1. Thoughts on Appreciative Global
Leadership
Leadership that will win the hearts & minds of our
Employees, Customers and Society
Joep C. de Jong

2. Why should we need Appreciative Leaders?
 The Five F’s of the new competitive
organization
 Focused better  core business, customer focus
 Fast  get rid of bureaucracy
 Flexible  outward looking / innovative
 Friendly  people, planet & profit
 FUN  new generations, diversity
 Source: Matthieu Weggeman
 If it’s no fun, nobody is going to do any of this

3. Faithful Questions
 What is your best story on
leadership, leadership that you really
appreciated?
 What do you see as the values and actions
(behavior) leading to the positive core of
leadership

4. 1) Leadership is the authentic expression of
one’s inner life that creates value through
collective effort (Sam Yau)
2) Leaders provide a second chance to change
our basic imprint, and to ‘become who we
truly are’ (Kierkengaard)

5. Value chain
Data Information Knowledge
Manager: skills & competencies (‘hard & soft’)

6. Value chain
Data Information Knowledge Wisdom Spirituality
Manager: skills & competencies (‘hard & soft’)

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Egocentric Conformist Achievement Empathic Authentic

9. Value chain
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personal
Brain / discussion Heart / dialogue Soul / silence
economical
Single Bottom line Triple Bottom line Holistic

10. Value chain
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Geoffrey Moore
Operational Operational Operational
Product Product
Customers >>>>Partners
Partner model
Connect Connect & Share Connect, Share &
(Co-)Create

11. Transformation from:
 Knowledge is Power
(The expert)

12. To:
 Shared Knowledge will be
the Competitive Edge and
create Strength
(The community)

13. And What about Power &
Leadership
Just some thoughts on the many faces of Power:
- Power is given to you
- Power – Fear / Pain
- Power – Trust / Love
- Power of Freedom
- The Power that resides in the minds of us all

14. Our external & internal clock
7 Steps of Awakening of our world
* Phase 1 - Eternity - everything is energy in chaos
* Phase 2 - Billions of years - space
* Phase 3 - Millions of years - time
* Phase 4 - Thousands of years - intelligence +
* Phase 5 - Hundreds of years - information & technology ++
* Phase 6 - Tens of years - communication & self awareness +++
* Phase 7 - Future - Realising who we really are? ++++/----
Source: De Vertraagde Tijd by Arnold Cornelis, 1999.

15. Our external & internal clock
External clock
+
Speed of Two Five steps of Awakening
Change
time
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Internal clock

16. Our external & internal clock
External clock
+
Speed of Phase 4
Change
time
-
Internal clock

17. Our external & internal clock
External clock
+
Speed of
Change
time
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Internal clock

18. Our external & internal clock
External clock
+
Speed of
Change
time
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Internal clock

19. Our external & internal clock
economical
+ Single Bottom line Triple Bottom line Holistic
Speed of
Data Information Knowledge Wisdom Spirituality
Change
Balance
time
personal
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Brain / discussion Heart / dialogue Soul / silence

20. feminine
The external clock
economical self
+ Single Bottom line Triple Bottom line Holistic
justice
Speed of
Data Information Knowledge Wisdom Wholeness
Change
Balance
time
personal
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Head / discussion Heart / dialog Soul / silence
The internal clock

21. Appreciative leaders perspective
on our external and internal clocks
 Today’s business environment
 Ever increasing speed of change (external
clock)
 Result: (possible) loss of identity
 Today’s appreciative leaders challenge
 Assuring balance between external and internal
clock
 Result: employees becoming who they truly are

22. Thoughts for the Appreciative
Leader of the 21st Century
 Practice of Presence
 Presence requires an open-minded perception of what-is
 Practice of Interconnectedness
 Leaders are profoundly connected to the bigger whole: the community, the world
 Practice of Humility
 Leaders know they don’t know
 Practice of Discipline
 Discipline concerns taking seriously what is really important for you in life, and go for it
 Practice of Courage
 Courage meaning applying a combination of the above and to connect, share and co-create
 Practice of Integrity
 The endless search of who you really are and how to serve those entrusted to you
 Practice of Appreciation
 Appreciated what is contributed by others and regard it as part of the meaning making
 Practice of Reflection
 Reflection on what comes on our path; What have I learned today? What was the gift today?
 Practice of Transparency
 Being open around what motivates you, what inspires you, what is the soul of your leadership
 source: For the first 4 practices Positive Leadership Leading and Learning through Essence by Dr R. van den Nieuwenhof & Dr S. de Weerdt. The last 5 practices have
been formulated by Joep C. de Jong, based on his work around Appreciative Leadership

23. Thank You