Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership

124. Tim Gallwey’s Model of Change

Concept

Tim Gallwey wrote a series of books with the title “The Inner Game of ….”¹⁷ In these books, he argued for awareness of the difference between Self 1 and Self 2. Self 1, he said, were the should we carry around with us, the oughts we garnered over the years from other people. Self 2 was our inner self, the self we believed and wanted. He noted, I think accurately, that it is often difficult to distinguish between the two.

With regard to management, in the Inner Game of Work, Gallwey argued that finding the right measures was an important part of finding a better way. He said this was a way of focusing attention. At the same time, it was important to listen to one’s inner self, Self 2.

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