I suffer greatly from the curse of knowledge. What’s the curse? Once you know something, you forget what it’s like to not. Leaders suffer this on steroids. Fact.
One of our clients has been challenging themselves to go deeper in BTL team practice. This is a worthy aim. As much as we talk about why we practice, it’s mostly misunderstood by those participating in it. This is not surprising.
The aim of BTL team practice is oneness. Simple, not easy.
We want to be catalysts for building oneness within individuals, teams, and leaders. This is the heart of performance. Fact. We are all broken souls. The best amongst us know this and accept this is the nature of humanity. We all wear masks. We all hide our holes. This is the enemy of oneness, of becoming whole. So, in BTL team practice we practice speaking and listening. We practice reading and writing and openly sharing our thoughts. This is scary and requires vulnerability and real courage.
We cannot practice well unless we come prepared. We must come prepared and willing to build better habits. Habits that build trust within and with others. This too is simple, not easy. We practice speaking truth and listening to understand. Normal humans are masters at speaking bullshit and listening so they can judge and manipulate for advantage. This creates cliques and hierarchy. This is the way of normal teams. We practice to NOT settle for normal.
The highest performing teams are peers.
Peers. What a concept. The Spartans modeled this imperfectly. The Founders of this great nation called America, did as well. There will never be a collection of humans achieving oneness this side of Heaven. We will all, at our best, remain a work in process. BTL practice aims to produce oneness. We will never accomplish it. We will never finish. We will never perfect. We will keep working. We will trust the process. We will build oneness within individuals, namely ourselves. We will build oneness with teams and leaders. We will never stop our incessant obsession with turning a hole into whole. Talk about a dub worth the work.
Why, friend, are you showing up today? Are you prepared? Are you willing to be the change you wish to see on your team? What’s stopping you from tasting more oneness within and with another? What are you practicing to do something about it. Slow down. Reflect. Write. This is why we practice. You?
Live hard. Love harder…
BUILT TO LEAD 