connecteddale

Strategy Coach — Clarity + Alignment

Authentic Paradox Wheel

Purpose

Identify and navigate opposing leadership demands authentically

How to Use

1. Introduce the concept of authentic paradox: effective leaders must hold opposite qualities simultaneously (e.g., confident yet humble, decisive yet open). 2. Participants complete the Authentic Paradox Wheel assessment. 3. Identify their strongest paradoxes -- where they already hold tension well. 4. Identify the paradoxes where they collapse into one pole. 5. Design practices to develop the less preferred pole of each key paradox.

Created by CCL / Various

When to Use

This tool is suited to the following coaching and facilitation contexts:

Context Relevant
Individual Coaching
Team Coaching
Leadership Development
Facilitation / Workshop
Online / Virtual