Leadership has some old-school rules that have been followed for as long as anyone remembers. Unfortunately, many of these rules are toxic to spiritual entrepreneurship, and today’s compassionate leader may not find them relevant to their style of leading. These leadership rules are changing, however, and we at Technalink like this new direction they’re going in. The new rules of leadership focus less on control and toughness, and more on collaboration and empathy, allowing today’s leaders to truly get the best out of the talent they have working for them.
The first old rule has to do with who is chosen to be in a leadership position, and it states that leaders are picked based on their company tenure and business performance. While there is nothing particularly wrong with prioritizing performance and experience, it doesn’t embrace the real traits that translate to great leadership. The new rule doesn’t completely disregard these characteristics, but instead of placing them in the top priority spot, it focuses on choosing leaders based on creativity, adaptability, and a talent for inspiring people and leading teams.
The second old rule that is being replaced is the one that states that leaders should be trained using professional training in a structured environment. There is nothing wrong with professional training, but you’re not going to get quite as much out of it when compared to real-world experiences. Using simulations, projects, and hands-on learning, a leader is not just taught, but molded, into a person who can handle any situation that may come their way with creative critical thinking skills.
Another old rule is that leaders lead organizations and businesses, but the future is replacing the impersonal with the personal. Rather than viewing leaders as those who are leading a business, they’re viewed as those who lead teams and people, effectively humanizing the role and putting a collaborative spin on what leadership is. For spiritual entrepreneurship, this focus on the human aspect of leadership is a wonderful thing, and it will create real results using a collaborative effort between leaders and the people they lead.
Lastly, the rule that expects leaders to be in the know is falling by the wayside in favor of a new rule that states that leaders should be able to find out. The assumption that a leader has all the answers may seem comforting in a control leadership style, but the truth of the matter is that no one can know it all. Rather than the belief that the leader knows already, the new belief states that the leader will learn, find out, and come up with creative new solutions even to age-old problems.
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