Creative Possibility

Leadership Is Not Just For The Workplace Or Business! It’s For Life Ladies!

Shannon Bush — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:45:00 +0000

When I first realised that leadership was what I was intensely passionate about I did what I always do as a Mentor Teacher and I started researching and reading as much as possible on the topic. I’ve always thought of leadership in terms of how it relates to us across all areas of our lives.

What I discovered when I conducted a Google search was that most (I’d guess 95% or more) of the references when you search the term leadership return a whole bunch of different results that link leadership to the workplace and business only. That disappointed me greatly.

Leadership is about your life. It is not just something that happens at work or in your business, unless you let it be limited to those parts of your life.

I’m not sure when I first began the intense research but I know that early on I found a determination to focus on personal leadership as my ‘thing’. While I am passionate about a lot of topics (like creativity, education for girls and women, small business success, living a life you love – just to name a few), I have definitely found my calling, if you like, focusing on personal leadership as my key topic of choice.

This has resulted in the release of my first book, Personal Leadership Style: How To Lead Your Life With Effortless Happiness, Confidence And Purpose and I am really excited that all over the world there are countless women reading it right now. I want every woman to realise that you have significant influence over what happens to you in your life, each and every day. When you can know who you really are and your real strengths you are equipped with confidence that helps you to make better choices and then to take action on those choices in a way that leads to your life being genuinely fabulous.

I hope, that over time, you are inspired by my enthusiasm and passion for leadership in all areas of your life.

Until next time, I wish you a limitless life, filled with succulent, effortless success

P.S. I’d love to know your thoughts on leadership. Share your experience by leaving a comment below

The Heroine Adventurer

Shannon Bush — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:43:25 +0000

The Innate Potential Model has at its core 12 archetypal Personal Leadership types featured in the international best selling book Personal Leadership Style: How To Lead Your Life With Effortless Happiness, Confidence And Purpose

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Heroine Adventurer is ‘self love is my primary target’

Your key innate strengths are

A great physical strength
Fierce independence and unbelievably capable
Your unwavering thoughts, feelings and actions are focused on your key targets and you courageously follow through and achieve your mark
You have a natural ability and need to protect others you consider part of your ‘tribe’
Tenacious is your middle name! You stick to a decision and do not allow others to sway you, allowing yourself to be guided and driven by your inner strength and knowing, supported by mother nature and the cycles of life encouraging your growth
Connection with the great out doors is important to you and essential for you to maintain balance and harmony in your life. You have a natural gift for understanding and leveraging the natural world
Passion for your own journey of personal empowerment with visionary, focused intention that allows you to also become a voice for others less fortunate
Heroism, stoicism and self sacrifice in conquering the ego come naturally to you
Strength, skill, discipline and toughness of will

The Advocate Rescuer

Shannon Bush — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:40:49 +0000

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Advocate Rescuer is to be ‘a voice for all equally’

Key innate strengths of the Advocate Rescuer are

A fierce drive to serve humanity with humility you can teach others how to effortlessly drop ego driven prejudices and judgements with your capacity to help those others may simply ignore
You have a unique, almost magical way of inspiring others to put compassion into action
Provide strength and support to others in crisis
You act out of love with no expectation of reward
Embody a life long quest and devotion to championing the rights of others and a passion to transform social justices, driven by a genuine compassion for the human race and the world itself and all her inhabitants
You are dedicated to inspiring and empowering groups and causes
Take action! You do not sit around talking about what you could do, but instead you are the one getting out there in the world walking your talk, guiding others to support your quest and inspiring them through your dedication, compassion and unique ability to see the good in all
Possess an essence of youth and an inner beauty that comes with gentleness of heart and genuine desire to bring out purity and self love in all
Your gift of compassion means you have the ability to listen deeply and allow others and yourself the space needed to go through whatever needs to be experienced and to feel whatever needs to be felt in a loving, supportive, even healing way
You have a natural ability to heal and can hear the cries of many before taking action to resolve their pain

