Reflect and act on these Questions this week

First read through Part 1- 6 about how to Lead with Wisdom.

During the week ahead I ask you to reflect on the following questions. Imagine that a good friend is asking you and then write down your answers:
1. What does being successful really mean to you:
a) What drives you forward?
b) What gives you joy and fulfillment?
c) How do you balance what drives you and what gives you joy and fulfillment?

2. What two concrete actions can you start doing this week to create more wisdom in your life and leadership?

Part 6

Wise leaders are always open to new insights. They see every experience as a possibility to learn something new. They take time to read, observe, and learn. They understand that the more you know, the more there is to know. It is a continuous process that leads to maturity and personal growth.

Solomon also says: “Determination to be wise is the first step toward becoming wise!”

We have all the potential to grow in wisdom and have a deeper connection with our values and ourselves so we will make wiser decisions contributing to a more fulfilling life and making the world a better place. It will take time, reflection, the willingness to constantly learn and most important of all, to make the decision to grow in wisdom.

To summarize this week

To be a wiser leader:
• Make the decision to grow in wisdom and become a wise, secure and strong leader
• Let your decisions become more important than circumstances or desires for the moment
• Guide and support the people around you so they can succeed and you will succeed
• Define what being successful really mean to you
• Regularly take time off for thinking and for personal reflection, to get perspective on how you are living and leading, and to listen for inner guidance.
• Find a balance in your life between work, family, friends, and personal interests.
• Be a great learner. Always be open to learn something from everyone you meet and everything you experience.
• Find time each day to learn, to study, and to grow. Read the best literature, from fiction, scientific periodicals, to books about management and personal development.
• Keep yourself updated about what’s happening, both the global perspective and in your own field.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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

Wisdom offers what money, power, and fame cannot give. Wealth is not about money; it’s about inner, deeper values such as meaning, contentment, happiness, and peace of mind.

To be wise we need to reflect upon what is most important to us in life and what has less meaning. We need to put our lives into perspective and find out who we are, where we want to go, and what kind of persons and leaders we want to become during our journey.

Solomon also says: “For wisdom and truth will enter the very center of your being, filling your life with joy.”

As we strive for wisdom, we learn, grow and mature as human beings. It gives us the ability to separate real joy from temporary happiness.

When we do what is true, right and lasting we can look ourselves in the mirror before we go to bed and feel happy and proud of ourselves. We sleep well at night and feel inspiration and energy during the day.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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

True success comes from within. True success cannot be acquired or achieved. It is a journey we travel our whole lives long. It is knowing one’s purpose in life and achieving a balance within each important aspect of our lives. To continue to grow emotionally, socially, intellectually, financially, and spiritually while contributing to the growth of others.

Solomon also says: “He who loves money shall never have enough. The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness! The more you have, the more you spend.”

Money, fame and power are in demand these days. I think that there is nothing wrong with this. But they are, as Solomon would have said; Good servants but poor masters.

Think about what will happen when we look upon money, fame and power as resources to work for greater purposes; Money can create conditions for doing what is good, fame can open doors, and power can be used for contributing to lasting values that are beyond our own selves.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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

It is written that when Solomon was crowned as Israel’s king and leader, God appeared to him in a dream, offering that any particular gift would be granted to him. And what did Solomon ask for? How much money do I get for that kind of a job? Or, is there a nice office? How is the benefit program, by the way?
Instead Solomon says: “Now give me wisdom and knowledge to properly guide this people.”

When we ask such questions it’s not about our self, it’s about them, the people around us, the people that we lead. How can we contribute to their development? How can we guide so that we all together move towards the future?

Solomon is more of a servant leader. He is interested in how he as a leader can give instead of what he can get. He understands that when he guides his people so they will succeed, he succeeds. Think about what would happen if more leaders saw themselves as servant leaders?

Did Solomon lose anything in this? When he asked for wisdom he got so much more;

For wisdom gives: “A long, good life, riches, honor, pleasure, peace“.

The message is that the individual who searches for wisdom will receive inspiration and reward in every aspect of living – which guides each seeker to a rich life, in the truest sense of the word.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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

The word wisdom may sound old fashioned and out of date. In the modern times we are living and working in now, the key words seem to be risk, speed, flexibility and being smart. One of Sweden’s great philosophers, Alf Ahlberg said: “Our world is full of knowledge but lacks wisdom“.

Wisdom is different from knowledge, experience and intelligence. Wisdom is how we use those qualities in an ethical and morally sound way. It’s a deep insight of what’s true, right and lasting, something that every human being has to value during a lifetime.

Solomon wants to encourage us to take charge of our actions by bringing them into line with wisdom and common sense. We let our decisions become more important than circumstances or desires for the moment. We become strong and filled with living energy as we take responsibility to act in a wiser and longer perspective.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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

My first 4 Key leadership principles have been about the importance to lead ourselves. Starting this week I will share with you some thoughts on how we can practically apply the wisdom of King Solomon (973–933 BC) to lead others. In this weeks blog I will write about how we as leaders can be more effective when we Lead with Wisdom.

Part 1

We are living today in a completely different world than we did only a few years ago. A global world with rapid technological development and constant information flowing over us. It has been estimated that the overall knowledge doubles every two or three years. The technology exploding in new products reaches the market in an increasingly rapid pace. Environmental concerns are another point of focus.

There is a great need for leaders who seeks wisdom in order to lead with integrity and build long-term success and lasting value for companies, organizations, and society. In a time replete with short-term objectives and rapid results, there is a demand for insight that what is worth striving for takes time and requires persistence to achieve, whether it is to create good family relationships, build a prosperous company, or promote a well-functioning society.

Never before in the history of mankind has access to wisdom been so important and urgent. Wisdom is a very concrete approach to a better future, and a better quality of life. We have all the potential to become wiser leaders with a deeper connection with our values and ourselves so we can make wiser decisions contributing to greater value and a better world.

About “The Key Leadership Principles”

This weeks Key Leadership Principle is “Lead with Wisdom”.
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 with Wisdom 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