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I’ve worked with leaders long enough to know that most challenges don’t begin in the meeting room.

As a leader for the last 20 years, my challenges formed in my mind.

That truth hit home during our latest LEADERish: Leadership lessons straight up episode with my friend and fellow coach, Gayathri Rhiddi, who spoke about conscious leadership. Her model, the SIRE Model, is elegant and practical, but what stayed with me wasn’t the framework itself (although it is absolutely brilliant!). It was what it revealed about leadership as an inner practice.

Here’s what I’ve been sitting with since our conversation.

Accountability Starts with Awareness

We talk about holding people accountable all the time, but conscious leadership flips that question: Who holds me accountable when no one’s watching?

I have been thinking about how the best leaders create conditions for clarity and trust, and that starts internally. Self-accountability isn’t about blame or perfection. It’s about noticing your own patterns and choosing to respond differently next time.

For me, that means catching the subtle moments when I rush to solve instead of listen, or when I confuse movement with progress. Awareness isn’t glamorous, but it’s where every transformation begins.

What Conscious Leadership Really Means to Me

I’ve been thinking about conscious leadership as clarity in motion. It’s the alignment between what I believe, how I feel, and how I behave. It’s awareness with action attached.

The more I work with leaders, the more I see that conscious leadership isn’t a title or a stage of mastery. It’s a lifelong habit of returning to yourself, again and again, with honesty and grace.

If you’re curious about the framework that inspired these reflections, Gayathri has generously shared her SIRE Model here: https://realizetowin.com/resources

And if you’d like to hear the full, rich conversation, you can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts or the link below.

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A Little Bit About Regina I'm Regina Taute (say Howdy Taute and you've pronounced it right) a seasoned talent leader with experience in leadership and organizational development. I started Collective Growth Coaching and Consulting to partner with organizations to develop wildly practical and effective talent strategies. As a credentialed coach and certified in MBTI and Hogan assessments, my passion lies in unlocking potential and driving sustainable growth by helping individuals and teams thrive in today’s evolving business world. It would be my honor to join you for a complimentary 30-minute coaching session to help solve a current challenge with wildly practical solutions or to meet with you one-on-one to chat and get to know you.