Zero-state thinking
What is a ‘zero’ state? How do we get there? Why is it important? How can you tell when you’ve arrived at it? How can it be applied? What are the benefits? Why do so many great leaders try to maintain balance? Is this the same as being ‘Zen’? How can it be used to build our resilience and potential?
One of the greatest books on leadership is The Three Meter Zone: Common sense leadership for NCOs by J D Pendry.1 He describes three types of soldier: the three-metre, ten-metre and 100-metre soldier. Each requires different leadership. In the first group, soldiers don’t learn from the leader, they learn from other soldiers. The leader in each area creates a normative field in which they set the tone of the behaviour ...
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