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Prof. Dr. Srikumar Rao po velkém úspěchu opět v Praze!

Leadership Accererator
11. – 12. 2. 2013
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Executive Leadership Retreat Chateau Mcely

Objective

To develop world-class leaders who are deeply grounded and capable of bringing out talents in others that they did not even know they possessed. Participants will themselves be inspired and learn how to inspire others so they achieve more than they ever thought they could. Please be aware that this radical transformation will not, indeed cannot, happen in the short span of two days. What will happen is that you will be given a powerful and proven set of tools and instructed in their use. When you practise using them and become proficient enough that they are second nature, that is when you will find that the transformation has already occurred.

Philosophy behind what I do

My operating philosophy is at variance with many conventional views of leadership and what it takes to become or create a great leader. This philosophy is outlined below and you should read it carefully. If you find your head vigorously nodding “Yes! Yes!” as you read it, if you find that it expresses ideas that you have held in diffuse form for a long time, if it rings true to you at a deep level, then this workshop can be a life-changing experience for you and it will be one if you are diligent in following up.

1. It is not the function of a leader to motivate followers. It is the function of a leader to find out what is demotivating followers and systematically get rid of it. This is not semantic hair-splitting. It is a profoundly different discernment and has many ramifications.
2. Much of what is traditionally defined as “motivation” is actually sophisticated manipulation to get workers to do what they are unwilling to.
3. Human beings are inherently motivated. Nobody ever starts a new job intending to be a disgruntled, disengaged employee. That is something that happens to him/her and is a systemic failure. This failure could be in selection, training, supervision, company culture or a host of other factors in combination.
4. Incentives such as money and perks of various kinds and sanctions such as demotion or threats of being fired simply get persons to play the game. They may ensure some behavioural compliance, but they are not “motivators”. They do have their place but most companies tend to overuse them.
5. Nobody ever gets up on Monday morning all fired up at the thought of “maximizing shareholder value” or meeting revenue or profit targets or increasing market share or any similar goal. It is the leader’s job to articulate a vision so powerful that it takes over the employee and makes him/her want to rush to work and do what needs doing.
6. Obviously this cannot be done unless the leader himself/herself is inspired by this vision. This is merely the first step, however. The arduous task of refining and constantly, constantly, constantly communicating that vision in ways big and small lies ahead.
7. This communicating is not a solitary endeavour. That would make it an overwhelming burden. It is the leader’s function to develop many who fully understand it and can do it as well, or better, than he/she can.
8. The best, perhaps the only, way to release the motivation inherent in a person is to work to ensure that each reaches his/her highest potential. Most managers, unfortunately, tend to view persons as instruments by which they can achieve their goals. This is not a mindset that encourages persons to unstintingly give what they are capable of.
9. An employee does not have a “work life” and a “personal life”. He/she has one life and either it is working or it is not. This does not mean that he/she does not have challenges in one or more areas. It does mean that these challenges need to be addressed in a holistic fashion and not a compartmentalized one.
10. A person needs to be comfortable enough to be authentic at work. If he/she has to put on a mask at work – or, even worse, multiple different masks – then he she is burnt out or heading towards burn-out.

My thesis is simple: Do you get up in the morning with your blood singing at the thought of being who you are and doing what you do? Do you come radiantly alive several times each day and feel like sinking to your knees in involuntary gratitude at the thought of the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you?

If you don’t feel this way, you are wasting your life and life is too short to be so wasted. My program is designed to be the first step towards reclaiming your life.

Workshop Outcomes

It is impossible to break-out the learning by session or by day. Learning happens continuously and cumulatively. The various exercises build on, and reinforce, each other.
Here are the outcomes you can reasonably expect:

1. A marked diminution of stress in your life. Few things will have the ability to faze you.
2. Significant improvement in your relationships – with bosses, peers and subordinates. Also with customers, suppliers and many others.
3. Much more comfort with ambiguity. The future has always been uncertain but the degree of uncertainty is increasing. It does not matter. You will cease worrying as you develop the confidence that you will be able to deal with whatever comes down the pike.
4. More peace and greater serenity in your life. This will be sufficiently obvious that you are likely to have others ask what “happened” to you.
5. A quantum increase in your effectiveness and efficiency.

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