The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership

When and how might you think differently?

beware of the desire to become an ‘expert’ anyway. There are multiple perspectives on leadership and change. What's important in our view is that you have an ongoing commitment to learning, that you always have a view that enables you to be discerning, and that you remain open always to new ways of thinking and doing.

Organizations emerge from conversations through which people see what might be possible. New possibilities are more likely to emerge when people connect through dialogue.

The better we do dialogue, the more able we are to cultivate new possibilities, to nurture the emergence of new possibilities from those with whom we engage. This ability is wisdom in action. So,

Review your list of specific examples from your answer to the first question.

Instead, we encourage you to embrace the prospect of a lifelong learning journey, to be comfortable in not-knowing, and to include change in your learning agenda. What

Consider – how do you think now?

Active listening is too vague a term to be useful The five ways of listening may be more useful That all ways of listening are good, but some are better than others in some contexts. We need to be deliberate and purposeful else risk endangering important relationships

Whose views are most influential within the broader social network? Who do I need to engage with outside the organization if I am to most effectively influence how people inside the organization think? What other perspectives can I bring into these interactions to help us all move toward our collective futures?