A JUNGI MODELL
Beyond leadership methods and techniques a True Leader is connected to the essence of leadership.
A defining and guiding actor in a group or community. He gives direction, guidance, motivation and inspiration to his team. It operates a system of community and organisational rules in which employees feel safe and in which individual resources can effectively and synergistically combine into a group resource.
The Leader's role is complex in many ways. To perform it well and authentically, it requires stable and clear access to its own skills and resources.
Our mental resources are powered by our different states of consciousness. Our brain, like a modern computer, operates in different layers and is divided into functional modules. To be able to use our own mental abilities effectively, to maximise our potential resources and to avoid malfunctioning, malfunctioning or incomplete functioning, we need to know the structure or the anatomy of our consciousness.
I will demonstrate this through the diagrams.
Structure of consciousness - summary diagram
Operating Environment
The organisation in which the leader operates or manages.
Conscious Person
Our functioning that is revealed to ourselves, covered by intellect, education and self-awareness.
Personal Subconscious
Automatic or semi-automatic operations, routines and templates that we may know but do not control.
Personal Shadow
The part of the personal unconscious that we don't know or see within ourselves (blindspot). It can be denied function or denied territory.
Collective Subconscious (Archetypes and Instincts)
It is a group pattern, whether family, ancestral, communal, that we have adopted in order to fit in with the community and therefore take for granted. If we know about it, it has been with us for so long that we typically don't notice it at all.
Collective Superconsciousness (Worldview, Spirituality and Image of God)
The sum of our answers to the ways of being. It also includes our professional or business outlook, our beliefs, our commitments.
Personal Image
The image shown to the outside world.
Business or work environment
Organisational environment
The company structure in which the Leader operates.
Professional environment
The professionalism of the business area that the manager manages, e.g. finance, logistics, IT, etc.
Industry / Market environment
The industry and market to which the company belongs.
Cultural and national environment
The business culture that is specific to that national market.
Conscious person - our state of awareness
Individuality
A person's individual identity, which is primarily the result of his or her individual life journey and experiences along the way.
Model of reality
A defining concept. A schematic representation of reality to model our actions. It is also called a belief system.
Operational templates
Leadership techniques and methods learned, e.g. delegation, time management, communication templates.
Mental concepts
Filters or glasses based on previous experience. We categorise events, happenings.
Individual story
The identity story that defines our identity.
Professional identity
The sum of your previous professional experience (skillset).
Personality role
Experience of working in previously held and occupied positions.
Personal subconscious
Archetypes
Approaches and good practices for problem and situation solving.
Personal Shadow or Shadow Self
The denied or blocked area of consciousness that is not participating in our functioning or working against us.
Self-states
Attitude and motivation mapping function, emotional attitude, source of ambition (e.g. inner child)
Collective subconscious
Archetype collective
Approaches and good practices for problem and situation solving.
Bloodline or origin collective
The field ranges from family patterns to folk culture. It provides the basis for individual identity.
Generational collective
- Alpha (born after 2010)
- Generation Z (1996-2010)
- Generation Y (1981-1995)
- Generation X (1965-1980)
- Baby Boomer (1946-1964)
- Veteran (born 1945 and before)
Market collective
The labour market.
Axis of integration and collective superconsciousness - BEING PRESENT
It ensures communication and harmony between different areas of consciousness.
1. Purpose
It gives purpose and meaning to our activities, it brings us together and makes us feel useful and valuable.
2. Passion
It gives us motivation. It determines our commitment, perseverance and ambition.
3. Power
It gives us our strength and resources. It gives us the ability to react and act, our stability, our sense of security and our operational calibre.
The integration axis is able to connect to the higher consciousness, where our intuition, presence of mind/spirit, spiritual resources and sense of truth reside. The secret to charismatic, dedicated leadership is to be aligned with the axis of purpose, passion and power.
A committed leader does not work for the money. He or she is on a mission and moving towards a clear vision. That's what his employees can join him in. A good leader inspires others and gets more out of their colleagues than they would do themselves (extra effort). The journey and the mission are one. When we start on the leadership journey, the mission unfolds.