I have always been fascinated by the power of leadership and someone’s ability to influence others to do more, become more and achieve more. To have a vision that is greater than the current circumstances. And, to mobilize people to action to bring that to life. At age 23, I read a ton of books by John Wooden and Coach K because I knew I had to go beyond basketball in order to make the most impact with the 150 stakeholders in our organization. That led to studying John Maxwell, Jim Rohn and any other leadership content I could get my hands on.
Over the past 15 years I’ve spent thousands of hours with thousands of people from the Gen Z and millennial generations. What I’ve learned is they do not respond to the traditionally accepted leadership archetype – where we only focus on the external. They respond to the leader that shows up from the inside out. Because the leader of the future knows that it’s the internal game that drives external results.
If you want to be a transformational leader of the future, here are 10 must-have skills to maximize the potential in the people you lead and to be the creator of your organization’s future reality.
What would you add to this list? Drop me an email at mike@mindshiftlabs.com. Would love to hear your thoughts.
01 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Developing the skills of self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and relationship-management.
02 MODELING
Exhibiting behaviors you expect of those you lead.
03 VULNERABILITY
The ability to open up and share, but only when it adds value to the situation.
04 PURPOSE
Communicating how someone’s role is tied to the company’s vision and is making an impact in the world.
05 ROLE MANAGEMENT
Having the awareness of strengths, weaknesses, passions and opportunities to put people in a position to win.
06 STRATEGIC AWARENESS
Developing strategic initiatives with the awareness of the impact across all stakeholders from the customer to the environment to the community.
07 CO-CREATION
Clearly and vividly, seeing and communicating, a better future, in collaboration with others.
08 MASTERY
Giving someone the ability to learn, own and become proficient at a skill.
09 AUTONOMY
Giving someone enough freedom to take ownership in an initiative or role. With ownership comes engagement and responsibility.
10 MINDFUL COMMUNICATION
Thoughtful, kind, empathetic and informed communication that creates space for others to be seen, felt and heard
