Forging the Future

“The leader knows that chaos is the beginning, not the end” is one of the many things learned from Bennis. As a great leader, we need to thrive on chaos and strategically use it for the benefit of the group and for the fulfillment of our desires. In the road to deploy ourselves by striking hard and trying everything it will help attain success. A leader manages the dream, and is mostly a servant. This concurs with the leadership theory described in Northhouse, where the servant leadership keeps the group together. If servantship disappear, the group is completely disoriented and breaks out. Therefore, a wise servant/leader communicates the vision, recruits meticulously, rewards, retrains and reorganizes through a set of shared values and objectives. As mentioned in previous posts, mistakes are encouraged and embraced as an indispensable step toward the path of projecting a better future for the organization as well as the leader himself. The same way, reflective backtalk forces a leader to go back to a previous position, find the “Achilles’ heel” of a point and make the necessary corrections. People playing the devil’s advocates will assist in keeping a cool head and know exactly what is going on so that precise resolutions can be taken. Being optimist, having faith and hope are some of the factors that give a sense of stability to one’s surroundings, making one omnipresent and building that hero aura that is such a craving in today’s world. So, as a leader, expect and demand the best from your people without hindering them and breaking their confidence. With patience, you will forge the future, live a fulfilled life and if you’re lucky, your values and visions will transmit to future generations which will live through the passage of time.