Thoughts – 2008
21st Century Skill - Highlight 1
Personal/Professional Growth Management Skills - Listen to the Thought Pod
“The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain’t so.” Mark Twain
Leaders are Learners …and un-learners.
Personal study and professional application is a must for you as a Leader in the 21st Century. I work with a diverse collective of Leaders. While I know many of them read and study on a regular basis, I wish all of them did. I simply believe that constant learning is a must to the Leader’s credibility.
Learning must be a priority. With the availability and overflow of information in the 21st Century, it is important to take the right amount of time to sort through it all - and see this act as real work.
How well you self assess and act on that assessment determines the quality of the goals you set and the effectiveness of your action plans. A confident focus on introspection is a motivator for the Leader’s study habits. Study is a key part of the self assessment and goal-setting process.
What you study opens your thinking to creatively consider which skills to apply and where to practice them.
The impact you deliver is dependent upon how you integrate Leadership behaviors and implement on your strategies. Leaders don’t make things, they make decisions. Therefore, most of the real impacts of your confident leadership are intangible.
We implement tangible strategies and we integrate intangible behaviors. Results are measured and behaviors are observed. These measures and observations make both the results and behaviors tangible - the outcome and impact of your skill practice.
Leaders are learners … and un-learners.
Leaders become skilled at deconstructing certain knowledge in order to see it in a new light and reconstruct it according to future demands and present moment needs.