A Brief Guideline towards Societal Leadership
Some people associate societal leadership with morals, ethics, and the leader's feeling of duty to society, whilst others believe it is about how well a person can use their social and emotional abilities to lead others.
Being a social leader entails more than simply being aware of the existence of a team; it also entails understanding how to foster trust, care, and respect within the team.
Last year has emphasized what is likely to be an enduring problem for many years to come: the rising frequency of issues that leaders must tackle, which affect the economy, environment, and society all at the same time.
From pandemic to large-scale environmental disasters to uprisings against social injustice, it is apparent that we require issue solvers who can work across silos — we refer to these individuals as societal leaders – or sustainable leaders.
10 guidelines that makes a great Societal Leader
So what makes a great Social Leader? Here are 10 starters guide:
1/ They behave on the basis of modesty and compassion because they know that management is about empowering people to be equal, to prosper, to excel.
2/ They tell convincing stories because they know magnetic stories go fast, whereas formal ones are stuck in the system.
3/ In their speech and deeds, they are genuine, wherever they look at, because they recognize that authenticity is earned, not realized or purchased.
4/ They also devote themselves to learning, or to support others.
5/ They are fighting not for themselves, but their communities and for what is fair.
6/ They are curating a workplace: It is critical for a Social Leader to understand that their chosen place is entirely under their control: generated in the moment, based on their reputation within their community, and is not bestowed upon them by the official power of the organization.
7/ They help to establish a new social contract and help the organization to exercise power by consensus, not by weight.
8/ They #WorkOutLoud: They actively share their work with other people in exchange for feedback as well as others can learn from them for their own work. After a period of time the interaction will create genuine connections.
9/ They graciously honor others both formally and socially.
10/ They quantify the changes, since they know that changes will only happen if there is means of measurement.
Societal leadership does not constitute anything gentle or good, but a procedural power addition: it is a key element for the power to be genuinely led by us in the Social Age. In which, the role of leaders is to help facilitate a unified vision and establish realistic steps to providing team members with a clear purpose and means to accomplishing the ultimate common goal. Organization's productivity and effectiveness in work is optimized when employees are heading toward the same direction.