Ingredientsofleadership

With so many distractions or disruptions, leading organizations and the world forward is extremely challenging because there are so many things going on with a mixed bag of opportunities and risks.

As the world moves into a hyper-connected and interdependent digital era; the more complex the situation is and the world becomes, the more mature leaders are in demand to reach in-depth understanding, facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogues, bridge gaps, unify differences, and amplify leadership influence in leading transformative change smoothly.

Leadership & respect: Leaders, especially at the senior level need to be respected with fair value, proficient knowledge, sound judgment and decision effectiveness, etc. Leaders are humble to know they don't have all the answers; so they respect the opinion of others on the team, respect for others' ideas, respect for truth, respect for process, respect for fresh knowledge. Doing the right thing under the given circumstances will earn a leader respect.

In today’s hyper-diverse environment, people may have different value systems for trust, leading in such an environment requires acting in ways that follow the golden rule, provide clear reasons to respect different POVs and build trust. Establish your objectives for the organizational development, communicate those objectives and ensure they are understood by everyone; measure results against those objectives smoothly.

Leadership & understanding: Leadership is not about who is above, but who has a real understanding to see underneath the surface and lead effectively. Effective leadership must come from in-depth understanding first, advice afterward. There's a difference between knowledge and understanding. You have the job to lead, so demonstrate it by being a good listener. Have big ears and a small mouth. Listen more, leverage collective wisdom. It is the listening and learning that enable you to figure out how you can best help the people you lead.

True understanding requires a person's ability to grasp or comprehend information, apply different thought processes to analyze and synthesize, refining information to fresh insight. Often, people rush in to fix things or introduce new ideas or concepts without investing time to understand how and why things work as they do. After you have listened and have input; create dialogues, be transparent, describe the value of what you have learned and demonstrate how you use invaluable input, take actions to achieve value for the people.

Leadership & accomplishment: You can become an effective leader if you put constant effort to nourish human instincts and drive progressive changes. The true accomplishment is based on how you influence changes by promoting changes in people's mindsets; inspiring them to achieve more. Set agendas and start new conversations that galvanize inspiration and gain traction on a powerful theme of organizational renewal and growth. Transformational leaders not only make major changes in mindset, but they also evoke fundamental changes in the basic political and cultural systems of the organization.

Coaching, development, empowerment imply a better mindset for leadership development. Inner wherewithal, intelligence and good mentorship programs, etc, are all crucial to nurture the next generation of leaders. Guidance and assistance along the way is critical, however, it is often missed or under emphasis. To harmonize and lead the world forward and make true accomplishments, it is important to bridge the leadership gap and develop a more enriched profile that advocates inclusiveness, innovativeness, and progression.

With so many distractions or disruptions, leading organizations and the world forward is extremely challenging because there are so many things going on with a mixed bag of opportunities and risks. Forethoughtful leaders can see possibilities before others, tackle great challenges with grand consequences over long time spans. Insightful leaders are able to make the right decision for the organization and majority of people, also living a fulfilled life with energy and balance, to advance human society collaboratively.

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