The Transformational Leader

It may be common knowledge but the responsibility is the source and access to a leader's power. Having that power of responsibility allows the leader to have more influence to create change around them - which is both an advantage and a challenge. What most leaders don't realize is that the true path of leadership is through taking responsibility for where we are willing to do so - not when it's enforced. Recognizing where we are unwilling to accept responsibility is one of the challenges of transformative leadership. As we progress in our transformational leadership, tune in to this episode to discover how responsibility can only be chosen as an invitation and not imposed on you.

When we have self-doubt and believe that we are not good nor smart enough, fear tends to step up and our defense mechanism kicks in to ensure that our fear is not visible. Contrary to popular belief, transformational leadership is not being able to be powerful by hiding your weaknesses but rather putting our own fears and vulnerability in those moments. In this episode, I'll talk about how fear is actually the greatest gift that you can bring to someone for them to achieve their own breakthrough. Tune in as I'll share why coaching requires real courage, willingness to set aside all our desires to look good, and to be able to step into that fire of discovery and development with them.

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses one of the most important topics in leadership: Responsibility.

Pursuing transformational leadership takes more than inspirational talks and compliments. It takes honest feedback and confrontations in order to break through to your existing paradigm. To be able to genuinely model leadership, you must be able to overcome the biggest challenge in leadership: overcoming superficial relationships and creating genuine intimacy and real responsibility. Learn what it takes to be a transformational leader as I'll enlighten you on why we tend to put leaders on a pedestal, why pedestalling is so compelling, and what we can do with this tendency.

People tend to assume that they have already overcome their fears by hiding it or by being reactive to it. But the truth about the purpose of fear is to keep you from venturing into the unknown and to let you stay within your own boundaries. Although it may not seem like it, the reasonableness of fear loses our ability to lead effectively. As transformational leaders, how can you support other people to step through their fear if you're not willing to do that yourself? In today's episode, I'll share a glimpse of what fear actually looks like and how it communicates to us. I would also be sharing why you should be willing to be afraid and embrace that fear so tune in and don't miss out!

Many people have this belief that difficult conversations become less challenging given you can figure out how to do them the right way. What many do not realise however is that when it comes to difficult conversations, the real challenges are creating a degree of intimacy and avoiding the tendency to control the outcome. In today's show, we'll examine why having difficult conversations matter to you as a leader, how the right training can help you carry out these conversations, and how working with powerful coaches can help make the process easier for you, among many others. You're going to see having difficult conversations from a totally different perspective after this so don't forget to tune in!

This might come as a surprise to many but pursuing a leadership that truly transforms will entail more than just giving up the negative tendencies, strategies, etc. that are getting in the way of your leadership. The truth is transformational leadership will also require giving up your sacred cows—the things and attributes that you hold dear and consider indispensable in your leadership. Why is continuous pruning of the things you hold dear important? How can your sacred cows hinder you from achieving the next edge in your leadership? I'll discuss the answers to those questions in detail and share other beneficial insights in this episode so don't forget to tune in!

Contrary to what many people believe, powerful leaderships do not rely on love or power alone. If truth be told, your ability to bring the two together—love and rigour—is the key to a truly powerful leadership. But how do you go about bringing the two together? What happens if you only exercise one and neglect the other? I'll tackle the answers to those questions and more in this episode so don't forget to join me!

In this episode, I talked about the brilliance of not knowing. While leaders are typically expected to have everything sorted out, in a leadership that truly transforms such is not the case. Why? If you are the kind of leader who waits until you know all the answers before making a decision, you are not only hindering yourself from moving forward, you are also robbing yourself of the opportunity to grow as a leader and as an individual. So why is it important to operate from a place of not knowing? Why is it part of the growing process? The answers to these and more in this episode!

You are it!

No matter how hard you try to zoom in, magnify or look into your company's culture, you'll realize that understanding or defining what it is can be a problem. After all, your company's culture cannot be seen through magnification – we can only see it through a broader scope. A bigger picture, if you will.

You see, company culture is an outer expression of your organization's inner workings. It is embodied through beliefs, words, and actions. As such, you, as a whole, make up your company's culture.

If you want to understand what your company's culture is, you need to have a comprehensive assessment of yourself. No need to look at the nitty-gritty. A bigger picture is what you need.