Tag: Infinite minded leaders
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As a LEADER are you looking for a MASTERCLASS on INFINITE MINDEDNESS?CVS Caremark is your point of reference..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game CVS Caremark in Feb 2014 , declared that it would stop selling cigarettes in all its stores.This was in line with the broader health care commitment it had embarked on. For many Wall street pundits this seemed a suicidal…
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These are the components an INFINITE MINDED leader considers in the INFINITE GAME of business
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
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These are the five necessary ingredients of a JUST CAUSE
A JUST CAUSE is espoused by a visionary leader and acts as a guiding star for motivating more and more followers. In essence a JUST CAUSE has these 5 essential ingredients: It must be FOR SOMETHING , meaning that it must be affirmative and optimistic for something better in the near future It must be…
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These are the 5 practices followed by an Infinite Minded Leader
An infinite minded leader who adopts an infinite mindset in order to play the infinite game of business must follow the following 5 practices: Advance a Just CAUSE which acts as a GUIDING STAR for motivating followers. Build Trusting teams where people psychologically safe with each other in order to be high performing Respect ,…
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This is how Great Leaders arrest ethical fading
Ethical Fading is a term that relates to ethical lapses that individuals resort to when pitted against each other in a culture that promotes short term thinking and goals. It is an irony that when we resort to a finite mindset in an environment where already “Ethical Fading” exists , we get more of it.…
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Great leaders use these techniques to shower praise the right way
The following subtle techniques are used by Great Leaders to shower praise to result in the most desired impact Praise effort and strategy and not intelligence Make praise specific Praise in private Offer praise only when there is a good reason for it Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive
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Great leaders practice these three things to Give Up Control
Intrinsically motivated Type I leaders practice giving up control to give more autonomy to employees to unleash creativity and make innovation happen. These are the three techniques used by them to accomplish the same: Involve people in goal setting Use noncontrolling language Hold office hours and meet people face to face Adopted from Daniel Pink’s…
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We humans are born to be “players” and NOT “pawns”
Right from the caveman times we are born to be autonomous individuals , not individual automatons. Our brains are wired to be intrinsically motivated and hence we are inherently “Type I ” individuals. Outside forces including the very idea that we need to be managed have conspired from time to time to change our default…
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Major difference between a “finite” minded and an “infinite” minded player
The following quote from Simon Sinek aptly highlights the difference in mindset between an infinite minded and a finite minded player. “Where a FINITE MINDED player FEARS things that are NEW or DISRUPTIVE , the INFINITE MINDED player REVELS in them.”
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This quote aptly highlights the difference between “finite” & “infinite” minded leaders
Infinite minded leaders are never worried about challenging the STATUS QUO and bringing in DISRUPTION. The following quote from Simon Sinek , aptly highlights the difference: “Where a FINITE minded player FEARS things that are NEW or DISRUPTIVE , the INFINITE MINDED player REVELS in them.”