Leadershift by John C.Maxwell

 Why every leader needs to Leadershift

Leadershifting is the ability and willingness to make a leadership change that will positively enhance organizational and personal growth.

Top 3 Leadership qualities that is important incoming years:

1. The Ability to Motivate People (35%)

2. The Ability to work well across Cultures (35%)

3. The Ability to Facilitate Change (32%)

If you want to be successful as a leader, you need to learn to become comfortable with uncertainty and make shifts continually.  You cannot be the same, Think the same, and Act the same if you hope to be successful in a world that does not remain the same.

Leaders, by definition, have followers.  Followers need direction.  Direction requires decision-making.  Decision making requires consideration of options.  And consideration of options involves dealing with uncertainty.

When you Leadership you will have to deal with the tension between the Stability that gives security and the Adaptability that opens up Opportunity.

How to Leadershift

1.  Continually Learn, Unlearn and Relearn - We must be willing to let go of what worked yesterday and learn new ways of seeing, doing and leading.

2. Value Yesterday but Live in Today - Remember what we did in the past may look good on a resume, but it won’t help us win today.  

“Yesterday Ended Last Night”.  All the good one did yesterday won’t guarantee a good day for you today nor All the bad that happened yesterday mean that today will be bad.  TODAY STANDS ON ITS OWN.

3.  Rely on Speed, but thrive on Timing - Good timing enables leader to seize the moment and gain the victory for the team.

6. See the Big Picture as the picture keeps getting Bigger - The more you learn about a subject, the more you realize you don’t know enough about it.  Layered Learning - Each time we learn a new less and connect it with the many things we have already learned on the same subject, we gain depth and we see more of the big picture.  This process requires time; no one can learn all the lessons at once.  Putting together lessons requires intentionality, but when you do, you expand your knowledge.

7. Live in Today but Think about Tomorrow 

When you know who you are and you know what you want, you then know the kind of people you will attract,  and the things you will discover.

Your mind will think things that will help you get what uoh want.

Your eyes will see things that will help you get what you want.

Your heart will feel things that will help you what you want.

Your attitude will believe things that will help you get what you want.

Your mouth will say things that will help you what you want.

Your actions will attract things that will help you get what you want.