Leadership Happens In Moments, Not Meetings
Deloitte reported on the different ways school principals can show up as leaders during their day. They listed 42 moments of truth, moments where leaders led. You can find out more about their work in the link below. From this list, meeting the school community at the gate at the start and the end of the day was privileged over the other 40 or so moments. This one action, the daily greeting, was reported as more impactful by a significant degree. It's what we call a force multiplier.
'There are many such 'moments of truth' in our days, where what we choose to say and do, how we show up, and the intent we hold as we go about our lives, impact the people and world around us. Leadership happens in moments, not meetings.'
– Matt Church
People choosing to lead and see themselves as leaders makes for a more leaderful enterprise or community. The primary leadership moment is the decision to see yourself as an agent of impact and change.
So three heuristics to guide you In your leadership journey.
Leadership is a decision, not a position. Be conscious of the impact and influence you have on others and the world. We create positive ripples of change when we decide to lead.
Leadership happens in moments, not meetings. The impact you create occurs in small moments of truth, not grand gestures. Look for the magic moments where you can reduce fear and replace it with confidence, remove confusion, replace it with certainty, and mobilise us all in pursuit of a better future.
State matters more than script. Conscious leaders are aware that how they show up is the work. As such, prepare yourself as much as you prepare your work, if not more. Your presence, if brought from a place of conscious awareness, will do more work than your memos, meetings, and messages ever can.
These three orientations will help you make a difference as you show up in service of others.
This is you leading.
PS. Matt has started to publish his new book, The Leadership Landscape, via Instagram. Join the conversation here.
Link to Leadership Landscape on Instagram.
Link to Deloitte's Courageous Principals Training.
Link to download Matt's book Rise Up.
