Leading the change together
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Last week was a major turning point in the history of the world with the appointment of a new US president – a president who will have an impact on all of our lives all around the world. I cried when I heard the news because it felt momentous. It felt as though the world was shifting on its axis… a change in direction that I’ve been yearning for.
What is the change you yearn for?
Obama represents a new kind of leadership – a leadership which comes from the heart, a leadership based on collaboration and teamwork, love and compassion. Yes, results are important and the way we achieve them is equally important.
I’ve never heard anyone talk about love in the workplace. Typically we talk about results and performance. We focus on improvements… on how we can achieve more sales, improve the quality of our services, get a better job, career, promotion, pay rise and how we lead our teams to do the same. We measure our success by our personal gains and compete with others on how much more we’ve achieved, how busy we are, the long hours we work, even how stressed we are.
What if success was measured by the love we give to others or by our own inner peace?
How might that change the way we live our lives?
Gandhi said: “Be the change that you want to see in the world.”
That change starts with all of us.
How will you lead the change you want to see in the world?
As the song goes: “This is the moment! This is the day when I send all my doubts and demons on their way!”
Leadership is about who we are as leaders, how we do things as much as what we do. Let’s lead the change together, collaborating with love and compassion for the sake of the world being in harmony.
With love,
Jude. x
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