Altitude Groups Session 04

Support Challenge Matrix for Yourself

Know Yourself to Lead Yourself

Session 04

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Session 04

Support Challenge Matrix for Yourself

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Liberation is fighting for the highest good of another AND contending until it’s a present day reality.

Kevin Wagner

Leader Mindset

Liberate: a mountain with two climbers helping each other up.

Fight for the highest possible good in the lives of those they lead.

High Support High Challenge LIBERATE Culture of Empowerment and Opportunity

Leader Mindset

Liberate: a mountain with two climbers helping each other up.

Fight for the highest possible good in the lives of those they lead.

  1. 1What specific support and challenge do I need?
  2. 2What is the tendency or pattern that is undermining my influence with others?
  3. 3How do I get to the next level? Do I need more support? More challenge?

Session 04

Support and Challenge behaviors

Support
  • Training
  • Resourcing
  • Investing Time
  • Giving Opportunity
  • Recognition and Appreciation
Challenge
  • Giving Direct Feedback
  • Promoting Excellence
  • Pressure of Deadlines
  • Enforcing Accountability
  • Stretch Goals

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Be careful how you are talking to yourself because you are listening.

Support Challenge Matrix: Protect (culture of entitlement and mistrust), Liberate (culture of empowerment and opportunity), Abdicate (culture of apathy and low expectation), Dominate (culture of fear and manipulation), axes High/Low Support and Low/High Challenge.

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Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

Brené Brown

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Exercise

Scatterplot yourself for how you lead yourself.

Do you tend to abdicate, protect, dominate or liberate yourself?

What phrases do you tend to say to yourself consistently? Now replace them with something that fits in the Liberate quadrant.

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Challenge

Share with your team/others how you scatter plotted yourself on the Support/Challenge Matrix.

Share with them what you have learned about yourself.

Ask: “How can we liberate each other more effectively and combat negative internal dialogue?”

Questions?

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