Following “ADVANCE” principle is critical because if you can’t lead forward, you would lead backward.
The rule of thumb about leadership is for ADVANCEMENT. Advancement is about forward-thinking, progress, improvement, fresh insight, modernization, or innovation while the opposite of advancement is primitivity, outdated concept or knowledge, lagging, backward, etc. When following “ADVANCE” principles, leaders become more mature; people are becoming more progressive; the life or the business reaches up to the next level of maturity, and the society as a whole is advancing to the next stage of prosperity.
Authenticity: Being authentic is the state of self-consciousness, self-discovery, and self-improvement. Leading is only possible when you truly know yourself. Who are you and why? The foundation of leadership is based on AUTHENTICITY. Ask the big “WHY” question to discover your intention to lead. Daring to start to find an answer to this question enables anybody to lead oneself and possibly others. The leadership authenticity is based on the purpose of leadership - why do you want to lead; the leadership strength -what can you bring to the table; and the leadership practice - how can you lead differently and more effectively. Being authentic make leaders more truthful and influential. If they can keep pursuing the better version of themselves, they are on the right track to follow “ADVANCEMENT” principle and proactively drive leadership maturity.
Delight: Digital is the journey to reach the state of delight. In practice, creating positive change and building a delightful working environment is a joint effort and co-responsibility of both leaders and employees. To shape a delightful business, one of the key determinants of whether an organization can move to new digital structures is the development level of the people, either at the cognitive level or skill/capability level. If the substance of leadership is about influence, and then, convincing is a more delightful style than controlling, because effective leaders need to involve their entire team at all levels, exhibit positive thinking and develop a delightful workforce.
Vision: Leadership is one’s ability to paint a vivid picture, a vision of a future state and motivate others to achieve it. Vision is to imagine the future; a visionary leader is effective in manifesting his or her vision because she/he creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of the vision. Visionary leaders see possibilities before others, but they also need to tackle great challenges with grand consequences over long time spans. They embody vitality, will, imagination, hope, and sense of energy. When they follow the “ADVANCE” principle, they manifest their visions based their leadership on an inspirational, positive picture of the future, as well as a clear sense of direction as to how to get there.
Creativity: Creativity is the #1 wanted skill in the 21st century. Therefore, creative leadership has also emerged as one of the most important digital leadership trends to improve leadership maturity and accelerate collective progress. Creativity is an innate ability and the capacity to think and act beyond the boundaries that limit our effectiveness. It’s about creating new ideas or figuring out new ways to do things. Realizing that what has worked in the past isn't today's best solution and having the vision to see what it has now become. By following the “ADVANCE” principle, a creative leader is always conscious of the changes needed to connect the past with the future, to reach the next stage of making the new paradigm shift.
Following “ADVANCE” principle is critical because if you can’t lead forward, you would lead backward. The goal of leadership is about steering toward the right direction, with abilities to reach the destination for achieving the collective progress.
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