Initiation and Ceremony in Business | Ep. 13

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Initiation is the process of stepping into a new version of oneself. It often involves stepping into the unknown and leaving behind a version of self that you can’t ever go back to. This can be quite terrifying. However, when these big transitions are sacredly held, we can find deep meaning and purpose as we move through the fear zone. So how do we bring the magic of initiation into business?

Each time we are promoted or enter the cultural fabric of a new company, we are initiated into a new chapter. We become a new version of ourselves, that we are meeting in real-time. But if the culture is one of “go go go” or “jump in and figure it out yourself,” we can miss all sorts of value that is ONLY available to us in those early stages of a new team member joining us.

Fresh eyes bring fresh perspectives and vantage points that haven’t been accessed yet. New team members can see things that those too close to the problem cannot. If left to operate from old habits and assumptions, a new team member’s early enthusiasm may quickly dwindle or go towards building something that isn’t in alignment with where you want to take your company. Or worse, they may feel the neglect and generate all sorts of narratives about you and your company, eventually poisoning the well and making their way for the door.

The first 90 days of onboarding are the most important in a new team member’s journey. How can we as leaders do the due diligence during hiring, so that we can feel like a f*ck yes to investing time and energy into the PERSON who has just joined. How can we infuse this process with appreciation and care, while setting high standards for quality and integrity in a role? How can we intelligently and empathically plug a new person into a company’s DNA?

In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring the strategic role that initiation and integration processes can bring to our businesses. That’s right y’all – we are integrating the best wisdom from our spiritual practices WITH world-class business know-how. Let’s get into it.

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1. Initiation and Ceremony in Business | Ep. 13 (00:00:00)

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3. Building buffer time around either side of our meetings gives us integration space (00:02:54)

4. Space leads to more breakthroughs and prevents burnout (00:04:12)

5. Taking back our autonomy and sovereignty as workers (00:06:16)

6. Over-extracting value is damaging to employees (00:07:37)

7. Running a "Retro" with your team, as a form of integration (00:14:50)

8. Social technologies for unlocking diverse perspectives and the collective intelligence of teams (00:21:40)

9. "Initiation" of a new hire in the first 90 days will make or break their success (00:25:24)

10. How do we re-humanizing work and decolonize leadership? (00:33:13)