Integrity and Values.com – Leadership

Great leaders have the power to shape the world and leave a legacy for coming generations.

We are at a time in history where we are in dire need of courageous leaders who are willing to challenge the status quo. 2500 years ago at the time of Sun Tzu he said that “leadership at its most fundamental level comes from within”.

Leadership is a function of character not an accident of birth or a prerogative of position. Character is not about your personality it is your capacity to act courageously in the face of adversity. That you can be counted on to consistently live up to a set of principles no matter what your circumstances.

You are not born with the ‘internal fortitude’ to stand up for what you believe in, that fortitude is built out of the experiences you have and the scars that you bare. Those scars keep you strong and have you continuing when others give up.

We talk about the Seven Universal Principles of Leadership. Principles are unchanging and are the guiding beacon of great leaders;
they are:

• Courage
• Truthfulness
• Integrity
• Responsibility
• Simplicity
• Justice and
• Accountability

Building your character from the inside out will ensure that the legacy you leave will be spoken about by future generations.
Take action now to challenge the limiting beliefs you or your people may have.

Three Secrets for Success in Life and Business

Vision

Great leaders visualise a greater future and have the ability to inspire others – their friends, their workmates and their peers – to work together in turning their Vision into reality. Every successful organisation must have a clear Vision of the future which will include not only a monetary Vision but will also include a clear Vision of how it will serve others, its customers, staff and stakeholders.

Vision has two aspects, personal vision and organisational Vision and it is essential that the organisation you lead and work in and your personal Vision are aligned. When these Visions are aligned, you are charging in the same direction, aiming for the same goals and working with common beliefs, high levels of enthusiasm and equally inspired.

Fight Clean

The ability to “fight clean” being able to raise an issue at the first opportunity and resolve it effectively is most often absent, leading to gossip, in fighting and resentment, which in turn results in disharmony and lost productivity at work. When people do not have “clean fighting” skills they leave unresolved issues smouldering and ready to fuel the next fight.
Having a culture of open and honest communication about the challenges of daily business enables team members to work together to confront the tough issues. Unresolved issues on the other hand lead to poor team performance and lost dollars.

Fun

There are six requirements critical for effective work, these are:

• Degree of challenge
• Elbow room
• Opportunity for learning and growth
• Mutual support and respect
• Meaningfulness of the work
• Availability of a desirable future

With these six requirements present work becomes a form of play. A poor work environment leads to dissatisfaction, low productivity and bad services or products, conversely when peoples’ creative energy is engaged the result is happier, healthier and more effective team resulting in a collaborative and innovative culture that delivers extraordinary results.

The Integrity and Values Leadership Process

The first step to leadership is finding out who you are, your leadership style and your impact on the people you lead. Our first step to creating leaders is a profile with a feedback session.

The flow chart below gives you a broad outline of our sucessfull process for developing leaders in business.

For a Complimentry profile and feedback session please contact us.

“Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves” William Shakespeare.