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Saturday, 21 December 2013
AN
UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE HOBBIT
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Wisdom: by Hui Yi-wen
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7 LESSONS FROM THE UNEXPECTED LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
FROM THE HOOBIT
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1.
Step out of your front
door
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Leadership opportunities
are often unexpectedly thrust upon us
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At the beginning of any
leadership journey, it takes great courage to seek your inner warrior and
respond with character to life’s challenges
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2.
Leave your luggage
behind
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The choice of clinging on
to what is familiar ant routine or proceed unprepared into the unknown
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Many leaders retreat to
the security of what is familiar – past decisions, established practices,
stick to the status quo
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We often carry with us
the invisible baggage of our past bosses’ leadership styles, and even our own
early mistakes and limiting mindsets
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Allow ourselves to see
every new leadership situations with fresh, fearless perspectives
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3.
Choose your travel
companions wisely
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Every leader needs a
team for the entire journey
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In a team, every
individual have their own strengths, skills and hidden talents
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Astute leaders focus on
a variety of skill sets within their team; recruit those with personal
characteristics that fit in to the overall culture
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4. Carry leadership
together
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When members become more intentional in their
individual contributory roles and take on greater accountability for the
group as a whole, leadership shift to shared leadership amongst the team
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The group strengthens in its trust, cohesiveness,
effectiveness and adaptability
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5.
Prepare to detour on the
way
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Plans are nit constant,
and people are bound to change
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Detour requires a
considerable amount of bravery and character resilience
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Focus on the moment and
do what is able
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6.
Motivate through
campfire stories
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Retelling history is
what gives people greater appreciation for the work at hand
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Understanding the
triumphs and mistakes of past leaders and past teams gives reason for why the
work is important, and allows individuals to become more unified in pursuing
a common goal
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7.
Continuing the journey
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At the end of the day,
there is still a small, intangible need to believe in the magic of the human
spirit
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A shift in consciousness
and limiting beliefs, that it is possible to conquer every mountain
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