Tag: Intentional Leaders

Follow Yourself, Not The Crowd

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.’- Rick Warren

The crowd is not for you. Because you are on a mission. The people around you matter. They matter because they have the power to shape your future. If you are with the right people, you will start to do things differently. You will start to work like them. And you will start to live like them.

It is not always easy, but if you want to succeed in your life, in your career, you have got to associate yourself with people who are ahead of you, who have been there, done it, and are willing to mentor you.

When it comes to your dreams, the right people are those people who are interested in your growth, who want to see you do great things in your own personal life.

They are those people who want to see you moving even faster than they are moving. The right people for you, for your dreams, they love you for who you are. They love you for you, not for them.

The right people are those people who are ahead of you in your career, who are living their lives with love and respect. They lead with love. They are in your life for a reason. And you must appreciate them. Because they are hard to find.

If you want to grow, you must be intentional about your growth. Above all, you must surround yourself with people who are growing, people who are living their lives. And you must follow yourself, not the crowd.

Intentional Leadership in Action

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Intentional leaders know who they are. They don’t pretend to be who they are not. They know that they are not perfect. And they are not afraid to admit their mistakes.

According to Jane A. G. Kise, ‘Intentional leaders have deep self-knowledge, and recognize that their strengths come with blind spots.’

‘Intentional leaders go beyond identifying their values; they ponder how they will put them into action.’

‘Intentional leaders explore how their areas of responsibility benefit from each side of the clarity/ambiguity lens.’

‘Intentional leaders keep trust in mind from the start of every new relationship, knowing it is easier to build trust than to rebuild it once mistrust permeates the workplace.’

‘Leaders need to empower those they are leading, not make them overdependent.’

‘People like to be recognized in different ways.’

‘Leaders who emphasize breath may assume that everyone thrives on every changing activities.’

‘Leadership requires looking outward.’

‘Humility allows us to not adjust acknowledge weaknesses but to manage them, which is key to developing leadership expertise.’

Source:

Jane A. G. Kise (2014). Intentional Leadership: 12 Lenses for Focusing Strengths, Managing Weaknesses, and Achieving our Purpose