The Inspirer Believer

Shannon Bush — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:58:18 +0000

Inspirer Believer

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Inspirer Believer is ‘believing anything is possible’

Your key innate strengths are

Incredibly self motivated, living your life with meaningful direction and purpose from a place of self love and with the knowledge of self healing that you willingly share with others
You inspire others with your general dedication to provide light, healing and protection for all whilst being aware of the importance of caring for yourself
You are compassionate for all causes yet able to stand strong and not give too much of yourself away
You remind us to keep our own traditions alive and whole as these gifts can sustain us through any situation we may face
You are in touch and trusting of your intuitive side, calling on your old wise self for inner healing and brave enough to share your knowledge compassionately and from a place of service for the good of all (wo)mankind!
You are in tune with your own cycles and able to connect with whatever you need within to look after yourself so that you can be your best to fulfill your purpose in life to heal others wholisticly on and from all dimensions – mind, body, spirit, soul
You are able to gently and passionately draw on your own compassion and inner healing abilities as you inspire others with your work
You have an incredible belief in the human spirit and are called to work in a way that illuminates this for individuals, communities and beyond

The Liberator Engineer

Shannon Bush — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:01:12 +0000

Liberator Engineer

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Liberator Engineer is ‘breakdown the old and build the new’

Your key innate strengths are

You are very in touch with all extremes of emotion and not afraid to show these extremes even though this may challenge others in a big way – you always mean well and being demonstrative is just you!
You are passionate and inspiring in every element of your existence
You naturally draw others to you with your ability to see opportunity in everything and to create a-new, no matter the situation at hand
You are here to serve others on a big level, showing the way forward and out of the darkness to those who have lost the ability to shine their own lights from these dark places
Very in touch with bodily sensations and are generally fully aware of your own sexuality, combining that power with your passionate fiery nature to express divine beauty in the world
You are able to direct your passionate fiery energy into creating the new for yourself and others in a supportive, non threatening, embracing way
You know when to use your incredible power and you are aware of the appropriate time to do so
You know you can be intimidating but rather than using this to your powerful advantage you use it to welcome others into your life in a safe way, showing them that you can help them to challenge their demons and find truth in their own light

The Mediator Diplomat

Shannon Bush — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:04:49 +0000

Mediator Diplomat

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Mediator Diplomat is ‘finding balance in all things’

Your key innate strengths are

An incredible ability to see the fairness in any situation and communicate that with clarity to others
You are passionate about ensuring that everyone has a ‘fair go’
You have great powers of observation and intuition and a determined desire to seek out the truth so any wrongs can be corrected and justice can prevail
You have a unique gift for balancing justice and compassion
Easily able to manage a fair distribution of power for all
Have a gift for negotiating fairness and strategy in your personal and professional life, with a keen respect displayed at all times for both sides of an argument or situation
You understand and are able to enforce, with balance and harmony, the universal laws of justice and truth in any society, whilst remaining professional, diplomatic and respectful of others needs, wants and desires
You live with and demonstrate the highest of integrity in any situation
You adopt a unique definition of fairness; When all parties involved surrender their personal agendas in favour of the greater good for the entire group, even if that is simply two individuals. In this instance there is a commitment to the whole, to creating and maintaining a wholistic harmony, with trust in the wisdom of the whole of anything and everything

The Mentor Teacher

Shannon Bush — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:09:23 +0000

Mentor Teacher

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Mentor Teacher is ‘sharing and inspiring knowledge for everyone’

