{"id":6492,"date":"2013-08-06T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.strategicmonk.com\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2013-08-06T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:27:11","slug":"leadership-has-a-sense-of-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/strategicmonk\/2013\/08\/06\/leadership-has-a-sense-of-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Has a Sense of Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8489692@N03\/5502741216\/in\/photolist\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6493\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-05 at 11.17.05 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/758\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-05-at-11.17.05-AM.png\" width=\"440\" height=\"398\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leadership is full of wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders are not machines. Leadership is not about equations, ratios, or formulae. There are no ultimate solutions or final answers.<\/p>\n<p>Leadership is caught, not learned in school. The answers are not in the back of the book.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders who inspire me believe in the power of the unexpected. They know that we each build our own leadership, we each need to explore and try new ways of leading.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders who inspire me appreciate that doing what is expected becomes predictable. They recognize the value of wonder.<\/p>\n<p>The first step toward wonder is not holding so tightly onto what we already know. \u201cI wonder \u201d is a necessary beginning. I wonder if we could make this better. I wonder if I could do that. I wonder what would happen if . . . .<\/p>\n<p>Leadership begins in wonder. It opens doors and windows to the possibilities of wonder.<\/p>\n<p>We turn our values into reality to learn what can happen. We wonder and imagine,\u00a0put our ideas into practice, and the lessons we learn shape what we wonder about next. We explore, we discover new possibilities; our potential expands.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders are like young children. We find wonder in the faces of the people all around us. Each person, each project, each challenge, each day is filled with opportunities to learn and grow. We try, and each step we take teaches us lessons that can fuel our wonder. We explore, and each time we reach out we grow closer to becoming the leaders we have the potential to be.<\/p>\n<p>The people around me spark my sense of wonder.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what would happen if each of us took the opportunity to wonder.<\/p>\n<p>How will your leadership be wonderful today?<\/p>\n<p>Where will your sense of wonder lead you?<\/p>\n<p>[Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/katerha\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>katerha<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership is full of wonder. Leaders are not machines. Leadership is not about equations, ratios, or formulae. There are no ultimate solutions or final answers. Leadership is caught, not learned in school. The answers are not in the back of the book. The leaders who inspire me believe in the power of the unexpected. 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