| Less is more! | | | | Act unselfishly and they'll respond by simply doing |
| A great maxim I learned over and over in my | | | | what it is that needs to be done. |
| trainings as a psychotherapist, coach and trainer. | | | | Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of |
| Get out of your own way and you get out of | | | | leader who manipulates rather than influences. The |
| your client's or group's way. It's all about them, | | | | kind of leader who's always got a hidden agenda. |
| not you. | | | | The kind of leader who's always out for 'what's in |
| Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of | | | | it for me?' |
| leader who acts like the worst kind of guru or | | | | Personal development is "essential" for good |
| super star. Showmanship, power trip and little | | | | leadership. |
| substance. | | | | The ability to lead yourself, to make choices |
| And I met plenty of them in a previous corporate | | | | about who you are and how you behave is |
| career. Rising stars and charisma caterers with | | | | essential for good leadership. The ability to disable |
| very little in between. Far better to be a 'do less | | | | your historic behavioural reactions, narcissistic |
| and be more' leader for yourself, your people, | | | | needs and the dramas they create is essential for |
| your organisation, your stakeholders... "and" for all | | | | good leadership. |
| the communities in which you play a part. | | | | So ask yourself... |
| Having set the vision and outlined the outcome, | | | | 1. When did I last reflect on how I behave as a |
| trust your 'group' to achieve it. Be available for | | | | leader and how that could be bettered? |
| consultation where needed and, when it is, be a | | | | 2. When's the last time anyone gave me |
| coach. It's not an opportunity to show how clever | | | | feedback on how I behave as a leader? |
| you are. It's an opportunity to be of service. To | | | | 3. When's the last time I asked anyone for |
| help your people expand their abilities "and" their | | | | feedback on how I behave as a leader? |
| own Inner Leadership. | | | | If any of your answers are more than 4 weeks, |
| Unless, of course, you want to be the sort of | | | | go do 1 and 3 now! It means you've got caught |
| leader who gets their rocks off with control and | | | | up in the busy-ness of your role and lost |
| power over others. The sort of leader who | | | | connection with its essence. That's to inspire, |
| constantly interferes, disables their people and | | | | influence, motivate and mobilise your people for |
| creates dependence on them as leader. 'They | | | | the common good, coaching and supporting "their" |
| need me!' Who says? | | | | growth along the way. |
| Create clear and wholesome relationship which | | | | Good leadership is "always, always" about doing |
| offers potential for others to respond similarly. | | | | less and being more! |