with Dr. Sam Collins

1. Leadership Vitality
The Ecosystem of Belonging and
Well-being
with Dr. Sam Collins,
CEO and Founder of Aspire

2. “what I most want to get out of
today is...”

3. “it is most important to me that
we agree to...”

6. LEADERSHIP – Meeting people where
there are and taking them somewhere.
Vitality – Energy and Strength, the
power giving continuance of life, our
life force, the ability to live or exist.

7. Ecosystem - a geographic area where
plants, animals, and other organisms,
as well as weather and landscape, work
together to form a bubble of life.
Belonging - the human emotional need
to be an accepted member of a group.
Whether it is family, friends, co-
workers, a religion, or something else.

8. Well-being - personal dignity
(including treatment of the individual
with respect) physical and mental
health and emotional
wellbeing. protection from abuse and
neglect.

9. Aspire Leadership
Vitality Model:
1. Leading Self
2. Leading With
3. Leading For

10. Leading Self

12. FIND YOUR FIRE

15. Redefining Happiness
Awe
Wonder
Joy
Passion
Purpose
Meaning
Love
Verve
Spark
Exuberance

16. The soul is
the spiritual
essence of a
person, which
includes one's
identity,
personality,
and memories.

17. The most essential changes:
1. Where you locate
yourself.
2. Doing things you are
passionate about.
3. How you embody and live
your dreams and goals.
4. Who you spend your time
with.
5. How consistent you are.

18. We feel love, joy, peace
and enlightenment in our
bodies because of the
release of dopamine and
serotonin.
You don’t have figure out
how to lead a stress-free
“perfect” life. they can
live alongside whatever
else you’re experiencing.

19. What
makes me a
well
being?

21. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

22. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself &
share a
learning,
insight or
action.

23. Aspire Leadership
Vitality Model:
1. Leading Self
2. Leading With
3. Leading For

24. Leading With

25. “We become
more socially
intelligent by
understanding
the root causes
of human
behaviour”.
- Social
Intelligence
Institute

26. 4 principles of social intelligence
1. View others as humans, rather than objects.
2. To understand and react appropriately to
another person, we must first determine WHAT
they see, HOW they see it, and WHY they see it
the way they do.
3. Recognise automatic behaviour in yourself and
others.
4. It’s all about conscious choice.

27. Science of Compassion (taken from Buddhist teachings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT99oef6kQg
What is compassion?
A mental state endowed with a
sense of concern that focused on
another being to be relived of
suffering
Cognitive: noticing their suffering
Emotional: feeling their pain
Motivational: acting to see their
suffering relieved

28. Compassion is not:
- Pity
- Attachment
- Empathy
- Wishful thinking
- A weakness
Cultivation by:
- Developing interconnectedness
- appreciation of others humanity
- Own self care
- Taking different actions

29. energy intelligence
Awareness of energy to
gain information to
inform decision making,
actions to take and the
furthering of
leadership causes and
projects.

31. Energy of a
person

32. www.fastcompany.com
An-atlas-of-the-human-
body-that-maps-where-
we-feel-emotions

33. Energy
between
people

34. ENERGY IN
A ROOM

35. Energy of
Place

36. What are signs of energy?
• Tingling/goosebumps
• Lightness or heaviness
• Aches and pains
• Nausea
• Panic feeling
• Colours and auras

37. From Intuition to Sensory Awareness
1) Intuition/gut feeling (good/bad yes/no).
2) A sudden great idea/information or thought.
3) Signs through daily life or dreams
4) Meditation and mind journey.
5) Automatic writing or drawing.

38. Is this energy from me
or from outside of me?
What am I
feeling/seeing/hearing?
What is my
interpretation?
Initiate self protection
bubble.

39. Top Tips
1. Get into habit of ‘tuning in’.
2. Ask for help (from greater forces).
3. Ask good questions.
4. Literal or symbolic (e.g. dolphins).
5. Know your sensory preference and expand
(see/hear/feel/touch/smell).

42. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself &
share a
learning,
insight or
action.

43. Aspire Leadership
Vitality Model:
1. Leading Self
2. Leading With
3. Leading For

44. Leading For

47. 1. What (or who) are you
leading for?
2. What is needed from
you?
3. What is your next best
step to take?

49. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

50. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself &
share a
learning,
insight or
action.

53. Butterfly effect
is the idea that
even the smallest
of our actions can
cause waves in the
world, altering
the course of
events.

55. The Power
of
Reflection
Time

56. Actions &
Commitments
from Today

58. • What is the 1 most
important step you
must take post today?
• When will you take
this step?
• How will I know you
have done it?

59. NOTE TO SELF
Relax!
You are enough
You have enough
You do enough