At Work with The Ready Depthfinding: From Leadership to Stewardship
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Apr 21, 2025 Explore the concept of stewardship and its pivotal role in modern leadership. Discover how organizations should be viewed as oceans, requiring leaders to prioritize the system's health over traditional boss-like roles. Engage in a lively debate about underrated condiments, reflecting on personal preferences and cultural influences. Learn the importance of flexibility in leadership mindsets, emphasizing adaptation and self-awareness. Examine the need for collective purpose in organizations, moving away from rigid practices that stifle innovation.
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Stewardship Shifts Leadership Mindset
- Stewardship requires a new mindset for leaders to care for and evolve complex organizations.
- Traditional leadership is about control, whereas stewardship is about responsibility and adaptation.
Industrial Age Shadows Persist
- The industrial age treated organizations like machines for extracting value from humans.
- Many organizational structures and practices today are haunted by this outdated view.
Information Age’s Leadership Flaw
- The information age elevated leadership personality over system health.
- Leaders became central figures with outsized power but degraded judgment, harming organizations.
