Dear friends,
Here is the sample chapter of my upcoming
book tentatively titled “Soft Leadership: Acquire Leadership Ideas and Insights
on Visionary, Inspirational and Life Leadership to Stand Out as a Soft Leader
Globally.” I appreciate your comment and share with your connections.
“Leadership is not magnetic
personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends
and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's
vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher
standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” ―Peter
Drucker
ZeNith Bizness Excellence invited me
to be the keynote speaker for prestigious Asian conference URL: http://www.visionaryleadership2015.asia/speakers.html
‘Visionary Leadership 2015, Malaysia organized from 18 to 20th
August 2015, and to deliver presentation on my award-winning book ‘21 Success
Sutras for Leaders’ which was ranked as Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year
(San Diego University) for the year 2013 Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI
I accepted the invitation as Malaysian people are very warm and pleasant by
nature. I love Malaysia as it is a mini Asia. I visited Kuala Lumpur twice
because I serve as an adviser and judge for Global Leadership Awards Malaysia
URL: http://globalleadershipawards.com/HTML/judges.html.
I reached Kuala Lumpur on 18th
August 2015, keynoted the conference and set the ball rolling. I delivered the
leadership skills needed for 21st century leaders and on soft
leadership which is a new leadership perspective coined by me. One of the
research papers published by Industrial and Commercial Training of Emerald UK
is the most frequently downloaded research paper URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17087126.
I shared my vision to build one millions students as global leaders by 2030
URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html
which was widely appreciated by audiences. I also shared 11 Es essential to
become successful leaders URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2015/08/free-chapter-professor-msraos-award.html.
The energy levels were very high and the response was overwhelming.
Subsequently I was one of the panel members along with Dr David Cooke, Chairman,
Managing Director Konica Minolta, Sydney Australia; Gary Wheelhouse, Chief
Digital Officer, Harvey Norman, Sydney Australia; and Raja Singham, Managing
Director & Senior Lecturer, Founder Brickfields Asia College, Malaysia. We
were excited to respond to the volley of questions asked by audiences. The
conference was coordinated by Simon Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Southern
Cross Coaching & Development Pty Ltd, Australia. CEOs and leaders shared
their leadership ideas and insights on 18th, 19 and 20th.
On 20th August 2015, I shared my presentation on my bestselling book
URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2015/06/21-success-sutras-for-leaders-sample.html.
The entire conference was coordinated well with visionary participants and
experienced thought leaders. It was a great experience for me to be the keynote
speaker for this event and to share my leadership ideas and insights on my
award-winning book.
Craft
Your Vision to Grow as a Visionary Leader
When you look at leaders like Mahatma
Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, Henry
Ford, John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Sam Walton, and Steve
Jobs, they are all visionary leaders who showed the right direction to the
world in their spheres. The world transformed from Stone Age to space age due
to the contribution of several visionary leaders. Human progress and prosperity
is not possible without visionary leaders.
Visionary
Leadership
Visionary leadership is the process of
creating an idea, building a team, communicating with them and inspiring them
with stories to convert ideas into realities. It transforms the lives of people
to make a difference to the societies.
The leaders’ vision comes from their convictions. It comes from their passion. It comes from their values. It comes from their ethics and
etiquette. Vision makes things easier
and clearer for others. It clears the
clutter and makes the path free from obstacles.
Visionary leadership is not a conventional
leadership. It is different and unique
from normal leadership. The primary
focus of visionary leadership is to emphasize on passion and vision and
subsequently on mission followed by execution to achieve organizational goals
and objectives. It links from present to
future. Succinctly, visionary leadership
is all about looking into the future and predicting the future. It is all about seeing the invisible. It is being enthusiastic about uncertainty
and complexity.
Hallmarks
of Visionary Leaders
Walt Disney once remarked, “You can
dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it
requires people to make the dream a reality.” Visionary leaders are farsighted
who always look at the implications and complications while making
decisions. They go by the road less
traveled. They don’t indulge in
continuous firefighting as it diverts their attention from their goals. They are clearly focused on their goals and
objectives. They constantly change their strategies, styles and approaches but
not their goals. They take more time in
fixing their goals. Once goals are fixed
they commit to them and work towards accomplishing them. They have gut feeling and follow intuition. They inspire others. They are attentive listeners. They facilitate teams successfully. They
mobilize people towards their dreams successfully. They have the ability to connect their dots
and charisma to connect with their people. They focus keenly on the journey to
reach their destination. They endeavor to be within the track so that they
don’t lose sight of their destination. They have vision and vigor and focus on
long-term results, not short-term setbacks.
They are highly focused on their goals. They lead from the front. They inspire their people and take them
forward energetically. They are imaginative at heart. They have ideas and insights and are bold to
take their people forward successfully. They believe in themselves. They know
where they are going. They are
undeterred by shocks and setbacks. They are prepared to risk their lives for
the sake of their people. They are born optimists and radiate positive energy
and enthusiasm. They take the blame in case of failure and spread the fame in
case of success. They show visual
pictures to their followers to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
Vision gives kick to the people. It moves the people forward with energy and
enthusiasm. Visionary leaders are path
makers and destiny makers. They combine emotions to convey and communicate
their goals. Above all, they are moral
leaders who walk their talk.
How
to Craft Your Vision Statement?
Vision statement must preferably be
below 100 words and in present tense to have effectiveness. It requires imaginative mind to craft
one. Here are some tools to craft a
better vision statement:
- Vision must spell out a clear and
compelling picture so that there is a strong reason to pursue and
persevere. It must be audacious and SMART where SMART is the acronym for
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound.
- It should be simple and straight,
and challenging and inspiring.
- It must convey company’s value
system, culture, ethics and etiquette.
It should never be a mere rhetoric but must be realistic.
- It must be challenging enough to
enable the people to put in their energies and efforts aggressively.
- It must neither be too short nor
too big. It must convey the ideals
and ideas of the organization for which it stands and aspires to
achieve.
Conclusion
Political visionary leaders such as
Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr have provided direction to America
when needed. Additionally, John F
Kennedy envisioned putting a man on the moon with his visionary
leadership. To conclude, there should
not be any gap between preaching and practicing to make vision realistic and meaningful. Companies must mobilize their people around a
common cause by crafting better vision statements. The success of any company
depends on its right presentation of vision statement and execution of mission
statement and that is possible only through visionary leadership.
"Leadership is the ability to
translate vision into reality." ―Warren G. Bennis
References
Amazon: http://www.amazon.in/Soft-Leadership-Insights-Visionary-Inspirational/dp/9382630910
Author’s Vision 2030: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in
Author’s Vision 2030: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in
Author’s Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKM
Author’s LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/professor-rao/34/11a/b52
Author’s You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/profmsr7
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