This was an interesting lecture given in Sri Lanka. One of the main problems with leadership is the lack of empowerment - leaders are taken for granted and there is very little effort from organizations to enable them in such a way they are ready to face all challenges.

1. Empowerment
for Leaders…
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
www.bkwsu.org

2. First of all…
 What is a leader?
 What is empowerment?
 What is REALLY empowering a
leader?

3. Tendencies of Leadership
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Team and network
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Social responsibility
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Focus on people
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Reinventing the business
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Spirituality and a new way of doing business

4. Team / Network
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What is new?
Team is easy, too much has been talked and done on
that.
 The new thing is the team awareness which allows
the team to go beyond their own limits.
 And the networking process: the understading by the
leader that people DON’T HAVE TO HELP
HIM/HER, but you have to conquer others.
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What you need is…
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A new kind of leadership, more oriented to
PROCESSES than RESULTS.

5. Social Responsibility
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What is new?
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It is not a fashion, it came to stay.
Don’t mix with charity or philantropy. We are talking about
RESPONSIBILITY and that is deep.
Academic work on that is well developed.
Main focuses: environment (first one), working life quality,
nearby community, responsible marketing and business
ethics.
What you need is…
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Really priorising the company goals and choose with full
understanding the area(s) of social responsibility to work with
and commit yourself and the rest of the company with that.

6. Focus on People
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What is new?
Valueing people as they are, even though they create
chaos.
 Going beyond the RESULTS and
PRODUCITIVITY paradigm, getting on board of
the “female leadership” model.
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What you need is…
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Develop a set of values like patience and
inconditional love.

7. Reinventing the business
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What is new?
Beforehand it used to be a question of technology;
nowadays is about technical people. New: people.
 It is the time of people, of allowing them release
their creative process, their own understanding of
what is to be done, and use that for recreating the
business around you.
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What you need is…
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A real perception of people potentiality and a
different awareness of the boundaries of your
business.

8. Spirituality and the New Capitalism
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What is new?
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Patricia Abuderne foresees (Megatrends 2010) a new
capitalism model and the main basis is
SPIRITUALITY.
What you need is…
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Oops, that is hard! Bond business and spirituality
together again, after a long term divorce will require
lots of self-commitment and a clear view of the
leaders’ own spirituality.

9. Leaders’ To-Do List
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Focus on process.
Be responsible - socially speaking.
Set of values.
People’s potential.
New business’ boundaries.
Your own spirituality.
Q is: HOW?

10. The Tech Side
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More learning is important. The continuous and
unending learning that allows us to have the knowledge
to deal with our Leaders’ To-Do List.
Relying on other organisations. In many aspects like
social responsibility or training there are several
organizations which are doing that right now, so why to
recreate the wheel?
Other companies experiences. Although every company
is as unique as a human being, still a lot can be learnt
from them.
Priorisation and organisation. Good agendas and even a
coaching follow-up can help the leader to tap the
potential of everyone, even himself.

11. Your Side
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As a leader, only YOU can do the task you
commit to. So, first of all, COMMITMENT is
necessary. Not something to talk about, but
deeper than that – again, an informal coach
(your co-worker, wife/husband or someone you
trust) is great!
Propably, the SQ will be a good option to work
on. It brings many other things like values along.
Travel helps in expanding awareness, along with
checking the world around from time to time.
Better than travelling, check yourself. Cheking.

12. A short To-Do List
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COMMITMENT
Write or speak to someone you trust.
 Commitment is not however a “words” thing, it
comes from the heart, from the very core of our
lives.
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Spiritual Awareness
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Meditation is the key. Learn and practise everyday.
Checking
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Always check your “balance” in the bank of your
life.