Leadership SuperPowers™ in Action: The Secret to Visionary SuperPowers™
Most people (especially women) don’t see themselves as Visionaries.
In fact, a Harvard Business Review article cited an executive study where they found that female leaders received higher ratings than male leaders in most dimensions of leadership except in one dimension – envisioning.
Based on 360-degree evaluations of 2,816 executives from 149 countries enrolled in executive education courses, the study attributed this loss of recognition to the fact that most often women don’t see themselves or other women as visionaries.
The study suggests that the reason for this is that if the originator of an idea uses a collaborative approach to execute the idea, versus a more directive one, the originator of the idea is often not credited for having vision.
Most organizations financially reward their leaders for being directive (more masculine leadership quality).
Then these same organizations wonder why their employees lack innovation and engagement.
Often times, these organizations meet quarterly financial goals and sadly, burn out their best employees in the long run.
If you want to align your Visionary Leadership SuperPowers™ with your Systemic Leadership SuperPowers™ you can use the below 4P’s Tool to communicate your vision, idea or initiative:
Purpose: What is the big picture? For example, why is this important beyond making money?
Part to Play: How might your audience (leaders, direct reports etc.) add value to this vision?
Plan: How might we best play to our strengths as we execute the plan together?
Party: How will we know when it’s time to celebrate?
I’ll give you an example of something that is near and dear to my heart.
We just started an invitation-only Women in Leadership Power Community.
Purpose: To experience meaning and prosperity without ever feeling like we need to reject our femininity to get there.
Part to Play: Whether you’re in career transition, feel solid in your path or are living your legacy as a mentor, women deserve equal pay for equal work and the world prospers when we exhibit more Feminine Leadership qualities.
Plan: Collaborate, co-create, and be supported by our local curated community of successful women who see your value and will support, and guide your next steps.
Explore what it means to lead, influence and empower others – all while staying true to yourself as a woman.
When you can create a shared vision within your organization, organizational silos will break down. Cohesiveness will increase. And, ultimately, productivity will rise.