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What does ‘courage’ mean in the Legitimate Leadership Model?
Closing The Gap Between Knowing And Doing – Making Changes Stick
We have all been there, and probably will be again: we’ve read the book, gone to the seminar, ruminated on the ideas and theories – but when we have returned to the office, our priorities got in the way, our habits took over, and our resolve to make changes disappeared.
Change Your Perspective To The Infinite Game
In game theory there are two kinds of games: finite games and infinite games.
A finite game is defined as known players, fixed rules and an agreed-upon objective. Baseball is an example. We know the rules, we all agree to the rules, and whoever has more runs at the end of nine innings is the winner and the game is over. Nobody ever says, ‘If we can just play two more innings, I know we can come back.’ It doesn’t work that way – the game is over. That’s a finite game.
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Question Of The Month
By Wendy Lambourne, Director, Legitimate Leadership.
Question: What does ‘courage’ mean in the Legitimate Leadership Model?
Answer: Courage is not about thoughts and feelings but about words and deeds. Courageous leaders face what needs to be faced and do what needs to be done for the greater good of others. Courage in a leader is notable in the following respects:
- Leaders who have courage are not devoid of fear, worry and angst – but they do not let these feelings control or define them. In the words of Nelson Mandela, “Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.”
- When leaders are courageous, they don’t dither or delay but act decisively. This is not because they know what the right call is but because they understand that a call has to be made. Despite the uncertainty, they take a stance and follow through on it no matter how unpopular it is. They then do not let pride stand in the way of overturning their decisions if evidence suggests that they should do so.
- Like any human being, courageous leaders want to save their own skins, protect their interests and enjoy the good opinions of others. Yet they do not let these things deter them from self-sacrifice and even inflicting pain on their people if it is in the longer-term best interests of all.
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Article: Closing The Gap Between Knowing And Doing – Making Changes Stick
By Dieter Jansen, Associate, Legitimate Leadership.
“The greatest gap is the gap between knowing and doing” – John C Maxwell
We have all been there, and probably will be again: we’ve read the book, gone to the seminar, ruminated on the ideas and theories – but when we have returned to the office, our priorities got in the way, our habits took over, and our resolve to make changes disappeared.
We may even have gone further and started planning some actions, only to find that while the seminar was inspiring at the time, it didn’t really give any decent “how to” advice. All we were left with was concepts that we resonated with, but we miss more in-depth definitions of terms, their implications, and how to practically implement them.
Back to paragraph one above and soon we are doing the same ol’ same ol’.
An event will seldom bring about substantial shifts. Only the intentional implementation of a process can accomplish this – a drip-feed approach that keeps our thoughts on track and our momentum building.
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Video Excerpt: Change Your Perspective To The Infinite Game
By Simon Sinek, American author on leadership and motivational speaker.
COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO EXCERPT BY WENDY LAMBOURNE, LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP: The vast majority of organisations are playing the finite game even though they may profess otherwise. If it was not so, why would organisations with a worthy cause, doing good for the world, still have short-term goals and measure/evaluate themselves against them? When companies are truly playing the infinite game they don’t have a scoreboard. If they quantify anything it is: ‘What does what we do, do for our customers?’ A very special boutique AI company based in Stellenbosch, South Africa, does just that. Not surprisingly, they are thriving – the company is growing and their people are 100% committed to going above and beyond in service to their customers.
OUR SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO EXCERPT: In game theory there are two kinds of games: finite games and infinite games.
A finite game is defined as known players, fixed rules and an agreed-upon objective. Baseball is an example. We know the rules, we all agree to the rules, and whoever has more runs at the end of nine innings is the winner and the game is over. Nobody ever says, ‘If we can just play two more innings, I know we can come back.’ It doesn’t work that way – the game is over. That’s a finite game.
Then you have an infinite game. Infinite games are defined as: known and unknown players; the rules are changeable; and the objective is to keep the game in play to perpetuate the game.
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