The document discusses authentic leadership as self-expression that benefits both the individual and others, emphasizing the importance of authenticity defined as being true to oneself amidst external pressures. It explores the concepts of personal mastery and technologies of the self, referencing philosophical insights from existentialism and Michel Foucault. The text underscores the significance of silence in self-communication and the role of collective wisdom in developing authentic leadership.

1. Authentic Leadership Dialogue Circle MaRi Eagar Technologies of Self towards Authentic Leadership 21 August 2008 Leadership is authentic self-expression that adds value to your self and others (Kevin Cashman) PACTS© 2009

2. Journey today Format: Insight from each other Collective group wisdom Facilitator role: Questions to stimulate Timing Collecting of wisdom PACTS© 2009

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4. What does “authenticic leadership” mean to you? PACTS© 2009

5. What is authenticity? Authenticity is a technical term in existentialist philosophy , and is also used in the philosophy of art and psychology . In philosophy, the conscious self is seen as coming to terms with being in a material world and with encountering external forces, pressures and influences which are very different from, and other than, itself. Authenticity is the degree to which one is true to one's own personality, spirit, or character, despite these pressures. Greek origin: “Author” PACTS© 2009

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7. What if you are think you are driving these…

8. … or this?

9. But actuallly your car is…. … ..what is the owner’s manual for driving such a car?…

10. Without your Thoughts Feelings Memories Associations Perceptions what does personal mastery mean?

11. Personal mastery to authentic leadership Activating event (reality) Response authentic? OUTPUT Internal reality Individual (self) External Reality External Reality Worldviews perceptions thoughts, feelings associations memories Activating event INPUT Consequence PACTS© 2009

12. It is more difficult to renounce your worldview and beliefs than what it is to renounce your wordly possessions or your family or your house or….. PACTS© 2009

13. Awareness without commitment and action is an empty promise…

14. Technologies of Self Technologies of the self (also called care of the self or practices of the self [1] ) are what Michel Foucault calls the methods and techniques ("tools") through which human beings constitute themselves. Foucault argued that we as subjects are perpetually engaged in processes whereby we define and produce our own ethical self-understanding. According to Foucault, technologies of the self are the forms of knowledge and strategies that “permit individuals to effect by their own means or with the help of others a certain number of operations on their own bodies and souls, thoughts, conduct, and way of being, so as to transform themselves in order to attain a certain state of happiness, purity, wisdom, perfection, or immortality.” [1] (Wikipedia, 15 August 2008)

15. Technologies of speech Steven Pinker : We negotiate our social arrangements through language (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2334232.htm#transcript)

16. Silence “ Real communication [with yourself] can take place only when there is silence. But there is also more in this silence that goes beyond opening the heart and seeing “from inside” In that special silence you can hear, or see, or get a sense of something that wants to happen that you wouldn’t have been aware of otherwise.” It is an active listening, not a passive silence Peter Senge in Presence: Human purpose and the field of the future (2004)

17. Final thoughts on the journey of authentic leadership

18. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! PACTS© 2009

19. MaRi Eagar 082 852 0710 [email_address] PACTS© 2009 PACTS Personal & Cultural Transformations

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