The Urgent Search for a New Leadership Model

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Welcome to the twentieth article in the series “Be the Leader You Aspire to Be” here on The Price of Business Show, where I will focus on the trends which lie ahead of us and how they will affect humans and businesses. The articles are based on my book Energetic Leadership, which talks about 9 trends leaders must navigate to cater for employees increasing demand for more spiritual leadership and sustainable business models aligned with their life purposes. These articles are about business leadership in the new era. I hope you will find inspiration for your own leadership and the leader you aspire to be.

The first article outlined 9 trends for business leadership and focused on authentic curiosity as a key competency for leaders to master. The second and third explained the concept of energy frequencies as the source of our true potential, followed by the alignment of the company’s purpose with the life purposes of employees and customers.

The fourth covered the 6-5 different generations currently working, the fifth focused on self-care and the ability to be present and the sixth was about uncertainty and how to navigate in it. The seventh article talked about the importance of intuition in decision-making and the eighth, nineth and tenth articles were about what a healthy economy and society are and how we all can improve democracy.

In the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth articles we looked at customer journeys built on healthy energy and how intuition and resilience can improve productivity. The fourteenth to sixteenth articles were about the world as a mirror of how we are doing as multi-dimensional humans and what we do with true AI. The last two articles were about the change of Change Management both in terms of timelines and the content.

The twentieth article is a reminder of the Energetic Leadership model as it is becoming very clear after the last 100 days of US political change which has hit the world, that there is an urgent search for a new leadership model. The funny thing is that the new leadership model is already here to engage in, if leaders dare to be quiet for a moment so they can listen and gather both their rational knowledge and their intuitive wisdom before they act.

But how can we expect global political and business leadership to do that when they have never been taught how to balance rational knowledge and intuitive wisdom. They have learnt and been practicing a degenerative leadership of optimizing growth and wealth at the expense of humans, nature and peace on the Planet.

Like with everything there is always another side – the opposite of a leadership that is degenerative is a leadership which is regenerative where we give more than we take, where we gather people instead of separating them. To do so we need to lead in a different way.

The new – yet old – way of leadership, I have named Energetic Leadership. It is when we can lead our own energy and the energy of others in a healthy way. Economists like Tim Jackson are talking about Care Economy, others about Well-being Economy – so we are approaching the crucial part of any Leadership Model, and that is that it is all about People. People at the core of our business models for societies and corporations.

I have named the new Leadership Model – Energetic Leadership – which is when modern life design collides with old leadership habits it is time to change and tap into intuition and unleash the energetic sense of the future.

The purpose of the Energetic Leadership Model is to create healthy leadership for all. The model is based on two infinite signs, a horizontal representing the business and its development and delivery and a vertical representing the human being and its development and delivery. Both signs are tied together with a heart representing the healthy relation. The model has 3 levels – the fundamental, the evolving and the unique.

For too long business leadership has ignored the vertical part, now it is time to restore balance to create peace, well-being and healthy prosperity.

The funny thing is that employees are craving change but do not know how they can get management talking. That is why being curious, daring to wonder and listen is key to making the change both within yourself and within your organization or even the whole society.

Finding your courage to surrender to a new – yet ancient – way of leading is the future.

Gitte Madelaire is an intuitive and visionary pioneer in leadership development. People, customers, business development, and futurism have always interested and motivated her. With a background in corporate business at companies such as Fona/HMW, Codan Insurance, Volvo Trucks and Ensure, she now inspires to new leadership through her book,” Energetic Leadership”, keynotes, facilitation and mentoring for leaders in her company Bronte ApS. Gitte holds a BSc in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MBA semester from the University of Victoria. She also has traditional leadership courses and certifications in intuitive and feminine future leadership, inner sustainability, and energy-based leadership. Gitte has lived in London, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur and currently resides in Denmark.

Learn more at www.energeticleadership.eu.