The power of effective leadership depends on a number of factors such as the purpose to lead, multidimensional intelligence, the mix of knowledge and experience, etc.
Due to “VUCA” reality, it is imperative that "leadership" needs to be re-imagined, explored, understood and embraced for it to be of any value. The substances of leadership are about vision, positive influence, and progression. Here is a set of leadership parameters.
Confidence: Leadership is first as a mindset, then as exemplary behavior. Confidence is often a reflection of your innate mentality, personality, thought process put into action, “listen, respect and respond," open to new knowledge. Confident people present a positive mental attitude which is focused on strength, opportunities, and inspired actions. Being confident means to be comfortable in your own skin. Be authentic to be true to yourself and to the world at all times. Confident leaders respect various point of views, appreciate talent, capability or wisdom,
Multidimensional intelligence: Unprecedented uncertainty and over-complexity are part of reality. Intelligence is the capacity to understand and apply wisdom to the knowledge you are exposed to. Digital leaders today need to be highly intelligent to amplify their influence; not only demonstrate high “IQ” and “EQ,” but also have to present a set of unconventional intelligence to deal with varying issues innovatively. Great leaders are able to leverage multidimensional thinking capabilities such as critical thinking, creative thinking, strategic thinking, systems thinking, independent thinking, holistic thinking, etc, to improve decision maturity; also leverage creative intelligence to solve problems effectively.
Empathy: We live in a world with hyper-diversity and complexity, empathy is one of the necessary ingredients for contemporary leadership, as it is the power of understanding others intellectually; or vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. From a leadership perspective, if you can understand how people think, respond and behave, what they desire and what their fears are, have a "soul to soul" conversation with respect, you are better armed to manage them in order to gain their support, to achieve goals and realize leadership vision smoothly.
Character: We are all humans and subject to certain character strengths and weaknesses. Often, the leadership character or personality makes a significant impact on the corporate character - decisive or procrastinate; candor or skeptical; solid or fluid; etc. Without character, strategy is in darkness. Strong leaders want to accomplish with purpose and practice leadership influence with consistency. Character and courage are so important to make sound judgment, scrutinize the character of their people, help them find their purpose, align individuals’ purposes and goals with their organizational purpose and goals.
Problems-solving competency: Leadership isn't a job title; leadership isn’t just soft discipline, but a hard problem-solving competency. Problem-solving is complex as the digital nature of hyper-connectivity and interdependence makes it inevitable to break down large problems into smaller pieces and solve them efficiently. Great leaders are learning agile, embrace diverse viewpoints into holistic perspectives without enlarging cognitive gaps, and solve problems without causing too many side effects. In fact, problems-solving capability is critical to improve leadership effectiveness and maturity.
The power of effective leadership depends on a number of factors such as the purpose to lead, multidimensional intelligence, the mix of knowledge and experience, etc. Not only do you need to have hard skills and soft qualities, but also you should build a full set of digital leadership capabilities that are not isolated, but interdependent and coherent to improve digital leadership effectiveness and maturity.
Multidimensional intelligence: Unprecedented uncertainty and over-complexity are part of reality. Intelligence is the capacity to understand and apply wisdom to the knowledge you are exposed to. Digital leaders today need to be highly intelligent to amplify their influence; not only demonstrate high “IQ” and “EQ,” but also have to present a set of unconventional intelligence to deal with varying issues innovatively. Great leaders are able to leverage multidimensional thinking capabilities such as critical thinking, creative thinking, strategic thinking, systems thinking, independent thinking, holistic thinking, etc, to improve decision maturity; also leverage creative intelligence to solve problems effectively.
Empathy: We live in a world with hyper-diversity and complexity, empathy is one of the necessary ingredients for contemporary leadership, as it is the power of understanding others intellectually; or vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. From a leadership perspective, if you can understand how people think, respond and behave, what they desire and what their fears are, have a "soul to soul" conversation with respect, you are better armed to manage them in order to gain their support, to achieve goals and realize leadership vision smoothly.
Character: We are all humans and subject to certain character strengths and weaknesses. Often, the leadership character or personality makes a significant impact on the corporate character - decisive or procrastinate; candor or skeptical; solid or fluid; etc. Without character, strategy is in darkness. Strong leaders want to accomplish with purpose and practice leadership influence with consistency. Character and courage are so important to make sound judgment, scrutinize the character of their people, help them find their purpose, align individuals’ purposes and goals with their organizational purpose and goals.
The power of effective leadership depends on a number of factors such as the purpose to lead, multidimensional intelligence, the mix of knowledge and experience, etc. Not only do you need to have hard skills and soft qualities, but also you should build a full set of digital leadership capabilities that are not isolated, but interdependent and coherent to improve digital leadership effectiveness and maturity.
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