LeadForward Vol.1 No. 3

A 30-day reset: from Passion to Virtue in action Week 1: Map and lighten List the top ten recurring decisions. Assign a Driver and Approver. Remove your name from three within seven days. Add “Real-Talk Minutes” to key meetings: one truth we avoided, one next step. Daily two-minute Presence Pause: name the Passion you felt most today, then name the Virtue you will practice tomorrow. The Enneagram Institute Week 2: Truth faster Adopt the “miss, adjustment, next step” rule for updates. Publish trade-offs in a one-page decision brief. Save to a simple decision log. Week 3: Multiply voices Launch a rotating spokesperson plan. Pair emerging leaders with you once, then let them lead the next update. Fund three tiny experiments with clear guardrails and a two-slide learning report. Week 4: Institutionalize Write a one-page Leadership Promise: how you will decide, distribute, and learn. Name two deputies for your role. Give each a visible decision to make and defend. Share a quarterly “What We Tried, What We Learned” brief with staff and board. Scorecard with soul-aware markers Percentage of top decisions with named owner and deadline Median decision cycle time Experiments launched and closed on time Percentage of external updates delivered by leaders other than you Psychological safety pulse score, voluntary turnover in key roles Personal practice: days you can name both Passion and Virtue, and one concrete behavior that expresses the Virtue Language you can use this week “Here is the decision, the trade-off we accept today, and the review date.” “I was wrong. Thank you for surfacing this early. Let us adjust and continue.” “I do not need to be in this meeting. You own it. Send me the one-page brief.” “I will frame the context. Jamie will deliver the update and take questions.” Short glossary for boards and teams Passion: the ego’s emotional habit, distinct for each type. The Enneagram Institute Fixation: the mental habit that keeps the Passion in place. The Enneagram Institute Virtue: the inner quality that appears as the Passion relaxes. The Contemplative Blogger Holy Idea: an essence-level perspective that orients the whole type back to reality and God. From ego to soul : Howell’s framing of the journey beyond personality back to essence. Google Books+1

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