Move from a ‘TAKE AWAY’ mindset &
Start a ‘MAKE IT’ mindset requires intentional action.
It’s like running up three flights of stairs:
To Level One level is possible
A second flight, is taxing
And the third, takes your breath away!
HOW FIT ARE YOU TO FLIP FROM TAKE AWAY TO MAKE IT?
Level One - Self Leadership
It’ about accountability.
There’s no blaming – it stops at this level.
Making your own coffee, requires you to experiment:
Too hot, too weak, it’s burnt, too much froth, too strong – it stops now.
Self-Leadership is developing a sense of who you are, what you can do, where you are going coupled with the ability to influence your communication, emotions and behaviour.**
When we practise self-leadership, we move from selfishness to selflessness, enriching others without material benefit to yourself.
Level Two – Social Leadership
This is a flip & requires you to be fit.
Considering your impact on our team, peers & society.
Making coffee for the whole team – and they all have their preferences!
Questions to ponder:
· who am I responsible to?
· do I value them & how am I demonstrating this?
· how do I make my society better?
If you keep running up the stairs …
Level Three – Strategic Leadership
Which is about influencing the vision & making changes in the organisation to make it work more effectively.
Reflect on the changes you’ve make in the past four weeks in your organisation.
· What else are you capable of achieving together?
· How are you helping your clients embrace these challenges?
There is no Lift in this story. It is about getting your mind fit to enable you to flip your mindset to move from take away to making it work.
** Self Leadership - the work of Andrew Bryant & Ana Kazan in 2012