It is common in our traditional mindset to look for problems and try to fix them. Systemic leadership requires seeing things as interconnected. Every single challenge has a variety of influencing factors. The more we see the connections between things, the more options we have for making changes and restoring balance. In this session, we will practice focusing on networks rather than isolating problems.

Working as a systemic leader requires expanding our ability to focus on more than one aspect of a challenge at a time. It also requires remaining aware of our own position within the system. In this session, we will explore the practice of metacognition—thinking about thinking or thinking about feeling—in order to find the stability necessary to lead change.

As a systemic leader, you are making small changes within a larger network, serving as a guide more so than an enforcer. These small changes are more sustainable because they allow the entire system to find its balance over time. They are also trust-enhancing because they support the agency of the components within the system. In this session, we’ll learn about small ways to create the conditions for an entire culture to grow. 

Systemic leadership allows us to make significant changes when we build our capacity to experience the change we desire. In this final session, we’ll discuss how a broader, network-focused view allows us to focus on the resolution present in our own experience. We’ll discuss using our own experience as a model for a greater level of collaboration and awareness.