The roles we play and the stereotypes they bring

Posted by Kelly Lewis Share Your Voice

After this week's session, I was curious for myself and for you, "How the roles we play and the expectations that come with those roles act like stereotypes? And, what if those roles require only a piece of what we have to offer...what do we actually bring - what's been asked of us or do we bring more of us?

When I set out to start Bounce I remember declaring that I wanted to experience business differently. I was going to do business with both courage and compassion and lead by offering both truth and love. And thankfully our conversation is helping me check in with myself on that declaration. Here is what I am noticing. In the role of business leader (and I am thinking this probably applies to lots of other roles I play:)), when I am in integrity with my truth it is natural for me to bring both - truth and love...courage and compassion. When I experience the person I am working with as being out of integrity with their truth and it has little impact on me/my role/my ability to stay in integrity, it's about a 50/50 shot that I bring both. And when I experience the person I am working with as being out of integrity with their truth and it has impact on me/my role/my ability to stay in integrity, I am not doing so well bringing the compassion and love parts of my equation.

Thank you for allowing me to learn beside you. I have begun some new practices to allow more space for compassion and love in my role as business leader. And have realized that it doesn't change what I see, what I say, or who I want to bring, it just changes how I offer what I see and where that truth comes from.