BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP: EVERY PERSON MATTERS AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS

BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP

THE ART AND HEART OF GOING THAT EXTRA MILE

ALVIN UNG

 

CHAPTER 9 AND 10

EVERY PERSON MATTERS AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS

ART:     EVERY PERSON MATTERS

Every person created by God is a unique individual.  Respect and value the diversity in others.  Stop clustering people into race, class or religion.  Value the spark of dignity that shines within our souls.  There is neither slave nor master, all are equal.  True greatness lies in one’s ability to see the spark of the divine that stirs within each human being.  To do, we must believe that

1.         every person has dignity

2.         every person is a giver

3.         even person has a story worth listening to

·         Listening to others (listen without judgment, accepting whatever people say, and keeping it confidential)

·         Listening to self ( be attentive to the spirit within)

·         Listening to the world (sensitivity to the world’s pain and joy)

HEART:                        YOUR LIFE MATTERS

The heart of everything matters.  When your life matters, even the small things in life matter a great deal.  Barefoot leaders live in light of this reality:

• You are a contribution
• You are a gift
• You are deeply loved

CONCLUSION

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

People do not talk about starting the journey with a single step out of the house, rambling around the garden, then back in the house.  Or embarking on the journey, getting lost and winding up far away from the destination.

In the ART and HEART of Barefoot Leadership, need to focus on doing and being.  The norm is that most leaders are preoccupied with doing.  Management guru, Dave Ulrich conducted a research in Malaysia that indicates 90% of CEOs in Malaysia are operational leaders.  Most are focused on the art of doing, not being.

the end.