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Heart-Centered Firing: Navigating the Dilemma of Retention with Power and Compassion article articles by larissa coaching framework growth leadership mindfulness at work power relationships workplace Feb 20, 2023

Today, I want to discuss a topic that many leaders struggle with: the decision line of retention vs firing in the case of underperformance and how power influences these moments at work.

Here’s a take on one aspect of power dynamics and firing that maybe you haven’t heard before.  

I recently had a conversation with a heart-centered CEO who is grappling with the issue of potentially having to let go of some longtime teammates who’ve been with the company through many stages of growth. The organization has the funds to maintain the headcount, but these teammates are...

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The Top 2 Metrics That Expand Your Power aliveness article articles by larissa burnout coaching framework growth leadership mindfulness at work power rest sensing the future of work transformation vital leadership wayfinding Jan 25, 2023

Common opinions about expanding our power at work often cite things like getting promoted, gaining decision-making power, getting a raise, expanding your network, and becoming recognized as a leader in your field. 

But none of these are foundations of power. They are actually expressions of power.

If you've been here with us at Wayfinding, you'll know we have a more specific, nuanced understanding of power than the average bears out there, and if you're new here—welcome!—and peep that link for your power orientation.

So how do we nurture our foundational...

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Core Routines for Being a Bridge aliveness article articles by larissa burnout calling growth intuition leadership meaning through work mindfulness at work power rest ritual sensing the future of work transformation vital leadership wayfinding Dec 19, 2022


Helping others rise to a new level of consciousness asks certain things of our beings. 

This community is comprised of a wide range of such bridges. Each of you helping to infuse more expansive worldviews into the world of work in amazing ways like regenerating the real estate industry; advancing DEIB in organizational leadership, practice, and policy; bringing psychedelic wisdom to the mental health field; redefining best practices at the highest levels of law; and guiding organizations to get work done in more adaptive, human ways. 

 

You bridge a reality of what’s so...

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The 30 Main Types of Power at Work article articles by larissa framework leadership power wayfinding Nov 18, 2022

Sometimes a map gives us a whole new perspective.

 

Throughout this year, we’ve seen the heart-centered leaders in our community experience enduring shifts in their ability to perceive power after seeing and working with this detailed version of the Wayfinding Power Landscape that we developed in January. This impact is hugely significant since the widespread collective understanding of power is so low — what it even is, how it works, how to interact with it in regenerative ways, and how we're each constantly conducting power through our...

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Four Energetic Postures for Facing Economic Uncertainty articles by nick leadership power recession the future of work Oct 19, 2022

What Are the Energetic Postures We Can Experience in a Recession?

If perception informs behavior just as much as reality, what does that tell us about how we are responding to the prospects of a recession? The truth is, even the possibility of a recession is going to inspire many of us to change our behaviors. 

Marketers take this opportunity to start sharing insights on how to sell during a recession or how you and your business can become “recession-proof”. Before you begin to scramble, consider which posture you want to stand in.

Here are four energetic postures to...

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Navigate Your Recession: Applying the Art of Inner & Outer Tracking articles by nick leadership power the future of work workplace Oct 13, 2022

Are we in a recession?

If you're one of those people that have gotten laid off from Goldman, Wells Fargo, Netflix, Robinhood, Coinbase, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Intel, or Tesla this year, it may feel like it (All have announced layoffs as of October 2022). 

One thing about recessions is their effects are not equally distributed. In this piece, I want to help you better navigate the terrain of a recession. 

Why Inner & Outer Tracking?

Tracking is an ancient and inherently human skill that has been practiced for as long as we have...

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The 6 Types of Burnout and How to Overcome Them aliveness burnout mindfulness at work the future of work workplace Sep 02, 2022

Burnout is real. If you have experienced persistent fatigue, lack of motivation, and "feeling off" at work or life in general, surprise — you might be burned out.

You are not lazy, lacking drive, or making things up. You are exhausted from the daily grind. You have been running a sprint for ages, and your inner wisdom is telling you that your routine is no longer sustainable. 

 

Not all burnout is created equal.

Once you acknowledge the truth about your burnout, the next logical step is to find the root cause. What is causing the energy leakage? What part of...

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What is a Calling and How Do I Find Mine? article articles by larissa articles by nick calling leadership meaning through work purpose sensing Sep 01, 2022

Why a Calling Versus a Purpose, Vision, or Mission?

Any mission-oriented organization and any values-led leadership team will emphasize the importance of a purpose and a mission.

