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To exhibit boundless resilience and kindness in my leadership

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To exhibit boundless resilience and kindness in my leadership

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My leadership vision is highly inspired by exceptional qualities that individual displays during hard times and stand out. Some personality traits are genetic, while others are by choice, that is, how does one want to be perceived or known. I want to stress upon my inclination towards inculcating resilience and kindness; these qualities invite me to practice my leadership skills from within. As Gautam Buddha says, “All that we are is the result of what we think and believe.” The world we live in today is uncertain and unprepared for the worst. Therefore, the world is in dire need of compassionate and strong-hearted leaders. To truly live my vision, I have set the following goals: to be the leader my followers would count on during hard times, and to grow kinder every day.

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Strategy 2 :Cultivating empathy in my nature

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Strategy 2 :Cultivating empathy in my nature

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We have our own biases that in-groups and out-groups people we meet every day. Firstly, I will work on identifying those biases because unconsciously, our mind takes shortcuts to make a judgment about someone. This behavior refrains us from empathizing with others as we are confined to our opinion. Even if we are listening to them, the biased mindset will never let us be open-minded and compassionate.

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Strategy 1: Listening to understand not to reply

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Strategy 1: Listening to understand not to reply

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Listening is crucial to cultivate compassion because when we listen to understand, we understand others’ perspectives, inspirations, and struggles. Everyone has their reasons to be the way they exactly are. People sense when we don’t listen to them entirely or wait for our turn to speak. Furthermore, one can genuinely be compassionate towards someone if they can genuinely put themselves in others’ shoes. Helen Woodward (2019) specifies that she listens to people’s stories, hopes during despair, and uncertain times and that is how she stays in line with her sense of purpose in life to be compassionate.

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Strategy 2: Overcoming the fear of failure

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Strategy 2: Overcoming the fear of failure

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We are consistently looking forward to excelling and chase perfection in all that we do. That is how we are programmed since we began to interact with the outside world. However, the thought of failure terrifies us, most of us think failure is an end, and we lose ourselves to the crashes. A leader is not a winner or perfectionist; instead, they are the person who accepts their failures, stand up repeatedly until they win their fight. If I don’t allow myself a second chance, will I, as a leader, allow my colleagues a second chance? Hence, as a leader, if I can look beyond failures, my followers can trust me for having faith in them during their failures.

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Strategy 1: Mastering my attitude towards the challenging situation

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Strategy 1: Mastering my attitude towards the challenging situation

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Irrespective of being a common person or wearing a leader’s hat, one is assured to confront testing times. Human beings are gifted with the ultimate power of choice by exercising which, which we can live by our decisions and not with the circumstances (Covey, 2004 as cited in Dhiman, 2012). For instance, I choose to remind myself while battling such a situation is that what I am facing is temporary and will pass soon. However, what I want to gain from such circumstances are life experiences. So, I become more adaptive and focus more on resolve than adversaries during the worst of times. As a leader, it is important to build your signature voice, which has a cascading effect on an organization (Su & Wilkins, 2014). Therefore, if I choose to respond or react with affirmation and possibility while handling challenges, I can make it my signature voice which will have a ripple effect in an organization.

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As per my observation, kindness is the most underestimated quality; however, I believe it is the most potent weapon against any battle. I picture compassion as the most selfless form of love, and isn’t love desperately needed by the stressed-out world today? Kindness is utterly dependent upon self-awareness as we domesticate our wild self-criticism to stay kind to ourselves and others. And it is essential to understand that we are kind to others only when we are kind to ourselves. Therefore, compassionate people are incredibly self-aware individuals. Rooke & Torbert (2005) mentioned that Alchemists-most celebrated leadership action logic, as extremely aware individuals categorized as scarce leaders. These leaders possess the quality of reinventing themselves and their organizations in remarkable ways. With that mind, I believe practicing kindness proactively in my daily life will empower me to show love, humility, and courage to look beyond trivial issues, allowing me to be a remarkable leader like Nelson Mandela.

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Goal 1: To be the leader my followers would count on during hard times

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Goal 1: To be the leader my followers would count on during hard times

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Generally, we count on someone we know personally in our circle who displays fierce resolve. However, a leader is not someone that might be known in person by everyone. I want my actions and words to echo resilience. It has become my utmost priority recently after witnessing pandemic consequences that took a toll on the world’s economy and have turned the most successful organizations upside down. Dean Becket (n.d., as cited by Coutu, 2002) articulates, “More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person's level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails. That's true in the cancer ward, it's true in the Olympics, and it's true in the boardroom?'. Hence, as a leader, if I demonstrate resilience as my core strength, my followers will never stop believing in me during low times and which will refrain unnecessary chaos which worsens the situation.