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Leadership

Great leaders sell great stories.

Leaders listen. They find where visions overlap. Then they forge one clear path everyone can see and follow.

Mantra

The measure of a person is what they do with power - Plato

Capabilities​

The first thing a leader must do is know who they are, where they come from, and why they are here - pepeha.

Habits​

Leaders paint pictures that lay seeds in the imagination to build an undeniable force of belief and goodwill.

  • Leaders create leaders by giving people a good reputation to up to
  • Leaders are specific when giving lavish praise
  • Leaders set clear expectations and hold people accountable to them

Invest your time and energy in people that have an unwavering drive to constantly improve.

Direction and Purpose​

Tell stories that provide clear direction and reinforce a deep sense of purpose.

  1. Clearly define the team's goals and objectives
  2. Explain why the team exists and what unique value it brings
  3. Connect team members to the core purpose and history of the organization
  4. Align individual goals with organizational objectives

Truth and Trust​

Strengthen trust by constantly seeking verifiable truths.

  1. Encouraging open communication and feedback
  2. Demonstrating empathy and positioning themselves as collaborators
  3. Allowing team members to make decisions and learn from mistakes
  4. Establishing behavioural norms and holding the team accountable

Conviction and Commitment​

Great leaders onboard others by showing them how to follow with conviction and commitment.

Ditch your ego, engage your heart.

  1. Argue with Integrity
  2. Commit with Bets
  3. Engage Wholeheartedly

Attunement​

Leadership is a two way lane, being smart or needing to be right is the path to failure.

Weave stories into a collective dream to build unshakable belief to underline commitment when the going gets tough.

  1. A leader has to know themselves before the can lead others.
  2. A leader recognises the greatest strengths and capabilities in themselves and others.
  3. A leader reveals their innermost self by showing vulnerability in order to make progress.
  4. The leader is the one that knows what to do next.

Vision and Mission​

Where are we going? Create a clear compelling vision of what success looks and feels like. Help each individual see how they will get there and why they are valued.

How are we going to get there? Use a theme or story arc to tie your mission to a narrative

Keep story short sharp with pictures that leave an impression. Pictures create connections that trigger emotions.

Constantly update pictures to freshen connections by triggering positive emotions.

Mantra

A picture is worth a 1000 words, games provide interactive pictures

Intention and Attention​

Learn to read the signs, convert those ideas into different forms of content that sell the vision and mission that is appropriate for context to align intentions and focus attention to direct hyperstition - a story can make itself real through the power of belief

tip

And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real - Romeo and Juliet

Context​