Presidential Magazine

It’s a time bomb that’s been waiting to explode!
Unfortunately, it took a crisis of global proportions to
reveal these fatal flaws. The economic and social
fallout of lockdowns has exposed just how weak we
are when we are not united and reminded us of
what’s really important. Only in the aftermath are
more people beginning to realize how interconnected
our fates are. Businesses or leaders who did not have
a trusted network, community or collaborative
partnerships to lean on and ride out the storm with
were the most vulnerable.
A warning shot has been fired across our bow, and
it’s time to raise our game radically! It’s no longer
enough for leaders to be ‘change fit; they need to be
‘game-changer-geared’! To achieve this, we don’t
need cleverer leaders; we need conscious leaders!
CONSCIOUS Leaders Will Be The Architects Of A
Prosperous Future.
A dramatic departure from the past to succeed going
forward is for leaders to constantly choose to take the
‘me hat’ off and put the ‘we hat’ on, to see fellow
entrepreneurs as collaborators, not competitors.
Collaborative leaders will not only survive and thrive
but will lead the charge into the next decade.
By working together as a united force, we CAN
create abundance and add sustainable value to each
other. When humans work together, in concert, in
pursuit of a common goal, we’re unstoppable!
In my business coaching practice, I’ve seen vastly
different outcomes for those entrepreneurs or
corporate leaders who embraced the fact that
‘normal’ was a thing of the past and that VUCA
(volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) was here to
stay. This led to re-invention strategies and pivots that
paved the way for growth despite the disruption. For
example, a listed client in the retail and hospitality
industry avoided being hit as hard as other
organisations in the industry because of a conscious
style of leadership employed by the CEO, who was
able to make changes that ensured no one was
retrenched. Shareholders could enjoy returns, albeit
slightly less than anticipated. This is a feat of epic
proportions only possible with a conscious leader at
the helm.
"Conscious leaders will be the
architects of a prosperous future."