Leadership & Culture SHIFT

Leadership & Culture SHIFT: Unlock Purpose and Profits at Cheetah Speed

In today's fast-paced world, a culture rich in Gut Intelligence (GQ) isn't just a competitive advantage it's the key to awareness, timely responses, innovation, agility, and lasting success. When leaders, and their talent, sharpen their GQ - they move beyond ego-driven, top-down decision-making and create an environment where they tap into their team's wisdom. This creates a culture where so ideas flow, talent thrives, and the dynamics radiate with enlightenment and enthusiasm.

What Happens When Leaders SHIFT from the old Hierarchical Leadership style to a Gut Intelligence (GQ) Leadership Model? Check out the comparison below:

Core Elements of the Gut Intelligence (GQ) Leadership Model (GQ-Based Leadership)

1. Gut Intelligence (GQ) – Leaders trust their intuition and help employees develop their own. This isn’t just gut feeling—it’s deep, integrated decision-making using instinct, experience, and data. Because cues are seen early on at the tip of the iceberg, there is time for Ready-Aim-Fire! This is in contrast to the leadership style of Fire-Fire-Fire! when leaders are not tapping into their Gut Intelligence (GQ).
2. Empowered Teams – Leadership isn’t about control; it’s about creating conditions where teams feel trusted and empowered to act decisively in alignment to the vision, values, and goals.
3. Adaptive Decision-Making – Instead of rigid processes, leaders adjust strategies based on real-time insights and bench-marks that are set up in advance. Process improvement is considered the norm, as is agility and pivoting where necessary.
4. Culture of Psychological Safety – Employees feel safe to share ideas, take risks, and adjust decisions. There is no fear of "Failure." Learning quickly and adjusting fast, like the cheetah, is the new norm.
5. Energy Flow vs. Control – Instead of controlling every move, intuitive leaders focus on creating an environment where energy, creativity, innovation, and intuition naturally flow.
6. Inner Board of Directors – Leaders consult with their gut alerts, responding to cues at the tip of the iceberg. They engage with their heart's, reminding them of the desires of their vision, values, and goals. And use their heads to gather data to support their hunches. Finally, they quiet their mind's to listen to their intuition to discern that "a-ha" knowing: a heightened awareness that tells them which decision is just right for them and their organization.
7. S.T.O.P. Technique – A method for pausing, sensing, and making aligned choices instead of reacting from fear or ego.

When leaders SHIFT from the hierarchical leadership to one that is less egoistic and more enlightened with increased Gut Intelligence (GQ), they operate from a 10,000-foot level where:

• Leaders spend more time observing dynamics and wondering about the root cause and need to improve alignment to the purpose and greater profits;
• Leaders engage their talent in decision-making with the question, "How might we deal with these dynamics and better align to the vision, values, and goals?
• Leaders trust their talent to work the problem, dissolving fear, self-doubt, and judgment so that they own the problem and decisions made.
• The talent feels honored and engaged, boosting collaboration and commitment not only to solve the problem, but to raise their level of observation so they can catch the gut-alert next time on their own.
  
• As a result of this increased Gut Intelligence (GQ) mentoring, teams begin to learn how to become better observers, along with aligning decisions with the vision, values, and goals, creating unstoppable momentum and inspired action.

The Leadership & Culture SHIFT Program has three stages: Assess. SHIFT. Elevate.

First Stage: ASSESS
Our consulting, coaching, and training program starts with a cutting-edge online assessment that uses our Gut Intelligence (GQ) process to pinpoint exactly what's fueling, as well as blocking your company and talent's potential. You'll receive a detailed report that identifies root causes and key growth opportunities to unlock greater awareness, engagement, and alignment to your vision, values, and goals so you can experience more purpose and profits.

What We'll Uncover:

• Leadership blind spots and hidden habits that are stifling awareness, engagement, collaboration, innovation, and growth.
• Cultural roadblocks and bad habits that are creating fear, self-doubt, and resistance within your team.
• The missing link: practical tools and techniques to create the SHIFT into greater awareness and alignment so your daily operations help you work smarter, not harder, to create the results you want.

Second Stage: SHIFT
After your assessment, Susan will collaborate with your leadership team to develop a clear vision, values, and goals roadmap, including a tailored strategy to ensure your organization fully integrates and aligns cross-functionally to the results you desire. This includes a customized SHIFT roadmap designed to help your talent align their decisions and workplace dynamics to your vision, values, and goals for maximum impact at cheetah speed.

Stage Three: Elevate
Our follow-up training and coaching program ensures that the roadmap and expectations are fully understood and followed. This includes elevating your leadership, culture, and performance to the next level of awareness and alignment with:

• SHIFT Techniques and Tools to ensure awareness and alignment.
• Clear action steps to drive success.
• Benchmarks to measure progress.
• Gut Intelligence (GQ) training to continue awareness and essential pivoting, where necessary.
  

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