Most leaders approach change in a planned and
reasoned manner. Progress is made in
increments, step by step as it were.
They constantly build on the known as a foundation for what lies
ahead.
For many…perhaps most…this is an equation
that provides a secure platform for growth and success.
But transformational leadership demands a different
approach. And we are living in a
transformational age.
The best leaders are those who are constantly defying
gravity. They are not constrained
by the processes of the past. Their
vision is much broader.
Hasn’t it always been thus? We need to challenge the conventional to
achieve the ‘impossible’.
For eons, we walked the face of this earth. Then in 1783 the first hot air balloon loosed
two French adventurers from the grip of the earth. Nothing conventional would have achieved
their flight. They had to defy gravity.
For centuries horses were domesticated to be our
‘beasts of burden’. That is until a new
invention was popularized by Ford and motor cars allowed us the break beyond
the horizons and travel to points unknown.
When the first airplanes became successful, we again
achieved the unexpected. Once more, we
defied gravity and entered a new era.
Throughout history, it has taken leadership willing
to risk.
Computers allowed us to travel into space. AI will open another Pandora’s Box as this
century unfolds.
In all of these endeavours, it has taken leadership
that is willing to attempt to defy gravity.
Not all will be successful, but those that are will change the world.
What in your business requires you to defy
gravity? Will you accept the
challenge? Or will inertia prevent you
from gaining the momentum to fly?
