Ideal Leadership

At New York Business Consultants we think that an ideal leader (woman or man) has a vision that he believes in that is beneficial for the world in general and for the relevant community that he serves especially. He provides a (business)plan in collaboration with his team and preferably with all correspondent stakeholders of the leader’s environment to strive for his vision on a common basis.

For this he leads by example, meaning that he is not afraid to take risks beyond his comfort zone and risks that are involved in serving a purpose that may be greater than himself while he is not ashamed to admit to his own limitations and therefore to seek cooperation. In fact, a leader collaborates to build a network that is mutually beneficial. Although any type of collaboration requires some form of compromise a leader’s  independent thinking should not be subject to it. He has the power to decline ideas, offers and compromises that are not contributing to the overall vision or organizational goal.

When prioritizing his actions, he is able to more or less avoid giving anyone the feeling to be of lesser importance. Hence his decisions are characterized to a great extent by emotional intelligence, given that he himself is emotionally stable, and able to draw from his understanding of human and institutional behavior. He takes time out to reflect and to cogitate on a regular basis not only to seek inspiration for improvements of any kind regarding his work, but also to remain his work-life-balance and health respectively.

Caring about each and every one of them, a leader integrates individuals in his team that share the vision which is communicated clearly through inspirational language respective actions and through providing the means necessary to motivate, to qualify and to enable his team to perform at its best. The latter may be accomplished more likely if he accomodates feedback regarding his own performance, and making a reasonable amount of time available to sharing and to making sense of joy and sorrow in person.

Overall, a leader is authentic, persistent and consistent in his leadership practices taking responsibility for his own and the actions of his team showing appreciation for success and in times of crises seeking the opportunities to foster stability while being fully integer – always. But everbody who is willing to lead  will eventually encounter a variety of other people with different interests, behaviors and phenomena that lie beyond his own reason and control. Thus, it is inevitable that he will face situations of ethical dilemma every now and then. A leader tackles these immidiately taking into account the interests of the ones depending on him more than his own interests.

Too narrow-minded, too idealistic or not at all relevant? Let us know what you think what makes an ideal leader :)