I just got this invitation for the BLA, what is the BLA and why did I get an invitation?

What is the BLA and what can I do with it?

BLA stands for Breakthrough Leadership App.
Our mission at atrain (the provider of the BLA) is to create the conditions for people to break through.

While everyone’s breakthrough is unique, each includes a personal transformation grown out of deep introspection.
With this transformation, people can go beyond what they thought was possible.

The BLA supports leaders in this introspection and transformation, helping them understand how their beliefs, values, experiences, and learnings are influencing their behaviors along seven key dimensions. Each dimension is captured by enablers and blockers.
Enablers are the behaviors we consciously decide to apply, based on a clear perception of reality and using courage and compassion.
Blockers represent automatic reactions, triggered by conscious and unconscious fears, that cause us to behave in ineffective ways.

The BLA does this by asking leaders to self-reflect on these enablers and blockers, thinking about how well each enabler describes them on a “good day” and how well each blocker describes them on a “bad day”</em>. Next, leaders invite other people – that’s you – to similarly reflect on how well each enabler and blocker describes the leader. Your responses are averaged together with everyone else’s responses to calculate a score. Your individual responses are never shown to the leader. The leader of course knows they invited you, but they will not know how you responded, so please do be as thoughtful and as honest in your responses as possible.

Collecting everyone’s responses into a summary report offers a clearer perspective on how others view the leader’s behavior at work. From this foundation, they can start working on the areas they most want and need to improve.