Leading Through Institute

About Leading Through Institute

Leading Through is a paradigm of work and organization designed to help people and organizations thrive. Unfortunately, the dominant practices of executive and organizational action we see all around us are working against that goal. These practices are rooted in a paradigm of power – power over people – that acts like a legacy computer system in the world of organizations today – it is pervasive, deeply embedded, almost invisible and often destructive. The Power Over paradigm has long exhibited three key shortcomings: (1) it breeds organizational “darkness” (blurs vision, saps meaning and nurtures moral failure), (2) it wastes human talent and organizational potential, and (3) it stifles creativity and innovation. Because it is so pervasive and deeply embedded, many don’t recognize it as the culprit for these shortcomings. The answer is leadership. Not the heroic CEO, or even a capable team of executives, but leadership that permeates the entire organization. That kind of leadership is work, and it is needed in every corner of every unit of every organization and it can be done by anyone, anywhere, at any level, in any circumstance. Realizing the promise of the work of leadership requires a new paradigm, one that recognizes that leadership is both intensely personal and deeply organizational. Leading Through is that paradigm. The Leading Through Institute introduces three metaphors—the soul, heart, and mind of leadership—to illustrate what the work of leadership really looks like: (1) it increases organizational light (soul); (2) it helps people to thrive (heart); and (3) it boosts creativity, ingenuity and innovation (mind).

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