As the world today is suffering from myriad number of problems at the physical, personal, economic and societal levels, leadership as a critical catalyst comes to mind because of its sphere of influence. It has been a very common practice to focus on the outer world of the leader and the competencies it required. Usually, those competencies made the leaders more competent, but not necessarily more conscious. Looking at the way we are trying to solve problems today, it seems it is not working effectively or efficiently. Here, the concept of consciousness comes to the fore as it not only enables transformation in leader’s inner world, but also in his/her outer world due to the leader’s position in the society. Change should happen from inside out. For that to emerge, leaders need to be both willing and able to undertake the initially daunting task of getting to know themselves which is the first step toward any positive change. Secondly, they need to understand the role they have with regards to relational consciousness that requires them to be aware of phenomena at the interpersonal and even at the intergroup levels. Although training programs based on consciousness are rare, they are not nonexistent. Whatever and whenever possible, leaders need to seek and find the ways of elevating their consciousness levels to be able to become effective catalysts of future societal transformation.

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Unveiling the Consciousness Gap in Organizations Through Leadership as a Consciousness Tool

  • Duysal Aşkun

摘要

As the world today is suffering from myriad number of problems at the physical, personal, economic and societal levels, leadership as a critical catalyst comes to mind because of its sphere of influence. It has been a very common practice to focus on the outer world of the leader and the competencies it required. Usually, those competencies made the leaders more competent, but not necessarily more conscious. Looking at the way we are trying to solve problems today, it seems it is not working effectively or efficiently. Here, the concept of consciousness comes to the fore as it not only enables transformation in leader’s inner world, but also in his/her outer world due to the leader’s position in the society. Change should happen from inside out. For that to emerge, leaders need to be both willing and able to undertake the initially daunting task of getting to know themselves which is the first step toward any positive change. Secondly, they need to understand the role they have with regards to relational consciousness that requires them to be aware of phenomena at the interpersonal and even at the intergroup levels. Although training programs based on consciousness are rare, they are not nonexistent. Whatever and whenever possible, leaders need to seek and find the ways of elevating their consciousness levels to be able to become effective catalysts of future societal transformation.