Reflect and act on these Questions this week

First read through Part 1- 6 about how to Lead by example.

I present you with the following questions and exercises to reflect over, as seeds for your own exploration and development.

This week take an honest “look in the mirror” to see if your actions are aligned with what you preach.

1. Take note of the decisions and choices you are making, from how you start your day until the last thing you do in the evening before you go to sleep.

Ask yourself – are what I chose to do aligned with what matters to me and with what I want to stand for?

2. What do I need to be more aware of in my life and leadership?

3. What can I start doing to show and communicate more clearly what I stand for in my life and leadership?

Part 6

We all possess a greater potential within us. The question is where we find the situation and the persons that can attract this greater betterment that we carry within us.

How I can create my future and how I can lift my surroundings will be the key questions for my leadership.

Wise leaders realize that there is only one way to go. It is to deepen one’s own awareness of and confidence in the future.

The example and responsibility that lay before us as leaders are to always operate for the good, a better future, and a better world.

This is a deep conviction of the values that possess a weight and validity beyond one’s own self, and which gives life qualities and larger dimensions.

To summarize this week

To become a wiser leader:
• Lead by example by acting in accordance with higher values.
• What you as the leader spends time and attention to count.
• Be trustworthy by serving as a model and good example.
• Align what you practice with what you preach.
• It’s not only what you do, but also HOW you do what you do.
• Keep your commitments and promises to the entire group.
• Create the arena for your employee’s success.
• Deal with your environment with dignity and respect.
• Have the highest demands of yourself.
• Be the model of the behavior you want to see when it comes to relationships, attitudes, and work habits.
• Always operate for the good, a better future, and a better world.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead using your most precious asset”.

I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead using your most precious asset the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 5

Wise leaders understand their role to create the arena for their employee’s success. The arena makes it possible to interact in a winning way in relation to its surroundings.

We as individuals are unique and at the same time complementary and need a supportive leadership to develop fully.

Some leaders create leadership by enthusiasm when facing a task with themselves at the center.

Others lead by providing a clear picture of the situation and opportunities.

Others still have a more orderly manner to lead their group further to the development, taking it step by step.

A wise leader provides a sense of continuity for the team and defines limits that all have to comply with, mainly the leader himself.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead by example”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead by example the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 4

Wise leaders walk the talk. They know that its not what they say, but what they do that count. They keep their promises and commit to do the right thing.

By keeping promises to themselves and their environment they build confidence and trust.

This is the source for excellent performance from themselves as well as the group creating value and lasting success.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead by example”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead by example the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 3

Wise leaders know the best way to integrate values and ethics into the thinking of their coworkers is by modeling good character and excellent performance themselves.

They know that it’s not only what they do, but also HOW they do what they do that count.

We expect our leaders to set a good example and act in an exemplary and positive way.

Wise and effective leaders live as they learn through acting in accordance with vision and values.

As the saying goes: Our actions say more than words. That our words and deeds are aligned constitutes the basis for credibility of leadership.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead by example”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead by example the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 2

Wise leaders know the importance of being trustworthy.

They align what they practice with what they preach.

They do what they say they will do.

When the environment sees that words and deeds are consistent, it creates credibility. And it is through being credible that a leader can bring a long-term commitment in the group.

When you lead by example, you make it easy for others to follow you.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead by example”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead by example the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 1

Wise leaders lead by example by acting in accordance with higher values.

Those values permeate confidence in their behavior ranging from creating good relations to completing the task fully. Quality, creativity and consistency are the key words.

What the leader spends time and attention to counts. They deliberately devote time to the group’s viability and development.

Supporting both the group and the individual becomes the norm in that it gives higher priority and greater focus.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead by example”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead by example the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Reflect and act on these Questions this week

First read through Part 1- 6 about how to Lead using your most precious asset.

I present you with the following questions and exercises to reflect over, as seeds for your own exploration and development.

1. What single activity within your professional—or private—life would, if it were done regularly, be of crucial importance for your desired results and your wellbeing?

2. How can you use more of your time for this activity?

3. Write down three other activities that also would mean very much to your development.

4. Find a key person/a mentor you have great confidence in. This could be a friend, your spouse or a relative, that you trust and feel open with – so that you can discuss these issues in order to come to your unique solution.

This will support you in your development and help you keep focused!

Part 6

Do you know how many minutes there are in one week? A mere 10,080 minutes—that’s 168 hours. This is your wealth in time. What you use it for is up to you. But whatever you use it for, you’ll never have more than these 168 hours each week. What you do with your time decides what you will achieve in your life.

Our daily action follows a certain routine. For each and every one of us, it is important to regularly review how we want to develop this routine. We ensure there’s time for planning and follow-up.

Focus on one week at a time with a view toward your overall objectives. Then focus on each individual “today”: How you carry it out, how you develop, how you follow-up, how you let go, how you prepare yourself for the next day, how you relax, etc.

By taking the time to consider the course of the day’s activities, you can meet each moment with calm, peace and confidence, prepared to respond to whatever arises rather than merely reacting to situations that come up.

To summarize this week

To become a wiser leader:
• Invest your time in the best possible way as time never can be called back once it is gone.
• Focus on the small number of activities that contribute the greatest value to your life and your work.
• Learn to say NO to the various demands by having a strong anchored YES within you to guide you to what is of long-term importance.
• Focus your time and energy to the most important activities each day and ask yourself this question: “Is what I’m doing right now leading me to my most important goals in life”?
• Involve your team in the planning process.
• Invest time to support and help your employees develop and grow.
• Evaluate with regular intervals your progress by yourself and together with your group.
• Invest time to regularly “sharpen the blade of the axe” renewing and exercising your physical, social, mental, and spiritual dimensions!
• Begin your day in the best possible way by taking control of how you start the day and create a picture of this specific day.
• Act because only action makes dreams come true.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead using your most precious asset”.

I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead using your most precious asset the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad

Part 5

Wise leaders know that they must never get so busy to chop wood so they don’t take time to sharpen the blade of the axe.

Figuratively, “sharpen the blade of the ax” means that we constantly renew, exercise and develop all dimensions of our human nature – the physical, social, mental and spiritual dimensions- regularly and consistently in wise and balanced ways.

The physical dimension contains such things as exercise, eating habits, and how we deal with pressure and stress.

The social/emotional element is how we develop our relations with people in our environment.

The mental dimension includes intellectual vigor: to read books, visualize, and plan.

The spiritual dimension is about our core, our set of values and how we live up to our faith and our belief.

Wise leaders know that no single hour of our day will return as much as the hour they invest in exercising these four human dimensions.

We must never get so busy to chop wood so we don’t take time to sharpen the blade of the axe.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead using your most precious asset”.
I will write one thought for every day during this week and then give you the opportunity to reflect on some important questions on how to Lead using your most precious asset the following week.

This is the format I will use to inspire your learning, releasing your talent and potential. My hope is that you will come along with your thoughts along the way.

I wish you the best in your life and leadership,

Per Winblad