Mike R. Jay on Leadership

Leadership: Pushing Your Own Buttons

A leader I’m working with asked me to explain what I meant by “pushing my own buttons” and I thought it would make a good piece for LeadU News as I write the final edition for 2005. It’s often hard to believe how fast the time goes each year.

First off, by using the question this leader asked me, I’m modeling how to push your own buttons as a leader. For one, I have a utilitarian worldview working with my theoretical worldview, so it makes sense to take something that I can do for one and do it for many—that’s leverage, and is one of my buttons I can push
on my own.

 

Leadership and Image

Leadership and Image

Well I had my first image consultation yesterday.

In any case, I didn't do so bad, but I really learned a few things
about how I can present better...and become more telegenic...ugh.

You might call me the reluctant leader in some ways.

When I think of all the things people ask me to do as a leader, it's just flat
de-motivating at times. I wonder sometimes how many leaders feel the same
way...do you just want to lead?

Or like me (at least I admit it, so maybe there is help for me), do you just
want  to do things you like to do and have the rest done by everyone else?

Leadership, Lexigrams and Mysticism

Most of you know, I’m pretty pragmatic and not all that subjective…and I think that is giving me some attributes that I may not have in any case. Kirron Ram Gulrajani, one of our LeadU Members from India, who can be reached at kgul@vsnl.com sent me a note the other day noticing my fascination, or what might be addiction to creating acronyms, which as some of you know, I don’t completely do on my own. Kirron did most of the work here, so he gets credit for this piece, but I thought you might enjoy it as I did.