Your key innate strengths are

An ability to effortlessly communicate knowledge, experience, skill and wisdom to others, even if this is something that you have not necessarily learned in a traditional setting like at school or university
You represent the nature of the divine in life and in yourself and are able to show others how to achieve the same
Have a natural gift for passing on wisdom and guiding and refining a students character in a way that brings out their best, supporting them to shine their brilliance in the world, authentically and completely
You are gifted with innate, ancient wisdom and you can see all parts of the journey and can guide others to take a path that’s right for them, based on their acquisition of knowledge, skill, experience and through trust of their own wisdom
You give of your knowledge freely and easily and compulsively
Often sought out to teach others, even if you don’t recognise yourself as a literal teacher. Your role as teacher, guide and mentor may manifest as parental guidance, in business or the arts, or even by inspired instruction and demonstration of authenticity, the ethics and kindness
You instantly attract others who are seeking to learn their own valuable life lessons and often without even knowing it you are able to share something with them that enables them to learn the lesson they are ready to learn at the time and to uncover their own truths

The Mother Nurturer

Shannon Bush — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:12:36 +0000

Mother Nurturer

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Mother Nurturer is ‘self-nurture first and grow and be open’

Your key innate strengths are

As a natural messenger and communicator you instantly attracts others to you with your warm friendly nature and gentle way of conversation
You are emotionally supportive with an abundant spirit in the light enabling you to nurture and support others and give them the confidence they need
You can provide and be all things for all people but need to look after and nurture yourself first to keep your heart open and your ability to mother effortless
You enhance unity through the sharing of information and abundant nurturing, even life giving, resources
You can be seen as the life of the party, always happy and care free and ready to entertain your extended family
You show patience, caring, undying love, gratitude and compassion
You have a great capacity to forgive
Have a unique ability to provide adequately, in fact over abundantly to all
You love to gather people together and naturally host groups of people, lovingly ensuring all your guests are well cared for
Inspired by sharing a great meal with others. It’s your way to show you love and care for them and support their efforts and success

The Networker Connector

Shannon Bush — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:14:44 +0000

Networker Connector

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Networker Connector is ‘bringing others together to connect and grow’

Your key innate strengths are

An ability to enhance unity through the sharing of information, connection
You are able to hover in space and time but you can also see beyond the illusions that others get misguided and confused by offering a great sense of clarity and vision for others
With your natural weaving skills you can weave a web of connectivity, bringing people, resources and opportunities together no matter their origin or need
You love to gather people together as a natural host and love to ensure all you guests are well cared for
Have a flair for putting the right outfit together and love to dress up in colours that energise you
Instantly attracts others to you with your warm friendly nature and gentle way of conversation
Have a gift for remembering others in a way that makes them feel important – to you they are
You have an innate ability to know how to weave others together to create a harmonious outcome
You are supportive and encouraging
You are adaptable and flexible and able to mold yourself to fit the occasion or crowd, although it’s important you maintains a strong sense of self to leverage this strength
Bubbly and light, your smile can literally light up a room
Others love to be around you and can be inspired by your natural ease with people
Able to fit into any ‘crowd’ with ease. You can easily merge from scene to scene and seemingly fit into any situation

The Shapeshifter Alchemist

Shannon Bush — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:55:28 +0000

Shapeshifter Alchemist

The key message and personal leadership lesson of the Shapeshifter Alchemist is ‘your greatest power comes in being you’

Your key innate strengths are

Transformation of foundational motives and goals into golden wisdom
You have a unique skill that enables you to navigate through different levels of consciousness allowing you to see many different perspectives and appreciate different views and opinions
You have the ability to see the potential in everything that surrounds you and that you find within
You seek and support complete transformation
You can produce results outside the ordinary realm of life – creating the seemingly extraordinary out of what appears to many to simply be ordinary
You can be a great inventor and love to use ‘magical’ tools to bring things to being
You have a natural ability to change appearances and navigate through the landscape of life unharmed
You often seen to be re-inventing yourself – a new look, fresh appearance, adaptable and flexible, you will fit in (powerfully and comfortably) in any situation, with any crowd
Flexible, changeable, resilient, robust
You able to master anything you try, you are overly competent and this can lead others to become jealous of the seemingly endless talents that come easily to you
Strong in your trust for your intuition, you use it for inner and outer guidance and to support others
Generally find or experience one great soul mate relationship in your life
You can be comfortable as a mother, business woman, teacher, friend, healer
Known for your feminine strength