944: LEADERSHIP MINDSET: The Gifts of Suspending Certainty

I was recently sitting in one of my Change Leadership classes for my Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, and my teacher asked us, “What would it look like if, as change leaders, we were to suspend certainty more often?”  I immediately made a note to myself, “podcast episode on suspending certainty!” 

As someone who craves certainty but understands that nothing is certain, I often think about becoming more comfortable with impermanence.  I’ve never heard this referred to as “suspending certainty”, but this term struck me, and I knew I wanted to dig into it with you all!  

In this episode, we talk about the importance of suspending certainty in leadership and personal growth. We talk through the benefits of embracing uncertainty, including:

• Increased curiosity

• Access to new perspectives

• Openness to learning and new opportunities

• Increased surprise, delight, and joy

• Gifts that come when we step out of our “I got it all figured out” ego

Resilience, resourcefulness, tenacity, creativity, fun, and JOY are all born out of figuring out new things, embracing new realities, letting go of the old, and stepping into new opportunities where we don’t know exactly how things will go.  What might happen for you if you felt prepared to step into uncertainty at any time?  Suspending certainty will help you with this preparation. 

Episode Highlights:

• 00:00 Introduction and Exciting Updates

• 03:35 The Concept of Suspending Certainty

• 04:03 Understanding the Gifts of Suspending Certainty

• 11:10 Benefits of Embracing Uncertainty

• 20:10 Navigating Personal and Collective Uncertainty

• 30:30 Conclusion and Upcoming Workshop

Links Mentioned:

• Attend my free workshop for women small business owners, Focused and Fierce: Lead with Purpose and Build Your Business in a Noisy World: saradean.com/fierce

• Watch Shameless Leadership episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@saradeanspeaks

• Hire me to speak: saradean.com/speaking

• Coach with me: https://saradean.com/executive-coaching-services

• Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradeanspeaks

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