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Nº 11 · Late Summer · MMXXVII

Internal Coherence

Mindful Leadership Mastery — Part I, Chapter 1, §1.4.

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Chapter 1 · §1.4 · 6 min
The Unified Signal
Followers do not follow your words. They follow the alignment — or the gap — between your words, your body, and the parts of you that have not yet agreed with each other.
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Chapter 1 · §1.4b · 6 min
The Inner Council
Internal Family Systems gives the leader a vocabulary for the parts of themselves that disagree — and a method for making decisions the whole council can stand behind.
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Chapter 1 · §1.4c · 5 min
Values in the Body
Values you cannot feel in your body are vocabulary, not values. Coherence is the moment values, words, and somatic signal point the same direction.
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Chapter · 01 · 5 min
The Internal Council
Schwartz's parts model, leadership-ready. You are not one CEO. You are a small legislature, and the whips are drunk.
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Chapter · 02 · 6 min
Meeting the Manager
The part that runs your calendar — and what it is afraid of. Usually silence. Sometimes joy.
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Chapter · 03 · 7 min
Meeting the Firefighter
The part that reaches for the screen, the snack, the snap. Not evil. Just, historically, effective under bad conditions.
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Chapter · 04 · 8 min
Meeting the Exile
The part you outsourced in third grade. It is now leading your reactions in board meetings. Cute.
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Chapter · 05 · 5 min
Self-Energy in the Boardroom
Curious, calm, courageous, connected — at decision time. Attainable. Requires practice and a cup of water.
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Chapter · 06 · 6 min
Parts in Conflict, Resolved
Negotiate among your own parts before negotiating with anyone else. The other person will notice. They won't know why. That is fine.
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Chapter · 07 · 7 min
Coherence vs. Consistency
Coherence is alive. Consistency is taxidermy. Your team can tell the difference in three sentences.
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Chapter · 08 · 8 min
Parts at the Team Level
When the team is enacting your unmet parts. This is deeply unfair and completely accurate.
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Chapter · 09 · 5 min
Parts and Difficult Feedback
How to hear it without one of your parts hijacking the response. There is a five-second window. Learn where it is.