Leadership
1. It is so much more comfortable to lead than to be led. But power distance studies done by Hofstedes is interesting. There are cultures, and of course made up of individuals who are uncomfortable with wielding power, such as the Swedes. Not so the malays who come from hierarchical feudalistic backgrounds. Leaders are expected to lead. Abdication, syura, discussion – kalau boleh tak payah la…
2. That’s the funny thing. So here I am needing to decide on where I go. I’m being pressured to lead in the traditional sense, rather than being who I am. Examining my heritage, there is a certain suspicion of power and authority, one I detedted since shildhood that made me slink out from being given the responsibility of headboy in primary school, that made me silently back away from being a prefect. In one sense, this made me lose out on developing innate skills to develop large groups, to stand in front, make my opinions known, seize the moment so to speak, stand my ground but it is who I am. Here when I need to my position wrt the crossroads, I need to derive a certain authority and power to make things happen.
3. I need to stand firm on what I want, communicate innermost thoughts, understand transmitter motivations and things should flow from there. Again, these are the back-to-basics which needs to be done, executed, action-orientation. Convey the key messages well, and monitor that the key messages get to be translated into action, not just by me individually, but my immediate inner circle. Widening the circle then becomes the next phase of leadership. Gaps should be identified and addressed. Strategy, and action, and back again.
4. In a nutshell, leadership is about getting right transmission of the key message of where we want to go. Action point: tazkirah, family meeting, blog writeups, lunchmate discussions. My utmost appreciation of Allah’s creation of our lisaan as an instrument of leadership, Alhamdulillah, subhanallah.
Project tracking
5. Some items just never get moved: going wallclimbing, swimming, agriculture, tendering my resignation etc. I need a platform for synthesizing the different knowledge, otherwise the clutter in the noggin just doesn’t facilitate thinking on my feet, and therefore hinders whatever I intend to do. Sunday mornings look the best bet, or rather, very late at night.
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