These statements are important symbols in an organization. They help organize the ideas, efforts, and imagination of an organization towards a goal that is often inherently service oriented.

At Wayfinding, we emphasize the importance of a calling because to pursue a calling is to be in relationship with it. It asks us to be in tune with our embodied sensing as we navigate the internal and external signals that make...

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Four Unspoken Truths About Burnout and How to Navigate Repair from It articles by larissa burnout the future of work Aug 29, 2022

Let's get real about burnout. These are some truths that many of us either are unaware of or we avoid confronting them: 

We tend to overestimate our capacity 

Which means we underestimate our actual degree of burnout. The more we normalize burnout, and deny our sensing and body signals, the more we drive ourselves into deeper levels more rapidly.

Our instinct is to "do" something

Navigating recovery from burnout can be a tricky line. There is a difference between designing for retreat & recovery versus redesigning the patterns...

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What Nature Can Teach Us About Power // Larissa Conte on Facilitator Forum Podcast aliveness articles by larissa ceremony leadership nature podcast power rites of passage sensing wayfinding May 19, 2022

I had the incredible pleasure of being interviewed by Julia Winston on her podcast, Facilitator Forum, about my awareness as a facilitator and how I engage to facilitate people's power and leadership via sensing, rites of passage, wayfinding,  and learning from nature. This was my most fun podcast interview to date!

Here's the episode description:

 

"Episode #011 - Rites of passage guide Larissa Conte understands that humans are not separate from nature and brings this perspective into her work to bridge diverse worlds as an integrative systems coach, helping business leaders...

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Leading Through the Rest and Recovery We All Need aliveness article articles by larissa coaching grief growth leadership mindfulness at work power rest sensing transformation wayfinding workplace Mar 16, 2022

“We need time to rehabilitate from the trauma of the pandemic” as Dr. David Rock, CEO of the NeuroLeadership Institute, wrote in the Harvard Business Review in February. This is a crucial pattern for all leaders and teams to take note of with many more contributing factors than just the pandemic.

It's notable when I have a moment when I'm having the same conversation across all my clients. 
This is one of those moments.

Here are some factors contributing to why we’re seeing such a widespread pattern:

  1. Immersion in a constant trauma field in the world &...

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Ask These 7 Questions Before Tossing In the Towel at Work articles by nick mindfulness at work the future of work the great resignation workplace Mar 06, 2022

 

Ready to Toss in the Towel at Work? Ask These Seven Questions Before You Do

 

"There has to be a way to do what I love, that has meaning, and still allows me to make a decent living" 

 

We hear this craving for an integrated life almost daily from our Wayfinding community. 

Over the last two years each of us have had plenty of time to ask, "what else might I want? how can I make a difference in the world and still make a living?"

Before you make the leap, changing jobs is a major transition. You can enter it with chaos and spin, or you...

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5 Things I Learned About Amplifying My Power from Vital Leadership articles by rich power reviews sensing vital leadership Jan 31, 2022

 

I was terrified of remembering my power because I have abused it before. 

So when I received the offer to become part of Vital Leadership, I experienced huge inner resistance. Flashbacks of power abuse where I was the perpetrator came flooding in. Guilt towered over me, heaving rocks of shame. I was caught up in a storm, and I was drowning in a sea of fear.

 

If I get to remember my power, will I be intoxicated again?

 

But if I don’t trust myself to be capable of wielding my power for good, how am I supposed to support my team in creating systems for ...

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Part 3 - How Can I Make Better Decisions Using Intuition? Jan 26, 2022

In my previous article I explored what we know (and don’t know) about what intuition is (and isn’t). 

Through the course of this series, I’ll be sticking with the definition of intuition as a process of rapidly recognizing things without knowing how we do the recognizing, which results in affectively charged judgments.

In this article, I’ll talk about how you can practice sensing-based business by accessing your intuition for important decisions. 

In its essence, the way you access the knowing related to intuition is about receiving. 

The modes of how...

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Part 2 - What do we sense when we feel intuition? articles by nick intuition leadership sensing wayfinding Jan 25, 2022

The simplest answer to the title question is: it depends on you. 

Intuition presents itself in a wide range of ways for me. In this article I’ll share examples of the sensations presented with leaders of innovation that I interviewed to give you a sense for what you too might be unknowingly experiencing in the workplace. 

If there are skeptics in your life (or maybe it’s your own voice in your head) that says “it’s JUST a feeling” you’re not alone. The dominant culture many of us grow up in emphasize our use of intellect as the most valid...

