Acknowledgement & Championing
Shannon and Conrad explore two leadership skills that are often overlooked yet deeply transformative: acknowledgement and championing. Acknowledgement is about naming the qualities and essence you see in another person -- especially in moments that are hard. Championing goes further: expressing genuine belief in someone's capacity to keep going and grow forward. These skills activate resourcefulness, create more energy than advice-giving, and help people remember who they are when things feel heavy.
Acknowledgement names the qualities and essence you see in another person -- not just what they did, but who they are in doing it.
Championing goes a step further: expressing genuine belief in another person's capacity to keep going, grow, and do hard things -- especially when they can't see it themselves.
Both skills activate far more resourcefulness and energy than advice-giving -- and they're available in any conversation, at any moment.