CHAPTER 8Awareness and Attention: Learning to Be Present

What you focus on expands, and you’ve learned what to focus on—the core of your team. You have studied anatomy, the anatomy of your communication. You’ve prepared yourself. You’re ready now to learn the how-to of leading in a no-normal world. In this chapter and the next two chapters you will learn how to immerse yourself in the moment, to master the number-one leadership competency of this era: being present with others. You will discover how to adopt a leader’s protocol to meet your need for output and your team’s need for connection. Finally, we’ll show you how to find the energy you need to do it all: be present with others, establish a real-time protocol, and build the personal resilience ...

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