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7 spiritual perspectives on personal leadership
The document discusses 7 spiritual perspectives on personal leadership: Integrity, Confidence, Restraint, Energy, Alertness, Trust in Self and in Right Experts, and Execution Effectiveness. Each perspective is discussed in its own section with guidance on developing that quality for effective leadership. The overall message is that mastering these 7 perspectives allows one to master themselves and their world.
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- 2. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; The way you play it is free will. – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India (1889-1964) 2
- 3. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership I CREATE 3
- 4. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 1 4
- 5. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 2 C ONFIDENCE When we feel good about our own capacity and the position we have taken in particular situations, we exude a great sense of well-being and the vibrations that emanate from us make others feel our positive state of mind. They, then, are more likely to extend their cooperation and play their roles in complementary ways. 5
- 6. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 3 ESTRAINT 6
- 7. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 4 ENERGY 7
- 8. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 5 A8 LERTNESS
- 9. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 6 T RUST IN SELF and IN RIGHT EXPERTS 9
- 10. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership 7 E XECUTION EFFECTIVENESS Effective execution means we have to pay attention to four things: completion/time, resources (people/ finances etc.), quality (excellence) and satisfaction (customer and self). Effectiveness means working with our team with emotional intelligence and that increases quality of work that they bring to the project resulting in higher customer satisfaction. 10
- 11. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership I - ntegrity C - ONFIDENCE R - ESTRAINT E - NERGY A - LERTNESS T - RUST IN SELF and IN RIGHT EXPERTS E - XECUTION EFFECTIVENESS 11
- 12. 7 Spiritual Perspectiveson Personal Leadership I CREATE Master Yourself and You Master Your World! 12
Editor's Notes
- #2 Personal Leadership-1. Is influencing myself to take charge of my life; 2. To be and act with the world in harmony, in thoughts, words and actions – aligned—3. To develop myself, to have a strong conviction that I can bring out the best in me, I can push myself to the limits and maximize my potential4. To urge encourage myself to live my values5. Influence myself to make a positive difference in the worldCAN YOU SAY THESE THINGS STRAIGHT TO YOUR SELF? With conviction
- #3 How do you deal with change? How comfortable are you with whats on your plate?The quality of your leadership depends on how you deal with your cards that you draw and how you succeed using what you got
- #4 These 7 principles, I will present can help me/help you increase your personal mastery and leadership effectiveness drawing from ancient spiritual wisdom from around the world.
- #5 At its best can be described as alignment between your thought your word and your action. When we have integrity the fragrance we enjoy is the state of NO INNER CONFLICT. Others around us can also sense certain strength about us. We say what we mean and we mean what we say, our actions are not at variance with our words. But when there are gaps between our words, thoughts/feelings, deeds and our state of being, those gaps impact our commitment, courage and those gaps impact our credibility.
- #6 Also relates to our FAITH in what our company stands for. The feeling then is: my organization is doing something great, and I am indeed in a position to contribute significantly towards the fulfillment of the organization’s goals. When we have self confidence, our ability to resist temptations goes up and our self restraint leads to further increase in our self-confidence.
- #7 Our life would be happier if we handle difficult situations with thoughtful reflection and identify noble (win-win) responses wherever possible. When we cannot, at least, we should keep under check negative emotions. Expressing displeasure is one thing but giving vent to our anger in destructive ways is quite another. It is as important to restrain our tongue as much as our actions – if not more – because in the name of ‘telling the truth’ and in the name of advice – we lose our self-restraint and that results in loss of energy and enthusiasm in both parties.
- #8 A diabetic friend once confessed that she would eat some sweets, knowing well it would cause early fatigue to her, and would then feel low in energy, leading to a lot of procrastination. In these days of complexity and uncertainty, managing energy is as important as managing time. When we are aware and alert about opportunities to contribute our energy and time to what is important, we become effective leaders.
- #9 This is again a state of mind where we rise above our mechanical ways and conditioned mind. When we shake off old conclusions and look at things with a fresh, open mind, we ignite new ideas and see new patterns and learn something fresh. In a similar vein, yesterday’s enemy could extend a hand of help to us today; the friend of yesterday could betray us today. Alertness and trust in right information and right experts in addition to our own intuition would help us become better leaders in the long run.
- #10 As a leader, we have to know when to trust our intuition; and when to trust external data and information. In doing so, we have to consult right experts. For example, Google has become a valuable source of information and many of us make the mistake of trusting whatever we find online more than we should. We need to validate the source of advice and information whether it is coming from experts or from other sources. We need to actively seek out experts whom we trust -- people who can give timely and valuable advice.
- #11 Every time we do something what we had promised to somebody, our credibility/reputation/trust grows. When we procrastinate, our image in others’ eyes suffers, even if we give the best explanation or justification. Efficiency allows us to complete the project on time but effectiveness means….
- #13 I CREATE help us increase our personal mastery and lead wisely in turbulent times.