THR 6 HEARTS OF THE TRANSFORMED LEADER

 1. UNSHAKEABLE TRUST
Experiencing a deep bond of communion with your team

2. PERSISTENT GRATITUDE
Experiencing the freedom of knowing that life is a sheer gift
 
3. SURRENDERED CONTENTMENT
Experiencing the satisfaction of who you are, what you have, and what you do
 
4. LIFE-GIVING RHYTHMS
Experiencing a pattern of life that produces excellent work without being consumed by it
 
5. LOVING GENEROSITY
Experiencing the blessing of meeting people's needs, and contribution to their well being

6. VOCATIONAL CONFIDENCE
Experiencing the certainty that what you do matters - to you, to people and to God

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6 INNER STRENGTHS OF LEADERSHIP

1. JOY
     Feeling the exhilaration of having people as number 1

2. GOODNESS
     Cultivating a character that gives rather than takes

3. GENTLENESS
    Empowering  others by renouncing personal agendas and leading quietly

4. FAITHFULNESS
    Persisting in important work with utter reliability

5. KINDNESS
    Putting others at ease, and rejoicing in their gifts and achievements

6. PATIENCE
    Having the ability to remain where you are with meaningfulness and hope


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6 DEADLY PITFALLS OF LEADERSHIP

1. PRIDE
    Being imprisoned within yourself as Number 1.
    It has a tendency to make you self-centered.  Pride can bury itself in your subconscious and sabotage you.  Pride  will permeate your thoughts, words, and actions. Without intending, you will be arrogant, conceited, and selfish. These are not qualities that endear people to you.
     Keep your pride in check, embrace humility.  With pride you can never go far.  Use pride wisely.
 
2. GREED
    Inflaming the passion to possess more than you have.
    Greed can hurt you is if you want too much too soon and you only consider the short term, forgetting that some time you have to sacrifice the here-and-now in order to plan ahead.  Greed is also good, because it inspires you and drives you to work hard so you achieve and win and succeed. But only if you know the level of greed you need to have.

3. ANGER
    Using emotions to manipulate and control people and circumstances.
    Is anger actually a good, helpful ally that’s just badly misunderstood?  The basic “message” of anger is that there is something you really want to change, but your way is blocked.  Anger is a natural and potentially productive emotion.
    Its best to register your displeasure when things have not been done properly without drama or generating chaos.  If anger is a valuable source of information and motivation, anger could be a great asset.  Remember, anger will typically escalate, and often drives people toward aggression and attack

4. SLOTH
    Doing minimal or the least work. and loving ease.
    Sloth is not merely laziness, it is more properly understood as sorrow or indifference.

5. ENVY
    Feeling the pain of someone else's advancement and possessions.

6. RESTLESSNESS
    Thinking and feeling that there's always something better somewhere else.

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REFERENCES:
1. http://michaelhyatt.com/five-ways-leaders-can-avoid-the-pitfall-of-pride.html
2. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Entrepreneur-Advice/576/The-Fourth-Deadly-Workplace-Sin-Greed.html
3. http://www.radical-leadership-management.com/anger-management.html
4. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/146/EQ-Leadership-Vital-Sign-The-Power-of-Anger.html

BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP: COURAGE AND HUMILITY

BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP

THE ART AND HEART OF GOING THAT EXTRA MILE

ALVIN UNG

CHAPTER 3 AND 4

COURAGE AND HUMILITY

ART:     COURAGE

Learn how to build character as a foundation for leadership.  Courage along with humility are the two most important character qualities that sustain and grow leaders in tough times.  It takes courage to stand up and be counted on.  It also takes courage to sit down and walk away.  Barefoot Leaders learn to be brave even when they feel like running away.

Cultivating the culture of courage is an art done through:

1.         Being bold early

2.         Making it impossibly big

3.         Live out the future now

The greatest glory in living is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.  The extra mile action:

1.         Personally took charge

2.         Listened deeply

3.         Generate solution

HEART:                        HUMILITY

Barefoot Leaders believe that every person has power.  With great courage, they willingly make themselves accountable to the people under them, knowing that it is the people they serve who confer them power.  Barefoot Leaders primarily see themselves as servants (who lead) rather than leaders (who serve).

Humility is a matter of the heart.  It cannot be turned on or off like an electric switch.  Embark on the journey of humility:

	The Journey
1	Know strengths and weakness	Go the extra mile to pursue greater good
		Impact lives and make a difference
		Open towards understanding themselves
		Gain leadership mandate by servicing others
		Able to build long term value
2	Discern how strengths become weaknesses	When a person lose that equilibrium between courage and humility, strength will become weakness
		Decisive leaders becomes arrogant
		Creative thinker becomes disorganized
		Meticulous planners become a control freak
		Blaming external factors and other people when problem arises
		Erects an invisible fortress that discourages people from giving feedback
		Becomes an arrogant caricature
3	Embrace weaknesses as strengths	Leaders possess one or more leadership flaws including: Being curt and abrupt Cutting people off Claiming people’s idea as their own Inability to inspire people Lack of clear vision Making poor decisions Unable to be a team player Failure to walk the talk Inability to learn from mistakes Lack of interpersonal skills Resisting new ideas Focus on developing self instead of others

Busyness and ambition blinded leaders from seeing themselves as they truly are.  Embrace weakness as strengths and become more aware of emotional and spiritual poverty.

to be continued...

BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP: LET GO OF CONTROL AND EMBRACE YOUR CALLING

BAREFOOT LEADERSHIP

THE ART AND HEART OF GOING THAT EXTRA MILE

ALVIN UNG

CHAPTER 1 AND 2

LET GO OF CONTROL AND EMBRACE YOUR CALLING

 

ART:     LET GO OF CONTROL

Good managers and leaders are excellent planners.  But Barefoot Leaders live with openness to new possibilities.  Letting go of control is the first and most essential task of pursuing a life of extraordinary leadership:

1.         Let go of plans

2.         Let go of comfort zones

3.         Let go of the past

 

HEART:                        EMBRACE YOUR CALLING

Barefoot Leaders embrace their calling by listening to their live:

1.         Identify life purpose

2.         Stress test values

3.         Count the cost

 

PUTTING THE ART AND HEART TOGETHER

Letting go of control	so that you don’t micromanaged people and events
	So that you don’t lose sense of greater purpose of life
	So that you stop being fixated on plans
	So that you can seek after a purpose-driven life
Embrace your calling	So that it’s easier for you to let go
	So that your life do not drift without purpose
	So that you don’t feel like running during tough times
	So that you will experience the joy of doing the work you love

to be continued...