As graduation creeps closer and closer, difficult decisions regarding my future are up front and center. No longer will I be struggled in deciding the quantity of units to take on, but rather the type of career I want to begin. As fortunate as I am to be have options, my fear of choosing the direction is quite discomforting. At least one thing is known…I am a visionary. If I choose to work in hotels or start my own business, as long as I incorporate this known truth, I will be successful and satisfied with my position. With my indomitable spirit and enthusiasm, I am confident that I will be an asset to my future employer. Additionally, with vision comes charisma…and despite its strengths…with charisma comes risk. Jim Collins explains in his famous book, Good to Great, charisma can be just as much of a a risk as it is an asset. With my indomitable spirit and enthusiasm, I am confident that I will be an asset to my future employer. Thanks to Good to Great, I have learned that charisma can be just as much of a a risk as it is an asset.
Allow me to explain. As visionaries possess enthusiasm, charisma, and a true desire to transcend from good to greatness, they are at risk of becoming blind to the unfavorable truth. As charismatic leaders motivate, lead, and inspire their team to buy into a vusuib, team members are afraid of sharing details that may lead to evidence against the leaders idea. Therefore, people may filter the brutal facts from you. To overcome this truth, it requires conscious attention. Charismatic leaders don’t need to dull their endless desire to be great, rather face the brutal facts and continually refine the path to success. For example, for the charismatic visionary, Roy Rash, past CEO of Addressograph, believed he had the formula for greatness. He insisted moving cash from profitable arenas, eroding the core business, ad throwing money into an idea that had little chance of success. Although the signs were front and center, the ruth went unheard before it was too late. Roy lead Addressograph into bankruptcy. In comparison, Winston Churchill also had his mind set on victory against Nazi Germany. With his fear of receiving diluted facts, Winston established a statistical branch to act as a direct line of the unfiltered brutal facts. This decision proved to be extremely successful in his endless pursuit of survival in WWII.
In conclusion, you absolutely cannot make a series of good decisions without first confronting the brutal facts. As a leader, you will never have all the answers, therefore you cannot lead a staff without a group vision established by group discussion and debate. By forgetting the the image and leading as a servant, a charismatic visionary can become a level five leader. So in my future I will face the brutal facts though unsecured debate. With this, I will energize my team in finding the true way to prevail.
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