How to Make Transformation Your Superpower
In the aftermath of a pandemic, change is far from unfamiliar. You may have seen modifications to your work space, your routine, and work culture as a whole. But despite change being all too familiar, how much of this change is truly transformational?
Chances are, the change you’ve witnessed in the last few years was largely incremental. While this reactionary and immediate kind of change is more common, it is also less effective and not sustainable.
Like many leaders, you may be striving to shift from incremental change to more impactful and lasting change but feel unsure of where to begin.
At the Tenacious Leadership institute, we know how difficult it can be to create lasting change with so much already on your plate, but we also know that with our expertise and incite you can overcome those difficulties to start making the transformational change your leadership, your team, and the world as a whole needs now more than ever.
At the Tenacious Leadership Institute we define transformational change as “the ability to identify, strategize, design and lead substantial change that results in transformation of our people, thinking, actions, systems, processes, people, organizations and world.”
As research has shown, transformational leaders are better able to motivate employees, ultimately leading to improved performance at the team and organizational level (Bandura, 1977; Gist, 1987).
To start making the most of your transformation superpower, we’ve provided some steps you can start taking today for immediate results.
Here are 3 key ingredients for transformational leadership
1. Thinking ahead
Take time to affirm your long term goals and reassess your current actions to ensure the two align. Transformational leadership takes a strong long term vision.
2. Second-guessing
Reconsider whether the way you and your organization is doing things, is the best way to do things. Transformational leaders strive for improvements and re-evaluate the systems in place.
3. Collaborating
Plan how you’ll hear more from your team on the topic of change. Keeping people included is key to leading transformation.
In 2023, we need a new approach to change. Transformational leadership gives us the tools to make impacts that last and start innovating at a higher level. To start leading transformationally, begin by thinking more long term, reevaluating current systems and encouraging collaboration.
At The Tenacious Leadership Institute, we have all the tools you’ll need to keep moving forward on your path towards the transformational leadership our world needs today.
Leadership Practice
Take a moment to review the list of practices you should avoid in order to improve your transformational leadership, and the practices you should use instead. Pick one of the three practices to avoid which you find yourself doing the most often, and then create a plan for how you will start using one of the 3 alternatives we listed instead.
About Athena
Athena Williams, Founder and CEO of Tenacious Leadership Institute, has been supporting leaders worldwide to become more tenacious for over 20 years. She has found that tenacity is the key to sustained leadership success in today’s ever-changing world. Through her coaching and leadership development programs, she helps leaders expertly handle change, complexity and other challenges so they can quickly get better results for themselves, their teams and their organizations. Take the first step to becoming a tenacious leader by scheduling a call with us.
