Jessica J. J. Lutz

We-Mind vs. Me-Mind: A New Vision for Success in Leadership & Life (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

We-mind vs. Me-mind: a New Vision for Success in Leadership and Life offers a new way of looking at how we relate to what we value in ourselves and others. Not just in the world of work, but in the realm of family relationships and our own personal universe as well.

Could this book be the magic wand that enables you to play to your authentic strengths, erasing insecurities, and making you feel successful and accomplished? The approach that at last reduces burnout in the workplace? A new definition of success that can really attract and retain a diverse mix of top talent?

Former international news correspondent Jessica J.J. Lutz promises such transformations as she shares what she has learned from two decades reporting in the Near East, her own journey out of burnout and from her subsequent coaching of high-performers to have more impact. Interlaced with different strands of scientific research, this book explains why so many highly driven people - mainly, but not only women - feel held back by an invisible force, and how to break free.

Do you also find it astonishing that there are still so few women at the decision-making level, despite numerous candidates and the mountains of money our progressive Western world invests in changing this situation? When she returned to Europe, Jessica couldn't wrap her head around it. She had always enjoyed working in male-dominated environments. And while she acknowledges that sexism seriously blocks women, she wasn't ready to subscribe to the rethoric that just blames 'the men' for women's lack of career advancement.

When she set up a life & leadership coaching practice in Brussels, her clients tended to be women who were overflowing with ambition, but at the same time held back when opportunities arose. Through them, she started recognising some of this behavior in herself as well. This intrigued her.

She decided to get to the bottom of it. The result is this book, which proposes a new frame in which to think about ourselves.

Here is its main premise:

We all have a We-mind and a Me-mind. One of the two leads, the other follows. On the whole, women tend to be more we-minded and men more me-minded, but there are quite a lot of we-minded males and fewer me-minded females. The degree to how We- or Me-minded we are is unique to each one of us. As the name suggests, our We-mind primarily focuses on the well-being of the group and our Me-mind has its own well-being at heart.

Both minds have their own values, priorities and strategies for goal setting, problem solving, conducting business, communication, approaching leadership, conflict and other areas of life. But in a professional setting we tend to appreciate only the me-minded way of being, which alienates dominantly we-minded people.

People who are dominantly we-minded are more likely to struggle with what Jessica calls an inner glass ceiling. That said, many of the 'flaws' women are told they need to overcome in order to be successful and leader-like, are in fact we-minded life strategies, which are misunderstood and not valued.

Reframing what we value in ourselves and others opens the way for more people to feel good about themselves, to be successful in leadership and life, and it's good for the planet as well.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica J.J. Lutz
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789464780918
• Artikelnr.: 68869692

Autorenporträt

Jessica's life changed forever when she gave up her job in the Dutch foreign service to start reporting on a war. Armed with a passion for writing since her childhood (her first piece was published when she was 9), and a desire to right the wrongs in the world, she embarked on a career as a news correspondent in the wider Middle East.

During the two decades she worked for print, radio and television, she also authored multiple non-fiction books, short stories, a children's book and novels.

Jessica knows about bumps in the road. Recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder and burnout awoke a voracious curiosity in her about the underlying reasons that some get bruised and overwhelmed and others bounce back.

She learned the true meaning of resilience and setting healthy boundaries. She also developed a wealth of knowledge in areas like behavioral science, social psychology, neuropsychology, the microbiome and energy healing. And while motherhood may have stretched her work-life balance, it also taught her the importance of loving unconditionally.

Switching careers to become a life and leadership coach, Jessica has helped countless clients identify their true potential, rewrite their subconscious beliefs and have the impact they want.

Her desire to contribute to a better world has not diminished. With this book she hopes to empower the individual reader, but also drive home that more We-minded leadership is needed, not only to make the professional world more welcoming to women with ambition, but to save the very planet.