This is Elvis C. Umez's official podcast where he shares insights on personal growth, development and leadership for better outcomes in life.
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There are two kinds of ideologies that change agents lead by 1. The ruler ideology and 2. The leader ideology. With these ideologies, you will understand the kind of change leaders pioneer. The ruler-ideology creates change that serves the person in charge without minding how it impacts the people while the leader-ideology transforms the people int…
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Change impacts people, and absolute change impacts them, absolutely. So, do not get so intoxicated with the change that you lose sight of how it impacts them Both the leader and the people should feel great about the change as it should not be at the expense of the other. Reflection: Is the change you are pioneering impacting the people positively …
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In leadership, we will always naturally want to do what we can be proud of. Hence, both the leader and the people will desire the change they can be proud of. Often, we let ego get in the way: 1. Leader's ego, and 2. People's ego, in the pursuit of change. So, sustainable change requires that the leader finds a common ground for the good of all. Re…
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The catalyst for change is a vision, which every leader ought to have. And to have a good compelling vision, the pioneering leader ought also to have foresight, insight, and hindsight. So, for any meaningful change to happen, the people must see what the leader sees just the way he sees it. Hence, what the people see as the vision and how they see …
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Only a transformed leader can transform the people and things. And a leader who seeks to bring about change ought to be a changed person. So, before you begin the journey of sponsoring change, make sure you have been where you want to take the people to. This is because being a leader is about taking the people to where you have been. Reflections: …
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You can get any of my books on leadership via: Leadership Tweaks: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYSHRBD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Think Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KWCDPBB/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 Mentoring For Thought Leaders: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089J6Q3WD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Leading…
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When you set out to reduce leadership frictions, you should bear in mind the two transformations that ought to happen: 1. Transformation of the people. 2. Transformation of the environment that enables role play. As the pioneer leader, bear in mind that transforming the people should be the driving force behind transforming the environment. So, whe…
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There are two polar ends of change: 1. Creative and 2. Destructive. And the rate of which depends on whether the intent is to create or to destroy. It is easier to experience change due to destruction than creation. So, a leader, as well as the people, can easily know the polar ends of change they are experiencing by the ease with which it happens.…
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The change that comes by transforming the people you are leading takes time and follows a natural course, which should not be compromised because of the urgency to see the result. It is like wanting a woman to be delivered of her baby before her due date because of the urgency to have a baby. However, you just have to wait for nine months to elapse…
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A leader knows what to do, when to do, how and why to do it in moving the people from where they to where they ought to be record time. This episode provides insight into the markers that define who a leader is. Listen! You can get any of my books on leadership via: Leadership Tweaks: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GYSHRBD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_b…
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Change is like speed, a scalar quantity. It has magnitude with no direction, which the leader must take note of. On the other hand, intention is like velocity, a vector quantity, which has both magnitude and direction. Leaders must give change a purpose for it to have a meaning. Reflections: What problem drives the change you seek? And how does sol…
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Every leader has a bias to the three realms of life where they desire change to happen while providing leadership: 1. Physical realm, 2. Mental realm, and 3. Spiritual realm. Understanding which of the realms you lean towards more to is key to helping you know where you will target change. This bias is shaped by the leaders' personality as some wou…
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Two levels of change happens in leadership with time: 1. Things will change. And 2. People will change. So, the leader must decide which level of change should be a priority i.e., changing things or the people. Sustainable change is impossible when things change without people changing, but when you change the people for good, they will end up brin…
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LEADING FOR A CHANGE EP#2 There are two possible changes a leader can bring to pass in leadership: 1. Change of things from good to better. And 2. Change of things from bad to worse. The kind of change the people will experience depends on the intentions of the leader. And the change we seek will always be betrayed by our intentions. Reflections: F…
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LEADING FOR A CHANGE EP#1 The very essence of leadership is to bring about change, which is often from what used to be to what ought to be as desired by all. So, this change happens when leaders understand that their primary role is to move the people from where they are to where they ought to be in record time by every means possible. Reflection: …
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Following the publishing of my new Leadership Reflections: A 100 Day Capsule for Pioneer Leaders, I was invited by Ngozi Eboh at Coal City FM, Enugu to share some of my ideas on leadership. So, in this episode called conversation on leadership, we discussed on some of the basics interests that I have in transformational leadership. Listen and leave…
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And there is more we can achieve only if we see ourselves as helpers guiding the next generation to the experience of their own truths.Anybody can be a mentor, but just a few eventual become.Who do you wanna be when you're old?Be the mentor?The choice is yours to make!
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It one thing to know your worth, it another thing to live out your worth.
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Writers write because there is a need to move their readers from where they are to where they ought after reading their of writing. So, I believe that if a writer understands the dynamics of leadership, then writing will become a more deliberate thing to do.
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