The power of nuance of the heart

An excellent article!

http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/09/the-power-of-nuance-of-the-hea.html?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date

Is this time to break some paradigms for the Pub Industry?

In one of our oldest industries and one in which we have worked, is it about time somebody shifted a few paradignms?

An interesting read and an even bigger problem!

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Aspire, Innovate & Lead

There was a time when an entrepreneur, inventor or leader would create some vision of the future and see that that vision became reality.  The telephone, space travel, the internet for example.  Today, whilst  some new is still created, often people are finding new ways to do the same thing, internet banking, mobile phones, bagless vacuum cleaners.  More often than not, it is not the leaders themselves who break or shift the paradigms, it’s those people who work inside organizations that find faster, better, lower cost ways of working.

The pace of change has also made it harder for organizations to maintain their market share or dominance, and innovations are necessary just to stand still. In recent months we have seen the once dominant Nokia overtaken by Apple and Blackberry.  Nokia admit it, they took their eye off the ball.  Google are a great case in point.  Each employee, as part of their day to day work, is to seek out new ideas or innovations.  From these employees came products such as Google Maps and Google Chrome.

The challenge then for leaders is to leverage internal knowledge, expertise and desire by creating compelling aspirations and with cultures that encourage innovation through strong leadership.

Aspire, Innovate and Lead will encourage attendees to create a new future for their business and to seek out new opportunities or ways of working that will set them apart from their competition.  They will pursue the innovations required to make their aspirations a reality and lead their organization from idea through implementation to inspiration.

This program is available to experience across Europe and Asia and for early interest Dunamis Leaders are offering significant discounts.  For more information please click on the link or check out the 2011 Program Calendar.

http://www.dunamisleaders.com/ 

2011 Program Calendar 

  

Inspirational Leadership is a critical factor in business success

The role of the leader, at the most fundamental level, is to inspire others to follow, willingly. This is not an administrative or management issue – it’s a human issue. It bypasses the faceless and anonymous ‘workforce’ and should tap directly into the hearts and minds of every individual.

Holding a leadership position in a business does not automatically confer leadership ability, nor is leadership the same as management. An effective manager may skillfully run the day to day business whilst things are at a constant, and simultaneously be incapable of enlisting worker support for change.

A leader has a choice, either to rule by force or they can attempt to inspire voluntary ‘followership’ thereby leveraging employee discretionary effort – leadership by intimidation or inspiration.

The only tool a leader has at his or her disposal is the ability to communicate, well! Right at the heart of a leader’s ability to inspire, ignite, excite employees is emotional intelligence.  The skill of assessing ones own emotions relating to the organisation or a task, and then using those to ignite those same emotions in others.

The journey to Inspirational leadership involves:

Self knowledge of why you care about your business, project or task and why you care about the constituents that you seek to lead

Being able to provide both clarity and meaning to others about the problem and the potential solution – clarity alone will not provide the ‘line of sight’ employees need to ensure that they feel that their contribution is meaningful and worthwhile.

Understanding and applying the concept of emotional connection whenever you need to inspire others.

Re-align to others concerns, both spoken and unspoken, prepare for challenges in a way that makes you, the leader, ‘bigger’ and less defensive.

Leadership Programmes in the Middle East and Asia

SinclairPeters are working together with Dunamis Leaders to provide a series of open Leadership Offerings in Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.  Check out what's on offer at
http://dunamisleaders.com/index.php
All enquiries should be channeled through Dunamis Leaders.