Rebel leaders and corporate mindset
As we journey through the impact of the Coronavirus, we need bright, innovative genius and deep, consistent values but something is holding us back. Corporate Mindset is a systemic obstacle to the innovation and success it currently needs.
Populist corporate revolutions and semi-innovations have seemed comforting in the past, because they looked like productive change. Unfortunately, too often they were actually just lids to cover the boiling frog. Terminologies changed, restructuring was reworked, brands and logos updated, but the underlying protocols and processes remained unchanged.
The density of corporate processes and the unwieldy weight of decision-making continues to make change risky – even if only at a subconscious level. Many people are trying to maintain a business-as-usual attitude, resisting the opportunity to stop and reassess everything.
Rebel Leaders align with intentional principles. They want to interrogate systems until they can produce whole, sustainable, inclusive results. They want impact and meaning. They want to change the world. Corporate Mindset is hooked by the idea of these kinds of results yet trapped in the comfort zone of ‘the way things are usually done around here.’
We need excellence, agility and inspired solutions. We need brave people who are prepared to lead in new ways. We need to stop losing and denying this potential. So much talent, skill and wisdom has long been trying to toe the line: numbed from pushing against systemic obstacles; shamed or frustrated by compromise; wearied by fighting self-doubt and imposter syndrome. There is a way to reframe process, protocol and function in corporates. Many resist the seeming complexities, but the Covid-19 catalyst washed excuses away. Changes are the new reality and many layers of complexity need to be considered. It is possible to do so successfully and without total chaos, but it takes a mindset shift.
For this, we need to cultivate Rebel Leaders.