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Relational Landscaping

Vulnerability with boundaries

Create room for honesty while honoring choice and different levels of risk.

Explore the concept

A leader’s appropriate openness can make uncertainty and learning more possible. Yet power and personal history affect the costs of sharing. Invite reflection without requiring exposure, model responsibility for mistakes, and protect what others entrust to you. Passing should remain a genuine choice.

A practice to try

Name one uncertainty about the work, invite insight, and explain how that insight will influence your response.

Explore it in the book

Companion guidance by Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever. Consult the book alongside these resources; activities and summaries do not replace the complete book.