Positive Disruption the Corporate Sufi Way is a powerful force. It entails totally rethinking how you and your team approach business. So, for each of the next 12 weeks I’ll be expanding on 12 areas of potential positive disruption as follows:
1. How leaders at all levels of business set goals that are aligned with the overall organizational goals and purpose. This requires clarity, burning desire and valuing obstacles and hurdles followed by a clear road map including regular feedback and accountability. Sounds simple, but not so simple.
2. How you become more engaging, empowering and energizing. Positive disruption here requires going from being a transactional leader to a transformational leader. Engagement, empowerment and energizing of your teams require a positive disruption in how you conduct leadership.
3. How each leader taps into their enormous potential and inspires others to tap into theirs. This creates a realization that neither you nor your teams are tapping into your full potential. The disruption here entails a vigilant effort to fight off the status quo while making sure that each team member is working in areas where their strengths are fully deployed.
4. How you challenge yourself to create more value, connection and impact on both your internal and external customers. This disruption requires genuine care, going the extra mile and sharing insights and wisdom that enable your customers to grow and profit.
5. How you manage time and yourself to become more efficient and effective. This disruption is more than just time management. It includes managing your emotions and energy.
6. How you find a deeper and sustained sense of success. Lopsided goals can provide temporary satisfaction; however, a deeper and sustained sense of success comes from a broader set of holistic goals.
7. How you become a powerful and positive change driver. Disrupting the flow here means your troops realize and strongly believe that change is good for them.
8. How you are able to lead with your head and heart. Leading with your head helps the logical part of people. Positive disruption enhances leading with the heart by showing empathy, compassion, and care, which in turn inspire loyalty, rapport and trust.
9. How you create an enabling environment. You want to leverage every bit of your team’s energy and knowledge, so return the favor by creating a positive environment, and your people will strive and thrive.
10. How you create a giving culture which creates abundance all around. Positive disruption makes you understand the paradox of giving in business – that the more you give the more you receive. The more value you create for others, the more value they create for you.
11. How you marry your IQ, EQ, and SQ. IQ shows you are intelligent, smart, and witty. EQ (Emotional Quotient) helps you build connection, rapport, trust. And SQ (Spiritual Quotient) inspires, uplifts, energizes. When you marry the three you get outstanding disruptive success.
12. How you transform negative ego into positive pride. Negative ego entails being self-centered and it can get you results in the short term. But in the long term, you will find you are losing good people and experiencing low morale. So focus on the positive.