Let’s continue with our series, Winning in the Recession – A Primer for Canadian Professional Practices, by building on the tenth essential:
Employ new leadership models that nurture talent, not seniority.
Canada’s leadership guru, Henry Mintzberg, ponders on the shift to new leadership models that focus on creativity, ethics, trust and, in particular, empowerment:
But is not that the very secret behind so many successful organizations: that all kinds of people are prepared to take the lead — to initiate and to innovate? . . . . . Maybe it’s time we grew into the realization that organizations are communities that function collectively rather than having to be driven individually…
Lee Iacocca, renown for his abilities as an effective, transformational leader captured this idea beautifully when he said:
You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
