The 10 A's of The Leader of the Future
by DavidFonsbo
The 10 A's of The Leader of the Future
The 10 A's of The Leader of the Future
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The 10 A's of a Great Leader
Leadership in the Future
Most Leaders today are Leaders because of Ambition. But Ambition is NOT one of the key traits of the Leaders in the future. Simply because ambition is based on unrecognized needs that weren't met in childhood - which describes most of today's leaders who has become leaders because they NEED to prove that they are leaders. Ambition is not balanced but if you deeply understand your ambition you can easily transform it to PASSION! And PASSION is infectious!
You need a lot of Alpha A's to be a True Leader.
AGENDA (or AIM), AWARENESS, ASSERTIVENESS and ACTION.
AGENDA. Having an Agenda for your life is crucial if you want Passion - Passion that will get you passionate followers. Finding, having and knowing your ultimate purpose will easily give you so much Passion that you could scare people away, so learn to relax into your Passion when you find it.
AWARENESS is important. You have to be totally AWARE - Well that is not quite possible but it is possible to wake up gradually to higher and higher levels of AWARENESS. Most leaders are not even aware what is going on in their own teams. Most leaders act solely from what they THINK is going on in their team! Unfortunately they think that what they think is REAL! There are multiple levels of AWARENESS. The first is Inner AWARENESS which is an absolute necessity if you want to be able to see the difference between what really is and what only is in your mind. Most people can't see this difference! The second level of AWARENESS is group AWARENESS and this is where you really get in touch with what is going on in your team or your company or your family.
The third level of AWARENESS is the City Limit AWARENESS. You can't make a decision in your team without considering what effect this has outside your team! The fourth level of AWARENESS is national. What is the interaction between your country and your decision? The fifth level of AWARENESS is global. This is where the techonological development is today so if you don't pocess global AWARENESS you are far behind! AWARENESS opens to CREATIVITY!
ASSERTIVENESS. When I say Assertive I mean positive, Appreciative, respectful and exact communication.
ACTION speaks louder than words! Need I say more!
Mastering these four A's will make you a more balanced person and give you at least six A's more:
AUTHORITY, ATTENTION, ATTRACTION, ADMIRATION, AUTHENTICITY and ACCOUNTABILITY
AUTHORITY comes from knowing your Agenda - knowing where you are AIMING, and being totally honest and in sync with all your communication channels. The power of a title only gives you imaginary AUTHORITY. This kind of AUTHORITY forces people to look up to you. A true Leader does not have to claim his AUTHORITY. WISDOM is a big element in AUTHORITY. Knowing your purpose is the key/path to unlock your inner WISDOM.
ATTENTION is what you get when your communication is precise and with impact
ATTRACTION. The world will come to you when your physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual layers are in sync. When you have done your homework!
ADMIRATION. Well... As the true Leader you are you do not need ADMIRATION!
AUTHENTICITY. It is widely known that the spoken language is only about 7% of the communication so what about the other 93%? Have you heard of bodylanguage? Tone of voice? Body posture? Gestures? If your words say one thing and your bodylanguage another and your tone of voice a third... What impact do you think you are making? If ALL your communication channels communicate the same message, don't you think the message would be a lot clearer? You can learn to control your channels but if you are controlling and suppressing a channel which is communicating a different message than the word speaking channel, you just create a new channel that communicates that you are holding something back which could be interpretated as being dishonest. Do the opposite. Learn to understand your channels and your subcommunication. Be totally honest, open and PRESENT!
ACCOUNTABILITY. As true leaders we have stop blaming! We have to get to the point where we return from "It is your fault" to "It is MY responsibility". In other words: What can I do to help when some one fails. Was it me that did not provide correct information? How did I contribute to failure? Lead and Learn! Which Leader does earn your respect. Him who says: "It is your fault. You need to do better or find another job!" or the one who says: Im sorry. I messed up. Im also to blame here. I will do better next time"...
This is an Awesome, Awful lot of A's and in the end there is one very important thing that is more important that A's: When you master all these A-qualities EMPATHY is yours for FREE!
Good Luck! The world needs you out there!
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You need a lot of Alpha A's to be a True Leader.
AGENDA (or AIM), AWARENESS, ASSERTIVENESS and ACTION.
AGENDA. Having an Agenda for your life is crucial if you want Passion - Passion that will get you passionate followers. Finding, having and knowing your ultimate purpose will easily give you so much Passion that you could scare people away, so learn to relax into your Passion when you find it.
AWARENESS is important. You have to be totally AWARE - Well that is not quite possible but it is possible to wake up gradually to higher and higher levels of AWARENESS. Most leaders are not even aware what is going on in their own teams. Most leaders act solely from what they THINK is going on in their team! Unfortunately they think that what they think is REAL! There are multiple levels of AWARENESS. The first is Inner AWARENESS which is an absolute necessity if you want to be able to see the difference between what really is and what only is in your mind. Most people can't see this difference! The second level of AWARENESS is group AWARENESS and this is where you really get in touch with what is going on in your team or your company or your family.
The third level of AWARENESS is the City Limit AWARENESS. You can't make a decision in your team without considering what effect this has outside your team! The fourth level of AWARENESS is national. What is the interaction between your country and your decision? The fifth level of AWARENESS is global. This is where the techonological development is today so if you don't pocess global AWARENESS you are far behind! AWARENESS opens to CREATIVITY!
ASSERTIVENESS. When I say Assertive I mean positive, Appreciative, respectful and exact communication.
ACTION speaks louder than words! Need I say more!
Mastering these four A's will make you a more balanced person and give you at least six A's more:
AUTHORITY, ATTENTION, ATTRACTION, ADMIRATION, AUTHENTICITY and ACCOUNTABILITY
AUTHORITY comes from knowing your Agenda - knowing where you are AIMING, and being totally honest and in sync with all your communication channels. The power of a title only gives you imaginary AUTHORITY. This kind of AUTHORITY forces people to look up to you. A true Leader does not have to claim his AUTHORITY. WISDOM is a big element in AUTHORITY. Knowing your purpose is the key/path to unlock your inner WISDOM.
ATTENTION is what you get when your communication is precise and with impact
ATTRACTION. The world will come to you when your physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual layers are in sync. When you have done your homework!
ADMIRATION. Well... As the true Leader you are you do not need ADMIRATION!
AUTHENTICITY. It is widely known that the spoken language is only about 7% of the communication so what about the other 93%? Have you heard of bodylanguage? Tone of voice? Body posture? Gestures? If your words say one thing and your bodylanguage another and your tone of voice a third... What impact do you think you are making? If ALL your communication channels communicate the same message, don't you think the message would be a lot clearer? You can learn to control your channels but if you are controlling and suppressing a channel which is communicating a different message than the word speaking channel, you just create a new channel that communicates that you are holding something back which could be interpretated as being dishonest. Do the opposite. Learn to understand your channels and your subcommunication. Be totally honest, open and PRESENT!
ACCOUNTABILITY. As true leaders we have stop blaming! We have to get to the point where we return from "It is your fault" to "It is MY responsibility". In other words: What can I do to help when some one fails. Was it me that did not provide correct information? How did I contribute to failure? Lead and Learn! Which Leader does earn your respect. Him who says: "It is your fault. You need to do better or find another job!" or the one who says: Im sorry. I messed up. Im also to blame here. I will do better next time"...
This is an Awesome, Awful lot of A's and in the end there is one very important thing that is more important that A's: When you master all these A-qualities EMPATHY is yours for FREE!
Good Luck! The world needs you out there!
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