Enlightened Rebel Leadership
As we continue to explore the guiding principle of Practice Facilitative Leadership from our Enlightened Rebel Roadmap, we suspect that you would agree with the following statement…
A healthy veterinary practice is one in which people talk and act as partners for the good of every other person and the practice as a whole.
Unfortunately, though, while we desperately want to experience this at work, we commonly get something else altogether. Veterinary workplaces commonly face these typical challenges…
Poor communication
Fear and/or mistrust
Lack of shared purpose or values
Tension/negativity
Lack of accountability
Low motivation and engagement
Employee turnover
Many of these can be related to positional leaders' misguided attempts at playing the role of "mom" or "dad". Sadly, paternalism is alive and well in our profession and it results in a parent-child dynamic where practice leaders reply too much on extrinsic incentives.
Our advice: Question everything you think you already know about leadership! Much of what we learned is based on a top-down paradigm that is over 100 years old.
So, what’s the alternative? Enlightened Rebel Leadership!
Enlightened Rebels are inspired by a vision of a better way to lead. They recognize the need to call into question some of the long-accepted notions around leadership that are no longer relevant. They intentionally challenge the status quo and lead the way by creating inspired workplaces through the power of innovative new approaches to leadership.
They recognize that there are three key differences that distinguish the mindset and skill set required for effective leadership in a constantly uncertain and rapidly changing world:
A different definition of leadership
A different view of the positional leader’s role
A different way of “being.”
To learn more about these three key differences, download our overview of Enlightened Rebel Leadership.
