How does a trainee define goals? And how does their CEO perceive goals? Certainly differently, because the CEO should have a more developed awareness of goals, otherwise something would be wrong. What aboutresponsibility? How do we assess our parents' parenting skills as long as we don't have children ourselves? And how do we feel about it once we have guided our own children through the trials and tribulations of puberty? Third example: Have you ever read a book multiple times? And did this book – as if by magic – transform into a different one with each new reading?
[4PhasenderagilenFührung]
What has changed? The way we look at and interpret something, and from where! Our consciousness is different. We have become more aware in this context. We understand more deeply and see more clearly. It is certainly advantageous if the CEO sees goals in a larger context than the trainee. The fundamental corporate idea is the fixed star of his thinking and the strategy is the basis for decisions. Ideally, a CEO understands goals as servants of human development.
New perceptions bring better results
Trainees tend to see masters rather than servants: powerful demands that must be met, each as high as the Himalayas. Once they have arrived, trainees easily forget, in their pride and exhaustion, that the next mountain is already calling. The CEO is well aware of this. Goals, responsibility, budget, education, nutrition, or exercise: depending on the level of awareness developed on the topic, new perceptions emerge, leading to different, usually more thoughtful decisions and better results. There is so much to learn!
No sooner have we developed our awareness in one direction than we realize that we are lagging behind in another. While we are advancing professionally, our private lives resemble a major construction site. No sooner have we got it reasonably under control than our bodies start crying out for better nutrition and more exercise. Health, sport and nutrition, agility and resilience, nature and the environment, capital and humanity: these are all good examples of how strongly awareness influences our actions.
Digital technology poses a challenge
At the moment, the big challenge in terms of awareness is digitalization. Awareness of how we can improve and simplify our lives through "digital" technology. What a huge opportunity! But whether this is perceived as a curse or a blessing is determined not by knowledge, but by awareness. And that is precisely why I would like to conclude with a question:
What will be more important in the future?
Leading people, or developing leadership awareness in a person? A person could develop the following awareness on the subject of respect: Respect for oneself, one's talents, and one's possibilities. Respect for the talents and potential of others. Respect for the workplace, colleagues, and competitors. Respect for diversity, different worldviews, and the resources of our planet. Or, in short: respect for life. I know this is a mammoth task. Let's just start and live and lead a little more consciously every day.
Let's go!
Yours, Boris Grundl
Image source: free photos / Pixabay
[4PhasesofAgileLeadership]
