In order not to generalize, I will present this topic based on my experience and the main premises of the author.
Visible leadership is a surface.
Leadership is based on influencing the behavior of people to achieve goals, obtain results. You should not only focus on the result, which is developing together, but also give priority to the people who build the result. To have a more empathetic leadership style, it is necessary to be a servant of people, it means influencing people through the development of their potential, so that they first grow and allow to achieve results in a more fluid way, taking advantage of learning.
“Diversity is a fact, inclusion is a decision, it is the first step to build psychological security being part of our mentality and logic of action, if we do not have this empathic way of thinking it will be very difficult to feel and respond effectively today”.
The most visible always receives the most compliments, but almost always results in the least significant. Being the basic premises of the decisions, the least visible, these premises reside between the two ears of a person. They reside in a logic of action, composed mainly of how someone interprets their own behavior and that of others, how they maintain or protect themselves against threats, how they perceive the world around them and how they react to it.
Complete leadership is an iceberg.
Visible leadership is like a gray box. An action logic begins to paint this box with colors that represent qualitative and quantitative measures of a way of thinking to be more awake and aware of it. Being aware of a leadership style and its internal relationship is the beginning, part of a cause and effect system, where the cause is in the action logic and the effect in the results that are achieved as a leader.
It means that if someone wants to change their results, they have to change their action logic.
Change of beliefs and decision making.
To change a logic of action, the author proposes to experiment with new interpersonal behaviors, forge new types of relationships and take advantage of job opportunities.
The transformation of an action logic from individualistic to strategic is based on mutual mentoring with people who challenge assumptions and practices, and involve a person-to-person relationship based on learning and growth.
“Today” the formula to see the entire iceberg is to raise awareness. It means broadening perspective and engagement to experience a next step:
- Focused knowledge, to continually grow knowing how to amplify skills, to be more effective in achieving goals.
- Accelerated learning, receive coaching and mentoring to accelerate the transformation of the action logic.
- Community of practice, where people “challenge personal assumptions and practices,” experience “new interpersonal behaviors,” and “understand other perspectives,” it’s the value of a community.
To lead a transformation effectively, a person must master his self-leadership, change the logic of action and extend this to his interpersonal environment, to become significantly more visionary and innovative, to adapt to a turbulent and growing market, a global market/environment.
Miguel Martínez, December 2th of 2020.
Bibliography:
- Dweck, C. S. (2016). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Ballantine Books.
- Hamman, M. (2019). Evolvagility: Growing an Agile Leadership Culture from the Inside Out. 6550 Fisherman Bay Road, Lopez Island: Agile Leadership Institute.
- Rooke and William R. Torbert, D. (2015, July 16). Seven Transformations of Leadership. Retrieved December 02, 2020, from https://hbr.org/2005/04/seven-transformations-of-leadership
