Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Cast off
your chains. Lead. – Nelson Mandela.
The old model of leadership is dead now. It has failed. The idea of
CEO and the top level management pushing the stuffs to masses below them in the
organization chain has failed. Now, it is time that each one of the
organization be the CEO of his/her own job. Leadership is not about position or
title; it is about impact, influence and commitment to be brilliant at what we
do. Each one of us not only has the opportunity to lead in all that we do, but
also has the RESPONSIBILITY to lead. Lead without a title. Lead where we are
planted. Lead at our absolute best. We can shift from victimhood into
leadership. We need to build leaders at all levels of the organization. And
when we make the change, it will change the whole game.
You need No Title to show
Leadership:
We all have one sustainable power regardless of our position, our
network and our title – that is the power we have today by being human, power
to be inspirational, power to lead by examples, power to work at excellence
regardless of our work and to leave people, the things, opportunities better
than we found them.
Turbulent times build Great
Leaders:
The more we go to our limits, the wider our limits will expand. So,
turbulent times for most people, for victims are tragic and scary – they get
frightened, they do not innovate, they do not stand up at excellence, they do
not give their absolute best, they do not drive change. But, we all know, if we
do not change and do not adapt to the turbulent times, then we and our organization
will become dinosaurs. The best move we can make at this time is to understand
that “Turbulent times build better leaders” and the more we can go to the edge,
the more we can confine to the resistances, the more we can embrace the deep
change that might be making us frightened or uncomfortable, the more we can
lead without a title and the more we can win.
Breakdown must happen before breakthroughs can occur. Disruption
precedes integration. So old building must be cleared out to make space for new
and better. All the old ways of thinking, delivering value must fall apart and
be cleared out so that new and better organization can be built; our team can
even become better and we can create more innovative and extra products and
services that will help us win.
Leadership is not only applicable to our career; it is also applicable
to our lives. Because every part of our life is connected – it is not possible to
do good in one area and at the same time not good in any other area. If we do
not live our potential, we do not express our absolute leadership best, then
that potential will eventually over time turn to pain and we will be discouraged
and we will give up - “Potential unexpressed turns to pain.” What victims see as problems, leaders see as
solutions. So let us look for opportunities that others are seeing as problems
– so that we can build better team, better culture, better organization, better
business and most importantly, better “us”.
The stronger your
Relationships, the better your Leadership:
Business is about relationships, it is about people, it is about being
helpful, and it is to deliver genius level of value to as many people as possible.
And as a result we get fanatic following people who will never consider doing
business with anyone else. It is about being acutely helpful to many people as
possible. Harry S. Truman said, “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you
do not care who gets the credit.” The more we can leave our ego at the front
door when we walk at the work place and simply focus on seeing the best in
other people, focus on being passionate, focus on being excellent, focus on
doing genius level of work, the more our energy be invested in great work that
will give what we need. Technology is servant, and business is about
relationships. So we should build relationships, create engagement culture, create
leadership culture, see best of people, celebrate people, leave people better than
we found them and have fun at work J.
To be a great leader, first become a great person:
Happy people are happy leaders; energized people are energized
leaders. People who have self-respect respect other people. So if you take time
to work on yourself and awaken that inner leader within you so that you can
pour out your potential, everything in the world will change. We often forget
that and we think if we work on our outer world, our inner world will be taken
care of. We need to know how very important our thinking is. Our thinking
creates our reality. We are bound to get more of what we focus on. Our thoughts
drive our action. What holds us back in leadership and in life are not the
external realities but the way we then behave in the face of those conditions.
Real leadership involves breaking through the limits of our mind so that we can
step into the highest strengths of our spirit. And for that we need to 1. See
clearly – perceive your conditions and circumstances clearly, 2. Take care of
our health – Exercise and good diet, 3. Get inspired, 4. Take care of family,
and 5. Elevate our lifestyle.
