The Leader of the Future | Fast Company
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Saved by 6 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-04-20
- Emilyvickery on 2009-11-06 - Tags leadership
- Neynahz on 2009-06-15 - Tags no_tag
- Joshpmann on 2009-05-15 - Tags leadership , heifetz , harvard , theory , culture , future
- Roxolanus on 2008-05-02 - Tags leadership , HBS , interviews , articles
- Ryanbretag on 2008-04-20 - Tags leadership , change , articles
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The role of the leader is changing, Heifetz argues. The new role is "to help people face reality and to mobilize them to make change."
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Exercising leadership generates resistance -- and pain. People are afraid that they will lose something that's worthwhile. They're afraid that they're going to have to give up something that they're comfortable with."
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The real heroism of leadership involves having the courage to face reality -- and helping the people around you to face reality.
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the quality of any vision depends on its accuracy, not just on its appeal or on how imaginative it is.
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The real heroism of leadership involves having the courage to face reality -- and helping the people around you to face reality.
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Mustering the courage to interrogate reality is a central function of a leader. And that requires the courage to face three realities at once
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The leader has the answers -- the vision -- and everything else is a sales job to persuade people to sign up for it. Leaders certainly provide direction. But that often means posing well-structured questions, rather than offering definitive answers.
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leadership means influencing the organization to face its problems and to live into its opportunities.
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Conflict is dangerous: It can damage relationships. It can threaten friendships. But conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference. So hand in hand with the courage to face reality comes the courage to surface and orchestrate conflicts.
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