Happier At Work: Leadership, Culture, Performance 94: Selfless leadership: unlocking your true self with Katrijn van Oudheusden
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Feb 25, 2022 Katrijn van Oudheusden, a consultant and selfless leadership coach with over two decades in organizational development, joins to discuss the impact of ego in leadership. She explains selfless leadership and its transformative power for both leaders and employees. The conversation highlights identity formation, the importance of belonging in the workplace, and the idea of doing by not doing. Katrijn emphasizes unlearning limiting beliefs to reveal one's true self, ultimately advocating for a culture of collaboration over competition.
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Serve From True Self, Not A Style
- Katrijn reframes servant leadership as selfless leadership rooted in seeing through the separate ego self.
- This approach draws on non-duality rather than treating servant leadership as merely a style.
You Are The Witness, Not Your Thoughts
- Humans mistake thoughts and beliefs for identity; underneath is the observer awareness that remains constant.
- Recognising this separation weakens shame, guilt, arrogance and ego in leaders.
Unlearn Rather Than Add More Skills
- Stop chasing endless self-improvement as the primary route to freedom and leadership change.
- Practice self-inquiry to notice decisions and where they arise from, rather than assuming a personal doer.