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Part 1 - Why explore intuition as a leader? alchemical leadership articles by nick intuition sensing transformation wayfinding Jan 24, 2022

Practically speaking…

Intuition is a source of power and I want to make it more accessible to leaders. As we practice living with our intuition we become more whole, as family members, as partners, as teammates and as whole human beings seeking to do good in the world.

I have been exploring the depths of intuition since 2017. Both academically as part of completing my Masters in Positive Psychology & Org Development at Weatherhead School of Management as well as in the field with client-leaders looking to transform culture and introduce more sensing-based capacities into their...

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Guided Meditation to Connect to your Clarity Jan 16, 2022

There are certainly times when logistical constraints (time, money, etc) prevent us from investing in opportunities to grow, no matter how keen we are.

 

But there are also times when we tend to focus on money fears or their already overfull schedule as a way to not address an underlying (often subconscious) fear — that they’re scared about stepping into their own power.

 

The part of us that is small and protective grips and digs in when we’re considering a bid for power (*expanding our own capacity to open to greater energy) and it tells a lot of...

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Into the Bones // Digesting 2021 aliveness article power rest sensing vulnerability Dec 17, 2021

The end of the year invites us into our bones.

Whether it's landing our learnings in our bones, being grateful for life's blessings down to our marrow, feeling stripped to the bone by challenges, turning inward to nourish ourselves at the bone level, having the desire to curl up and rest our bones... May we listen and learn from the bones.

Here's a conversation Larissa and Nick had recently to land their learnings and sensing of 2021 in their bones.

Nick: Would you mind inviting me into the house that you speak from when you talk to this community in our newsletters? 

Larissa: Yeah,...

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Intro to the Phases of Wayfinding leadership power sensing transformation wayfinding Dec 10, 2021

 

Wayfinding is not only the name of our organization and the signature system I’ve been contemplating, embodying, and weaving to find my way and support others finding their way in life, leadership, and organizational evolution. It is also a long-standing human skill that has existed across time and still exists in rich cultural traditions.

 
Wayfinding is our ability to find our way to places we have maybe never been before, or to places that we have been, but on a different day, as a different self, in a different time, and so in that way, too, they can be new.

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Questing While BIPOC articles by nick diversity leadership power quests rites of passage Nov 05, 2021
Photo credit:  Doug Workman

 

Meet Jimmy Chin. He’s a world-renowned National Geographic photographer that brings us into incredibly intimate relationship with mountainscapes from all around the world (*you should definitely follow JimmyChin)

Jimmy and I have something in common. We both know that questing is a privilege. These are the journeys we choose to make room for and command all of our resourcefulness to make happen.

The Solo Quest is a signature element of the Alchemical Leadership program at Wayfinding. It allows the leaders who...

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Expanding Our Vessels: Inner Power for Aligned Outer Power aliveness articles by larissa growth leadership power transformation Feb 16, 2021

Photo: SwapnIl Dwivedi on Unsplash

 

Recently, I was working with an executive coaching client who got clarity on his calling.

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The Expertise of Experience aliveness article leadership power purpose transformation vulnerability wayfinding Jan 31, 2021

Some of the expertise that my clients value the most comes from my personal life and my healing journey from a near-fatal accident that happened 10 years ago on Jan 10, 2011.

 

This journey is inseparable from my work in the world, informing my work every day. 


In honor of my ten-year anniversary, here is a map I made — primarily of the physical layers of my healing journey.



Leaders consistently value the insights I learned through this extended terrain because I learned how to bring a system (my body) back from near-death to bright aliveness, and I know how...

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Recognition/ Coaching Award from Corporate Vision coaching recognition wayfinding Jan 22, 2021

I didn't know there were awards for coaching :) But evidently there are and somehow I got nominated and was awarded Best Personal Growth and Development Coach for 2020 by Corporate Vision.

I didn't start Wayfinding to get awards — but I'm immensely proud to be creating beneficial impact for my clients and the world through my work.

Thank you, Corporate Vision!

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Organizational Evolution & Vulnerable Leadership // Be More Podcast events leadership podcast transformation vulnerability Oct 04, 2020

In this fabulous conversation with Patrick Courneyer from Peakon, he and I explored opportunities for organizational evolution and redefining what's possible for business now. Navigating this new world of work is asking us to deal with enormous amounts of pressure, learn the true intelligence in sensing and aliveness, and to evolve systems of power in service of the whole. “The price of admission, at each stage is our old self. It’s our smaller skin. Like a snake, we have to shed that skin. We have to let it go.”

By far one of my favorite podcast conversations...

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