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Developing Leaders through Connections, Conversation & Contemplation. TV PRASAD. Quotable Quotes ‘Connections ’. “Defining characteristic of leaders is followers” – Peter Drucker “All great leaders must first learn to follow” – Aristotle. Connections.
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Developing Leaders through Connections, Conversation & Contemplation TV PRASAD
Quotable Quotes ‘Connections’ “Defining characteristic of leaders is followers” – Peter Drucker “All great leaders must first learn to follow” – Aristotle
Connections • ‘Content’ of Leadership has not changed. ‘Context’ of Leadership keeps changing. • Followers are changing within the changing context – It requires leading differently. • Followers are instrumental in leader’s success. Their contribution is contingent upon the fulfillment of their needs. • Leadership is not what you do to followers but what you do with followers. • Leadership development to address not just individuals but the links/connections between individuals, systems and cultures in which they work.
Quotable Quotes ‘Conversation/s’ “What gets talked about in a company and how it gets talked about determines what will happen or won’t happen. Conversations provide clarity or confusion. Invite cross-boundary collaboration and cooperation or add concertina wire to the walls between well-defended fiefdoms. Inspire us to tackle our toughest challenges or stop us dead in our tracks wondering why we bothered to get out of bed this morning” – Susan Scott, Founder Fierce Inc
Leaders shape Conversation • Leaders are the custodians of an organizations conversation • Conversations shape the context in which people act • Effective conversation is about meaningful inquiry • Language and words shape meaning • Change requires building bridges and not walls
Quotable Quotes ‘Contemplation’ • We cannot solve problems with the state of mind that created them • – Einstein • We do not describe the world we see, but we see the world we describe • - Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
Contemplation • Self insight/awareness • Presence and Attention • Action followed by contemplation • Living in harmony with inner values