The writer of the book You Are Us: How To Build Bridges In a Polarized World discusses the biggest setbacks with creating a strong leader.
These days, the need for strong leadership in business is greater than ever, especially as more people leave their current job under heavy duress and lack of proper management. But it’s not just a matter of creating a leader and setting them out into the business world. There’s more to it than that.
A new article posted in Big Think discusses the biggest problems surrounding educating a leader for the business world. It explains how there isn’t a “one size leadership training” that necessarily fits all, but rather something that’s “designed with the learners’ needs in mind.”
Furthermore, it explains that “leadership training” shouldn’t be a one-and-done process, but something that should be consistently revisited with new objectives, ones that are shaped around systems so that they not only have the need to understand it for themselves, but also for others that they’re leading as well.
Gareth Gwyn knows all about the power of leadership, especially in today’s world. In her new book, You Are Us: How To Build Bridges In a Polarized World, she talks with several stereotypically vilified and victimized individuals about the power for inner change, something that proves very useful when it comes to the power of growth.
Along with her book, Gwyn also created Let’s See Labs, which focuses on the sociocultural transformation of individuals through a variety of interactive classes. These include a general overview of what to expect; an introduction workshop that helps in reinvigorating self-awareness and empathy; and the full program, broken down into five highly-detailed two-hour sessions, covering all the aspects of empathy-based leadership.
Gareth Gwyn joins us now to discuss the importance of learning good leadership, especially in today’s business world.
Q&A:
- So many people are leaving their jobs as of late, mainly dissatisfied with the inability for management to help them when needed. Would you say that more could’ve been done with leadership to help them in their time of need?
- Big Think’s article delves deep into the lessons that need to be learned with leadership, particularly with consistent training to keep tabs on business practices. Why do you think some businesses believe more in the “one and done” rule when it comes to creating leaders? How much could this backfire on them?
- Were there any particular examples in leadership that surfaced when you were putting together your classes at Let’s See Labs? Good or bad?
- How much do you touch on leadership with your book, You Are Us: How To Build Bridges In a Polarized World? There are probably a good variety of stories that came from your interview subjects surrounding this topic.
- How much has leadership changed in the business world following what happened with COVID-19 a few years ago? We know some people had to shift their roles almost entirely to a digital front, compared to being able to lead people in person.
- What’s probably the best general advice you could provide for those looking to become strong leaders in the business world?
- Where can we learn more about You Are Us and the workshops?
The book is available for purchase here on Amazon; and you can find more information on everything we do with Let’s See Labs over on BuildBridges.US!
About Gareth Gwyn…
Gareth Gwyn is committed to establishing a new global vision of leadership founded on self-inquiry and restorative practices. She is the author of You Are Us: How to Build Bridges in a Polarized World, a book woven with real stories that explore how we can each help bridge our cultural divides regardless of who we are and where we came from. She is also the founder of Let’s See Labs, an organization that produces films, writing, and team workshops that facilitate sociocultural transformation at the individual level by embracing creative polarity. Gareth earned her MA in Digital Communication at the School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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