High Performing Leadership: Secrets for Progressing up the Corporate Ladder
Part#2 Wisdom
By Jonathan
Creaghan
3. Being (Executives and CEO’s)
2. Wisdom
(Management and Directors)
1. Knowledge (supervisor & team leads)
At some point
you require a new set of answers, and begin to accumulate thoughts about “how
the world works”, making more philosophical conclusions that help you gain clarity
around how to successfully maneuver through life. You seek wisdom.
“Seek wisdom”
A definition of wisdom can be: “the accumulation of experience,
translated into insight and applied in such a way as to make life easier for
you and others around you.”
Of course there
are wise supervisors, but it is at a management level that wisdom starts to pay off. As you partner knowledge with experience
and insight, you come to the startling revelation that the more you know, the
less you actually know -- this is OK. It can in fact be freeing. You will never know it all, so allow others
to know it for you. Train them on what you are looking for, and ensure they can
provide the information in a way that is clear and constructive. This will not
only help you, but also help them to gain confidence and recognition useful
contributors to the department. A wise manager uses the right information
effectively, and operates with the goal of efficiency of energy and mental
capacity. No need to over think. Speak less be heard more.
You will never know it all, so allow others to know it
for you.
Modern day
managers need to operate from a position of wisdom.
If you are a manager relying only on knowledge,
then you are not tapping into the full potential of your team. The wise manager
is prepared to share, coach, and lead their team to thrive in the context of
achieving outcomes and goals. He or she will share their wisdom with others and vice versa tap into their wisdom to make
life easier for all. In so doing create extraordinary results.
From Wisdom to Being and into the ranks of the C-suite
It is without
doubt in my mind that “who” the most senior leader is as a person (i.e. their Being), has a profound effect on the success of the company.
The leap out of wisdom and into being is the understanding of who you are and how you operate in
the world. Many times the owner of a
company will garner the greatest respect from their staff because of how he
treat others and who he is (values,
beliefs, strengths and personality), and not because he
is the president of the company. A title is not a permission slip to lead. Operating
from this position is the easiest way to live and achieve your goals. There are
no pretensions, no need to make stuff up or be insecure.
(To be continued..........next week, "Being")
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Jonathan Creaghan helps clients transform themselves and their workplaces. He believes that businesses ultimately succeed or fail because of the human factor. He teaches people to think differently, to see reality with fresh eyes when solving issues that impede them, whether personal or business. Jonathan provides “Solutions for the Human Side of Business”. www.jonathancreaghan.com
Jonathan is the author of several books including Duxter’s Leap! and the Thinking Differently® Leadership series which includes Thinking Differently® about… Getting More Done. His books are published around the globe in several languages.
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