Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership - Part 4

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

Responsible Freedom     

• The person who practices responsible freedom is spontaneous and expressive while also self disciplined and responsible.
• Rather than fleeing purpose, discipline, or structure, this person is self-structuring and tends to be ever elevated to a higher levels of awareness and capacity.
• In obtaining this higher state, the person becomes more complex and capable, more empowered and empowering to others.

Tough Love

• This person is assertive and bold, yet compassionate and concerned.
• This person calls others to higher objectives and standards while also showing empathic, relational support.
• Others are lifted by the loving recognition of their potential and the challenging call to enact it in a more creative state of purpose.