration of reality and possibility creates an image that attracts self and others outside the comfort zone and into a state of active creation.