Natural Leadership - Theme 6: Cultural intelligence

“Few leaders realise how much, how little will do” – Lau Tzu, 300 BCE

What happens in your organisation when someone has a genuine, breakthrough, creative idea?

You’ll probably never know!  Unless your cultural intelligence understands and respects authentic, natural leadership.

In most organisations there is so much fear surrounding being vulnerable, looking stupid and making mistakes, that truly out-of-the-box ideas stay exactly where they are – in-the-box. Can you imagine what this must be costing you?

Having cleared the decks for creativity to flourish, this series now addresses the cultural implications of communicating and listening to breakthrough ideas.  How can you be more true to yourself, despite the knee-jerk reactions of those who may be in a position of power and who may also be blocking real development?