I've seen more profound, lasting change in the 10 years that I've been working with executives than in all the years I spent as a therapist. The next stage of the KRW process requires clients to consolidate what they've learned. This process forces them to own what they've heard. After his insight session, he sat down separately with each of the 34 people who had been interviewed, including every member of his family. The next step was to get a percentage of those people to point out whenever I slipped back into old behaviors.
Awareness can be a powerful catalyst for change.
At this point, clients are required to create a values mission statement. If they say, 'Family is important to me,' but they never see their kids, we point out the disparity. Next, clients focus on drafting a development plan that targets their specific shortcomings and strengths. For Berrien, one of the key challenges was to become a more supportive and empathic leader. Now I'm wholeheartedly convinced of the fallacy of that model.