🤔 As a senior leader, how often do you pause to consider the power of simply being present with those around you, whether as a mentor, a colleague, or a friend? How do you ensure that your leadership offers them the gift of being truly seen and understood?
👇 The following quote is a powerful reminder that, in leadership, this act of witnessing – of truly seeing others and walking beside them – is such a important aspect of building trust and connection.
⍘But no matter the medicinal virtues of being a true friend or sustaining a long close relationship with another, the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self, the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.
― David Whyte, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
⏸️ Take a moment to reflect on this quote and ask yourself ‘What is one action I can take today to ensure others feel truly seen and valued by me?.’
