A universal, existential struggle exists within each of us, from the moment we take our first breath until our last: the Autonomy Paradox. This paradox encapsulates our incessant search for the soothing embrace of certainty, while simultaneously yearning for the enigmatic allure of autonomy—a driving force behind our personal growth and evolution.
Offering three angles to look through when it comes to this important aspect of Conscious Culture, Jose focused his presentation on trust in leadership by employees, trust in employees by leadership, and trust in ourselves. Read on for our takeaways.
Knowledge involves theory. It can be well-documented and shared. You can learn it, and you can teach it. Skills involve practice. You master skills through repetitiveness and consistent effort. Experience is when you apply your knowledge and skills to a specific situation or context.
We seldom think about the most crucial component of strategy and strategic thinking, which is achieving the goal under uncertain conditions. A plan under conditions of certainty is not a strategy. It's just a plan. We're all capable of strategic thinking, and we're all capable of strategic planning. However, we have different levels of capability.
Judgment capability is at the center of what we empirically perceive as an individual's caliber. Judgment capability is the ability to define problems and make decisions in the absence of clarity and certainty. This definition of judgment has two components to consider. The first is the ability to determine what is unknown and to extrapolate to make a decision.
According to Robert Bruce Shaw, author of Leadership Blindspots, blind spots are unrecognized weaknesses or threats that can hinder a leader's success. Weaknesses that we know about aren't likely to derail us from our goals. However, the weaknesses that we don't know about are the dangerous ones.
Approximately one-third to half of the world's population is introverts. With this figure in mind, most likely, you have introverts on your team. These individuals are likely quieter than their loud-talking colleagues, as they don't like attracting attention to themselves.
The conventional notion of grit is "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Our parents taught us early on that we need to pick ourselves up whenever we fail. But how do you apply that principle to a team to increase its resilience?
The definition of "leadership" varies from expert to expert, even from person to person. And a good leader in one culture may not be so in another, unless some adjustments are made. It's because leadership isn't written in stone. It's a social construct, and there is no one formula that guarantees the result of a specific leadership.
Managers use various tools to take note and outline their strategies and plans. However, without a smooth execution, all those strategies and plans would mean nothing. The true essence of management, after all, is the ability to turn potentials into deliverables. And it would require a strong commitment from the management and all stakeholders.
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Leadership is an interesting and a “mysterious” subject, as it is both science and art. It’s identifiable, but can be quite challenging to measure quantitatively. Charisma, character, competence, creativity and care are the 5Cs used to recognize a leader. And the culmination of those 5Cs is “leading by example.”
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Global Business Professor’s latest Audio Interview, “Recruiting Talent in Mexico” features Jose Ruiz, CEO of Alder Koten, and Mexico recruitment expert.
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