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Is Leadership an Act of Courage? It sure is in our books. That is because they know that's where max growth will occur and true leaders are always growing. They never let fear stop them - they face difficult choices, hard conversations and owning mistakes head on. These opportunities for growth might be coming up more and more for you during covid-19, the recent protests against racial discrimination and subjugation, and upon reflecting about vulnerable leadership her...e with us. Leaders answering the call to courage are modelling the power behind this leadership 2.0 strategy - they speak up when they know they must - expressing their voice when it's needed, either to express an important idea or to defend the important ideas of others. They aren't afraid to be vulnerable either, because they know it's the best path forward, towards growth, towards connection and towards increasing levels of influence, which are requisites to playing your biggest impact game as a leader. -Coach Susan See more

There is nothing powerful about a leader that is 'closed up shop' emotionally. In fact, learning how to exercise vulnerability is one of the most powerful strategies a leader can practice, hone and cultivate. It all starts with you and you learning how to be open, honest and real with your inner world, your thoughts and yes, even your feelings - it quite literally is the starting point to connection with other human beings. ... And to take it further, connection between two human brains requires that you can see each other emotionally - emotionally resonate with one another. And it is this very connection that is required to develop trust, rapport and influence as a leader. Want to be powerfully influential as a leader? You simply MUST practice being powerfully vulnerable first. Now is the perfect time to start reflecting on how you can be more open and honest with what your current state is. Take a walk outside in nature and get closer to the real and honest you, in preparation to powerfully and vulnerably lead others. -Coach Susan See more

There are many different ways to look at Leadership 2.0 and qualify what it is. One of our favourite ways to measure true Leadership 2.0 is by how it feels - how does it feel when in a leadership position yourself or being led by somebody else? We love feeling as a growth metric here in The Mental Gym, because our feelings don't lie - they tell the true story as to what is going on behind the gates in your mindset. ... Words can be scripted, choices can be manipulated, actions and behaviours can be controlled. Feelings, on the other hand, are raw, vulnerable, and honest. That is because they tell the story as to how you're influencing yourself psychologically - what beliefs you hold, your mindset, your perspectives on life. How do true leaders show up emotionally? Empowered, confident, inspired, courageous, and the great ones, show up powerfully vulnerable. The incredible part of experiencing a true leader show up in this way is how their emotions spread and actually infect you - the ripple effect is powerfully felt by those they lead. We will be discussing these traits in the next couple of days. For now, take some time to reflect on the true story of how you're feeling as a leader or being led by someone else. -Coach Susan See more

Our world is undoubtedly going through a major shift. We are all being called on, now more than ever, to step up and be stronger leaders. The universe is calling on us to wake up - to break free of mindless autopilot decision-making, and to seek clarity about what truly matters most, so that we reorient our decisions in the direction of positive, healthy growth. I see all too often, first-hand in the work that I do, how difficult change and growth can be for some human b...eings. And the avoidance tactics they use when trying to protect their status quo thinking. Avoidance, I teach my clients, is like carbon monoxide. You can’t see it, taste it, touch it or feel it - but it will kill you the longer you stay trapped in that self-sabotaging pattern. We’ve officially reached a tipping point with our collective avoidance of some of our world’s most troubling forms of avoidance: we can no longer avoid honouring Mother Nature (she’s been weeping for some time), our health (our immune systems, our psychological/emotional wellbeing), prioritizing high-quality connection time with loved ones (teen suicide and divorce rates that are higher than ever), the way we build and run our businesses (social and ecological responsibility) and most of all, EACHOTHER (our human family members who are suffering most at the hands of systemic social, economic and racial injustice, discrimination, marginalization and subjugation). The message is clear and simple - Avoidance is no longer an option - this world cannot survive if we keep our heads and our hearts in the sand. I’m calling on you - we need you more than ever to find your voice. To use it twice as much and twice as loud as those who do not yet have one or are struggling to be heard. To be the change we all need to see. To step up and own your role in the human family. To step out of avoidance and into the light of awareness - we can’t solve it if we don’t first acknowledge it’s a collective problem. #blacklivesmatter See more

Hopefully by now, we can all hear the universal call right now to step into our Leadership 2.0 roles - whether you previously considered yourself to be a leader or not, if you’ve been following along with us this week, by now you can see that if you care about a result, a goal or another human being, you are a leader. This world needs you more than ever to step up and claim ownership of your leadership strategies. Let’s start off this week by taking a deeper look at what ...Leadership 2.0 strategy is NOT... -letting go of the wheel of your autopilot and saying "go ahead Brain, you've got it alllll figured out by now - you take over completely now -tapping out and giving up -believing your life is meaningless and has no purpose to it -Leadership 2.0 is not believing that you're powerless to affect change. -believing the critics, haters, judges, bullies or bad guys -getting knocked down and staying down We see this resistance win too often in a world that tries to convince us to take yourself out of the growth game - but please remember, life can sometimes have a funny way of helping us grow (pain, disappointment, roadblocks, deadend streets, loss, failure). Leadership 2.0 is remembering that life is helping you realize your life's mission, purpose and setting you up in creative ways to help you play your biggest impact game. Now is not the time to let these negative beliefs take over. We are needed as leaders, to help the world around us, make best and highest use of all this collective adversity. The key that unlocks it for us as leaders is the commitment to the "me" work - the journey, the process of growth, getting in The Mental Gym. Now is the time to commit to this so that you can show up in the world and own our role in the world. Sign up for 1 month FREE for our new online membership portal, The Mental Gym: Brain Training for High-Performers. http://ow.ly/TAWc50zVv4Y See more

We are celebrating over here this week at Team Elite, the launch of our very own Coach Lauren Williams, our new Principal Mindset Brain Trainer for Athletes. We know you’ll love her too - she’s one powerhouse model of all the things we love about Leadership 2.0 at play. A former NCAA athlete and professional women’s hockey player, Coach Lauren brings a wealth of valuable first-hand experiential knowledge about competing and winning at the highest level of athletic performan...ce to our team of powerhouse coaches, and we couldn’t be more excited to watch her change the lives of these athletes with this game changing Elite process. This week, Coach Lauren was invited into the PWHPA (professional women’s hockey player association) to lead an interview with a group of fellow professional hockey players, to unpack all things mindset strategy, brain training and valuable lessons learned competing at the highest levels of performance. We highly suggest watching this video if you are an athlete, have young athletes or want to get access to the intel hiding behind the mindset gates of these incredibly passionate, determined, empowered and resilient women. We can all learn a lot modeling the mindset strategies of these High-Performers, so what better time to extract that kind of game changing intel as we get set to launch back into the game and change the way it’s played forever?! Lauren answered the Leadership 2.0 call this week, living her purpose to spread the positive ripple effect on her mission to empower young athletes to change the way the game is played with the power of mindset brain training. We can hardly wait for you to check this one out... Let’s go leaders - time to step up and answer the collective call, the world needs you more than ever. As always, your highest potential IS my passion, so let’s unleash it together! -Coach Susan