Compassionate leadership and soulful leadership seems to come more naturally to the younger generation of leaders. At Technalink, we find that today’s young leaders don’t necessarily need to be “taught” mindfulness or spiritual entrepreneurship; it comes to them like it was the most obvious leadership strategy all along. It makes quite a bit of sense when one considers the business world they’ve grown up in. Long gone was the majority mindset of control in management, as they rise up with a business culture of fostering collaboration. 5 ways young leaders are naturally succeeding in soulful leadership are:
1. They welcome change – Change and progression drive innovation, and today’s young leaders thrive in times of change. Rather than the stubbornness exhibited by former generations, young leaders tend to look at change as a new opportunity filled with fresh challenges they can tackle. Not only do young leaders tend to embrace change, but they also embrace it with optimism.
2. They strive to inspire – Rather than leading by pushing, young leaders prefer the pull method. What this means is that they don’t want to forcefully push others into their passion and ideas, but rather pull them along with their compassionate leadership acting as a beacon to follow. The energy and excitement is natural, and they welcome the same traits in others passionately pursuing their goals.
3. Young leaders welcome feedback – Rather than acting with pride or stubbornness, young leaders tend to lead compassionately and welcome feedback. Feedback isn’t viewed as an insult or a pointing out of inferiorities, but as a way to continue growing and progressing as a leader in their field.
4. Willing to challenge the status quo – The world is ever-changing, and today’s young leaders want to stay on top of these changes in an effort to propel even further into the future. It makes sense, having been raised in an era of constant technological and culture progression, that they’d want to carry on this feeling into their careers. When it comes to innovation and idea sharing, few do it better than today’s young leaders.
5. Great at stretch goals – Rather than focusing on little stepping stones, young leaders tend to look far ahead at overarching stretch goals, and then focus on how they’re going to get there. The benefit this provides is a mindset that they can “reach for the stars”, and no success is off-limits.
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