In The Power Of Intention – Learning To Co-Create Your World Your Way, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer wrote about the six primary ingredients of ego:
- I am what I have.
- I am what I do.
- I am what others think of me.
- I am separate from everyone.
- I am separate from all that is missing in my life.
- I am separate from God.
Organisations have collective egos as well. I have adapted the six ingredients for organisations below:
- I am my assets.
- I am my strategies and operations.
- I am my brand.
- I am separate from other organisations.
- I am separate from my weaknesses and shortcomings.
- I am separate from humanity and the wider community.
How can leaders use these to reduce or temper the egos of organisations?
Ego can hamper us from perceiving a situation with clarity. Without clear understanding, appropriate solution formulation and decision making are thus that much harder.