Learning to Surface and Test the Mental Models

When you are leading off map, learning to surface and test the mental models—yours and those of your team—that guide your decision-making is an essential leadership skill.

Conversation Overview

• What is a mental model and why is it important to know what one is?
• What are some biblical examples of mental model shifts?
• What is the connection of chronic anxiety to mental models?
• How do leaders function when there are a variety of mental models in the organization?
• What are some of the major mental model shifts that we see clients having to engage?

References: 

• Better Together
• Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
• Mark Sayers Renewal in the Grey Zone
• Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing the Mountains