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Timeless Wisdom For Modern Leaders – Lead with Possibility Thinking
Lead with Possibility Thinking
Wise leaders are possibility thinkers. They look for opportunities for development, where others are talking about problems.
Solomon says: “The intelligent man is always open to new ideas. In fact, he looks for them.”
The aim of wise leaders is to develop the accepted facts so they can create the new, better, or greater “something” that will en Read the rest of this entry »
Becoming a Great Leader
The term Leadership often connotes such things as one’s ability to motivate, to manage others, to guide, to influence, to inspire, to be courageous, to take risks, to be fearless, to be creative, to be a role model, to take responsibility and so on. The ultimate aim appears to be to lead “others” into new and uncharted waters where they individually or collectively will achieve some preconceived goal.
In many cases approaches to coaching individuals to become great leaders focus on the development of new skills that will allow them to be more powerfully influential. The general focus is therefore directed outwards, that is “what can I learn to get others to do what I want or need them to do”.
Unfortunately, what tends to happen is that by taking such an approach being a Great Leader becomes a task of learning how to convince “others” that what is being asked of them is somehow in their own best interests, whether or not it actually is. Therein lies there reason why leaders find themselves repeatedly having to revisit and reinvent their repertoire of “leadership skills.”