7 THE DYNAMICS OF ANTI-CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP EXPLORED
Introduction
We need a model of anti-conscious leadership that is coherent and accessible to managers and one that can be used as a reflexive and diagnostic tool. The aim is to support managers with conscious leadership potential through their reflexive process without judging them. All behaviours have positive intentions (O’Connor and Seymour, 2011), and, often, we act in unreflective ways; when acting in the moment, we are unaware of other choices we can make regarding our interactive styles. It can also be the case that our interactive styles are “unconsciously modelled”, drawing on role models who are selected as our significant others that are culturally ...
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