Management speakers and writers have always sought to draw a parallel between sports persons and business leaders when it comes to learning from their performances and achievements. One such recent example is of M. S. Dhoni, the Indian cricket captain. Considered as one of the most versatile captain on and off the field, he commanded a lot of respect amongst his team mates and also his fan following. He stood out for his calm and quiet demeanor, a low profile approach and his skills on the field, both as a player and a captain. Known to keep his flock together under toughest of situations, grooming his team mates, quick and uncommon decisions on the field and remaining composed when in a challenging situation to come out a winner was something very unique with him. There is a lot, leaders can learn from the way he worked with his people around him. He will surely be remembered for his leadership qualities more than anything else, a leader who handled his domain very well.
Is it possible for a business leader to operate from a well defined leadership domain to become successful? We can try and find answer to this question if we focus on the individual rather than the plethora of skills combinations and the situational recommendations floating around to become a good an effective leader.
When you work for a profit making organization, business is the medium, as a leader you are actually serving people. You are building your domain to serve people and the cause. Making profit is just one part of it. If you want to do justice to your leadership and the cause for which you are working, you will need to define yourself first, build your leadership domain and operate from there. To get clarity about yourself and define your purpose in life you will need to go deep within, reflect, introspect and get answers to a few questions that will help you define your leadership domain and work on it accordingly.
Here are some sample questions, however when you get into the process, don’t be surprised, many more authentic questions will crop up in your mind and you will be more than happy to find answers to them too.
- Who am I?
- What are my strengths?
- What motivates me?
- What life experiences have taught me?
- What is my vision for my life?
- Why do I want to serve people?
- How best I think I can serve people?
- How best can I operate from my position with devotion?
When you start operating from your position of inbuilt strengths, progress, growth and success are all possible for you as a leader. Once this starts happening you not only impact your life, you impact your family, other people’s life and also your profession.
Organizational leadership at different positions needs people with different capacities and capabilities. Once you are clear about your domain you can very well take up these positions, as you grow in the organization, without compromising on your natural ability to lead people for a cause. People start realizing and appreciating the importance of your leadership wherever you are.
The Outward Bound Bharat Leadership program is a unique opportunity for you to explore all the above possibilities and see for yourself how your leadership domain gets stronger for you to become an authentic leader in the days to come.
Get going, the leadership initiative awaits you.
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