A centered individual requires the effective alignment of four constituent elements: personality, behavior, vision, and growth. Part one is how you influence yourself: personality and behavior. Your personality is the first constituent element and needs alignment with its four constituent components: your temperament, character, habits, and attitude, which become congruent with practice over time. The second constituent element is your behavior and needs alignment of its four constituent components: your assumptions, beliefs, values, and perceptions, which become congruent with practice over time.
Part two is how you influence others [which only works based on part one]. Your vision is the third constituent element and needs alignment with its four constituent components: your principles, passion, purpose, and mission, which become congruent with practice over time. The fourth constituent element is your growth and needs alignment of its four constituent components: your planning, discipline, accurate choices, and self-esteem, which becomes congruent with practice over time.
The alignment of each constituent element produces a specific manifestation. An aligned personality manifests an awareness of what is going on around you and what is happening to you based on your functioning. Aligned behavior manifests a connection to people and opportunities based on your functioning. An aligned vision manifests empowerment, and aligned growth manifests effective performance, all based on your functioning. The alignment of each constituent element allows for the congruence of each constituent component. Congruency is the harmonization of your functions to enable one’s authenticity to emerge and is demonstrated in the individual’s full functioning. Centered leadership manifests from the alignment of the inner and outer self, allowing the emergence of one’s authenticity as the significant source of influence that empowers you and others to be fully functional.
A manifestation is when the unseen becomes seen; it is realized (i.e., the actuality has become your reality). The Centered Leader has realized increased awareness, connection, empowerment, and performance. For example, awareness is manifested when your personality components are aligned and congruent (i.e., your temperament, character, habits, and attitude). Connection is manifested when your behavior components are aligned and congruent (i.e., your assumptions, beliefs, values, and perceptions). Empowerment is manifested when your vision components are aligned and congruent (i.e., your principles, passion, purpose, and mission). Performance is manifested when your growth components are aligned and congruent (i.e., your planning, discipline, choices, and self-esteem). Because manifestations are observable, they are evidence of behavioral shaping, which means you can learn to be a Centered Leader.
Moving from authority to authenticity is a crucial dynamic in your ability to influence yourself and others. Let’s look at the dynamic of authority versus influence.
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