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Leadershift by John Maxwell
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Here are six qualities of Transcendent Leaders according to Dr. Gregory Stebbins.
ACCEPTANCE – Unconditional acceptance is not acquiescing. Culture wars occur when arguments are reduced to right Vs. wrong over value differences. Simply embrace the value differences but stay committed to cultural values.
REVERENCE – This is simply a state of AWE for another “SELF”. When you embrace another “SELF” you are reaching deep within you and becoming aware of higher creative purposes and skills that has been given to each of us.
PRESENCE – Wisdom guides us to stay present when we interact with our stakeholders. Practicing unconditional positive-regard strengthens our capacity to connect with others and yourself in new and fresh ways. Presence requires discipline.
COURAGE – it takes great courage not to label people as good Vs. bad. Instead see people with a potential of growth. Transcendent leaders will facilitate opening the process within and between stakeholders. This lessens your need for autocratic control.
GRATITUDE – Operating from a consciousness of service, transcendent leaders being the wisdom of showing appreciation for ”SELF” and all stakeholders. The essence of gratitude comes from GRACE. Leading and living from a context of graciousness increases optimism and compassion with the organization.
HIGHEST GOOD – One of the major challenges of Transcendent Leadership to operate from a consciousness of “highest good of all concerned.” The key issue is to define who the stakeholders are. How you define stakeholder will force you to redefine traditionally held beliefs and practices.
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Winston Churchill masterfully led the United Kingdom during the difficulties of WWII. He brought in a political adversary, Clement Attlee into strategic meetings in London. The crisis facing Britain required extraordinary talent not just people that you agree with. Churchill invited diversity into the planning and embraced the new strategy that made a difference. Why don’t we see this type of leadership more often in our modern time? Perhaps leaders fail to deal with personal discomfort, and they have a difficult time overcoming common barriers to diversity.
This Podcast will focus on 6 Barriers to Diversity
Fear of Conflict
Patrick Lencioni stated that all great relationships that last over time require productive conflict in order to grow. Unfortunately, conflict is seen as TABOO in the business world. Notice the comparison chart.
Insufficient Personal Network
Most leaders enjoy spending time with others that are just like them. This does not open the door for diverse thought, ideas, opinions, and strategies to impact our leadership. Do your closest friends vote like you do, listen to the same music, and look like you? If so, you need to spend some time expanding your network.
Unwillingness To Deal With Prejudice
Opening yourself to diversity will expand your thoughts and your leadership ability. There is to our world beside vanilla ice-cream. It has been stated the world is like a hand and the people are its’ fingers. If you despise or hate one group of people you lose a finger. Also, you lessen your grip on the world.
Arrogance
Some leaders are so confident in their own genius that they cannot imagine other people adding value to their work. This breeds Uniformity! If you dismiss the ideas of others not like you, you will never reach your potential and never understand why.
Personal Insecurities
Insecurities is a very complex issue that may require a Mentor/Coach to help you. One of the best antidotes for personal insecurity is to think about helping other people and putting them first. If your insecurities are driven by other’s strengths or differences – start working on them or you and your team will suffer.
Failing To Be Inclusive
The biggest discussion to have in this point is about including Millennials into your leadership team. They believe that everyone should be at the table of discussion. This can cause real tension for you as a leader if you are not prepared to deal with this matter realistically. Face the fact that by 2025 75% of the workforce will be made up of Millennials. Currently they feel less included and connected with the people in the workplace than other generations. Stop thinking of diversity as gender, age, and race and start thinking about personality, values, and abilities. This is exactly how Millennials see their world.
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Leadershift by John Maxwell
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Historical Overview
•Belgium and German Colonialists favored the Tutsi Tribe over the Hutu Tribe. In turn this set up Tribal tension in the country.
•The Hutu revolution in 1959 forced over 300,000 Tutsi’s to flee. This would open the door for the Hutu’s to gain power by 1973 by means of a military coup which opened the door for a Hutu Leader.
•Racial and Tribal tensions only escalated. April 6, 1994 after the Hutu Leaders plane was shot down leaving no survivors, the Rwanda Genocide began.
•6 Men, Women, and Children were being killed every 10 minutes ending in close to one million killed in 100 days.
OBSERVATIONS
•The history of Rwanda leading up the fateful day of April 6, 1994 was filled with numerous warning signs. Tribal hatred was becoming part of the everyday dialogue and rhythm of life.
•At one point in this building hatred the length of one’s nose was used to determine whether you were a Tutsi of Hutu and if you had 10 head of cattle.
•Surrounding governments and agencies from Rwanda were fully aware of the growing hatred and tension, yet never expressed concerns.
•What is the pathway for healing and restoration for such a nation? Forgiveness is the only true pathway to rebuild after nearly one million people were killed.
•The John Maxwell Company has been invited into Rwanda to work with all levels of authority by establishing Servant Leadership, a message of openness, forgiveness, care, and adding value to other human beings.
•It is now required of graduating children to participate in a summer program of working with other Tribes to see their humanity, listen to their ideas and work together for solutions before you will be allowed higher education or career. Never allow hatred of the past to rob our future!
If we do not learn from history, we are destined to repeat it again. The question for modern day leaders in the non-profit, corporate, and civil arenas is, What areas in our organizations allows for indiscriminate prejudice to be tolerated? As Leaders, we have a responsibility to call our misguided notion of uniformity and allow diversity on our Teams. This is to include not only ethnic diversity but diversity of thought and strategy to move your organizations vision forward.
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Leadershift by John Maxwell
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LINKS
Shepherds Advantage Leadership Podcast is now on iTunes – SUBSCRIBE
Shepherds Advantage Leadership Podcast is now on Stitcher – SUBSCRIBE
FREE GIFT – “Servant Leadership Questions” – Click on the icon at the bottom of the page
*** Executive Coaching Service– Private message me for details on this customizable service
Leadershift by John Maxwell
Q&A – Contact me at ShepherdsAdvantage@gmail.com
LINKS
Shepherds Advantage Leadership Podcast is now on iTunes – SUBSCRIBE
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FREE GIFT – “Servant Leadership Questions” – Click on the icon at the bottom of the page
Executive Coaching Service– Private message me for details on this customizable service
Leadershift by John Maxwell
Q&A – Contact me at ShepherdsAdvantage@gmail.com