Wakefulness: The Decisive Leadership Skill
Management Services › Vol. 50 Nbr. 3, October 2006
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Wakefulness is reviewed as a critical characteristic for leaders. It is described as the way of an awakened leader. Wakefulness is subdivided into three dimensions: internal, external, and integrated. Internal wakefulness pertains, in foundation, to the leader's connection with his or her inner source of wisdom. External wakefulness pertains to the leader's awareness of the world around him or her. Integrated wakefulness pertains to the way the leader intertwines his or her internal and external wakefulness attributes. The integrated wakefulness is the most complicated part of being a leader, because it pertains so much to action through perceived compatibility. If there is no compatibility between the leader's internal qualities and his external environment, there will not be any integration. Important to keep in mind is also that awakened leaders are constantly changing. And so may some of their internal pillars of wakefulness.
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Wakefulness: The Decisive Leadership Skill
Wakefulness is reviewed as a critical characteristic for leaders. It is described as the way of an awakened leader. An awakened leader maintains a high level of alertness in every regard; toward him or herself and his or her driving motives in various matters; toward the people he or she guides; toward the organisation he or sh...
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