1.5 Stage of Development (Ego-Centric)

Leaders experiencing this stage tend to have these gifts:

• It's all about me…
• Action oriented
• Are in touch with concrete desires
• Can make choices between concrete things - I will choose what I want!
• Want to do it themselves, now!
• Can have a normal, or even high level of intelligence.

Leaders experiencing this stage tend to have these challenges:

• It's all about me…
• Wants to gratify impulses and sensorial desires immediately.
• Think others see only what they see.
• Are confused between what is yours and what is mine.
• May not understand the concept of stealing.
• Thus, they may feel no guilt or remorse for others they have harmed
• Can't take a perspective on themselves, so feedback may be frightening to them.
• Express power as fight, flight, or freeze.
• From their view, they get what they want, or get away from what they don't want.
• Tends to work along side of others rather than "with" others.
• Talking "at" rather than "with".
• Can't easily visualize the past so don't learn from past experiences.
• Can't visualize the future so can't imagine consequences.
• Actions are only "bad" if caught.

Egocentric Tools: Exterior Senses