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Leadership Beliefs
In this section, we look at some core leadership principles. Fundamentally, leadership is about helping others realize their full potential, making a difference, building a compelling view of the future, courage, trust-building, connecting, integrity, balancing the head and heart, humility, and being true to yourself. Leadership beliefs act as a compass pointing us in the right direction. They act as the beacon which lights the way and enables the team to navigate uncertain times.

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Fundamentals of Leadership
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  Leadership Beliefs to win in the Digital Age
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How Great Leaders Inspire Others: The '5Cs' Formula!!
In this chapter, we cover why inspiring the team is important and what is the best way to do it. Whether it’s through role modelling, creating a compelling vision or effective storytelling the role of the leader is pivotal in inspiring others. Getting others to sign up for a higher purpose, go beyond the call of duty, beyond their ordinary limits and achieve great results. To be able to do so the leader has to care, connect and inspire them from within.

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How leaders inspire others?
Finding your personal leadership style
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  A Leader’s 5 Cs Formula to Inspire Others
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How to create great leaders
For enterprises to succeed, it is important for the leader to not have the sole responsibility to drive change and deliver on enterprise growth targets but build a team of next level leaders who are driven, empowered, customer-centric and have the right level of expertise to own and deliver outcomes. To be able to build a team of great leaders, first we have to believe everybody has leadership potential within them. Second, we need the right trigger of experiences to unlock it like providing stretch assignments and teaching through role modelling. Before you ask others to follow suit, you have to live the values you want them to demonstrate.

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Crucial traits of a true leader
How to develop / make leaders?
How to tap India's youth's youth potential to make them future leaders?
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  Mantras to Create Great Leaders
  6 Minutes
Mastering Duality: A Key Skill for leaders to succeed in the Digital Age
Among the challenges the VUCA world throws at leaders, most of which have been dealt with in the previous chapters, this one is particularly unique. It is a very critical need for leaders to manage contradictions or seemingly conflicting objectives at the same time. Because of the level of volatility, leaders will need to be agile, consistently evaluate scenarios and go beyond making tradeoffs to mastering operating with duality to succeed. Those who are able to master this skill will grow to a different level of professional maturity and impact.

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What are dualities and conflicts in business?
Some major contradictions that occur in business
Leadership skills to excel
Approaches to handle conflicts
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  The Defining Skill for this Digital Age – Mastering Duality
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Quiz
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  Entrepreneurial Leadership Quiz
  10 Questions

Leadership Beliefs to win in the Digital Age

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Leadership is about helping others realize their full potential. Every person has unique and abundant potential. A leader helps people realize their potential by challenging and stretching them.

Leadership is about making a difference. It is about striving to create a positive and lasting impact in all aspects of your work and life. In any situation, ask not what you are getting but what you are giving.

Leadership is about building a compelling view of the future. A leader must have an inspiring vision that will benefit the organization and will provide a sense of common purpose and direction to the team.

Leadership is about courage. A leader must take risks and not be afraid of treading a new path. Leadership means saying what you mean and having the spine to stand up for your beliefs.

Leadership is about trust building. Trust is a force multiplier. Building it means suspending your own agenda, walking the talk and delivering on promises.

Leadership is about connecting, about touching both the hearts and minds of people. It is about communicating and connecting with warmth and openness at all levels. People need to see and hear you for themselves.

Leadership is about integrity, about striving to do the right thing so you have a clear conscience and can hold your head high.

Leadership is about the balance of head and heart. It is about both delivering excellent business results and being an empathetic and caring people leader. A leader must consciously find that balance.

Leadership is about humility. About not letting success or position go to your head. It is about staying humble and grounded, which will earn you the love and respect of people. It is about listening better and avoiding making big mistakes.

Finally, leadership is about being yourself. Each one of us has unique strengths. So, leadership means being authentic, digging within yourself, introspecting and defining your own leadership mantra and style.

Nitin’s conclusion:

Leadership fundamentals do not change. I believe it is important for any leader to stay anchored to the fundamentals. I hope these principles provide you with helpful guidance for your leadership journeys.

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