Most of us think we have to make a difficult, binary choice between being a good person or being a tough, effective leader. This is a false dichotomy. In truth, doing hard things is often the most human thing to do. There are two key ingredients — wisdom and compassion — and it takes learning and practice to lead with both, as well as some unlearning of conventional management habits. There are four important techniques you can apply in being a wise, compassionate leader: Remember the Golden Rule; Listen intently; Ask yourself how you can be of benefit; Stretch people to see their potential. Becoming a More Humane Leader
Axelerant’s Leadership Model guide provides a standard mindset structure , beyond /wiki/spaces/AH/pages/3378970638, beyond Being Axelerant for how leaders take forward their group’s Business Model (V2MOM) or other desired outcomes. Our leadership model is based on Amazon’s Day 1 and Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game.
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Existential flexibility, or embracing trends, is an infinite-minded leader’s capacity to create an extreme disruption in strategy or product to advance the Just Cause, our purpose https://axelerant.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OA/pages/1447493744/Being+Axelerant#Our-Purpose. This happens when the company is already successful.
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A leader must have a clear vision of a more significant future state than the organization that inspires people to work to lead in an infinite game, our mission https://axelerant.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OA/pages/1447493744/Being+Axelerant#Our-Mission. This Just Cause, our purpose https://axelerant.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OA/pages/1447493744/Being+Axelerant#Our-Purpose, provides sustained motivation beyond immediate rewards and encourages us to keep playing the infinite game.
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Earn Trust - Build Trusting Teams
Trust is at the heart of the organizational performance. When there is a lack of trust, employees feel forced to lie, hide information, and avoid asking for help when they need it. This prevents real problems from surfacing.
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As many decisions are reversible, we use a lightweight decision framework https://axelerant.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OA/pages/1447493744/Being+Axelerant#Decision-Making to make feedback-driven, good-enough decisions. And, instead of a majority consensus, we’ll disagree yet commit towards keeping us moving forward and course-correct quickly when wrong.
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