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I attended a leadership talk last week by Prof. Rija and these are some of the thoughts and insights I had:

He talked about how to create organisations that evolve, grow and dominate the market..

The key is to unlock the energy of the people in the organisation and the community!

How can leadership unlock this energy?

Herb Keller said the following: “The main role of leadership is to continuously energise the people.”

The question then is: Am I as a leader putting on the lights “energy”, or turning of the lights? Secondly am I energising (influencing) my team/group towards effective results?

The processes must be efficient and sustainable.

How can a company create a competitive advantage?

• Add value
• Product/service must be difficult to imitate or duplicate
• Keep on innovating to stay ahead of competitors.

With a constant changing environment, the company must have the energy (attitude) and ability to continually ensure alignment to be able to execute effectively. The company must have people that is committed, have the talent(Ability) and Attitude(energy) to execute.

To be able to create this there must be a legal contract of employment but also a contract of accountability that can only happen if there is employee engagement/belonging.

Key to sustainability is the company’s ability to be responsive to change. The agility to change (ability to anticipate change, to respond to change, to be able to change) is determined by the learning culture of the organisation. The  quicker the learning curve the bigger the change of the organisation moving from change, to survival, to success, to sustainable results, to significance in the market space. It is also important for the company to create a learning environment for individuals to learn / experience.

The individuals in a group or team will form the group intelligence.

Each member of the group is a leader as such.

To conclude the Leader and the learner make the difference. Leadership must be intentional and not accidental at all times.

My obligation is to do the thing. The rest is in God’s hands.
Martin Luther King

So be sure your moments are being spend on things that are taking you nearer to your dreams. Also make sure that you are busy doing while still being yourself. As we are human beings and not human doings.

Are you a jigsaw puzzle aficionado?

If you have ever worked a complicated jigsaw puzzler, you know three things about them.

First, they take time.

Few people can put several hundred pieces of a puzzle together rapidly.

Most large and complex puzzles take several days, even weeks, to complete.

The fun is in the process, the satisfaction in the accomplishment.

Second, the starting point of a puzzle is usually to identify the corners and edges,

the pieces with a straight edge.

Third, jigsaw puzzles are fun to work by oneself,

but even more fun to work with others.

When a “fit” is discovered between two or more pieces,

The excitement is felt by all the participants.

Consider the day ahead of you like a piece in the jigsaw puzzle of your life.

Indeed, its shape is likely to be just as jagged, its colors just as unidentifiable.

The meaning of today may not be sequential to that of yesterday.

What you experience today may actually fit with something you experienced several months ago,

Or something you will experience in the future.

You aren’t likely to see the big picture of your life by observing only one day.

Even so. You can trust that there is a plan and purpose.

All the pieces will come together according to a greater design and timetable.

On some days, we find straight-edged pieces of our life’s puzzle – truths that become

a part of our reason for being

On other days, we find pieces that fit together so we understand more

about ourselves and about the greater work in our lives.

And on all days, we can know the joy of sharing our lives with others

and inviting them to be part of the process of discovering who we are.

The main thing to remember is to ENJOY the PROCESS.

LIVE today to the fullest, knowing one day you’ll see the full picture

Author : Unknown.

Leadership…

Sometimes things do not want to turn out as we want it, what can then be going wrong?

If we do not get out plans to execution we need to look at the following:

The hard stuff:
Do we have clear goals, not more than three crucial drivers, and everybody in the company is clear on it?
Roles. Who is responsible for what?
Processes. How must things be done? Are the tools to do the job in place? Is the process effective?
Soft stuff:
Process
Thinking = Climate / Culture / Attitude of employees and company
Who is responsible for decisions? Empowerment?
How is problems handled? Active or Reactive?
Communication.
Leadership style. Is it relevant to the cycle of the business? Is it adaptable for different scenarios?
Conflict, how is it dealt with?
Interpersonal
Diversity. To create innovation. To value people for what they can contribute.
Personality differences.
Trust???

Enjoy jour week.