| If you're a manager working in a business | | | | development. In short, the new-age manager |
| that wants to become successful in the 21st | | | | has to come to terms with the spiritual |
| century, then you need to embrace the 8 | | | | dimension of work. |
| archetypal roles of the New-Age Manager.1. | | | | |
| Prophet. The new-age manager stands out from | | | | "The first responsibility of a leader is to |
| others by their ability to see possibilities | | | | define reality. The last is to say thank |
| that others don't see. He or she doesn't just | | | | you." (Max DePree)6. Pioneer. The one thing |
| have a goal for the team to reach, but a | | | | that new-age managers have to live with that |
| vision of something exciting and unique. | | | | their forefathers didn't is constant change. |
| | | | They have to both create and tear down, build |
| "Some people see things as they are and ask | | | | and destroy. They have to set themselves on |
| "Why?" I see things that are not and never | | | | one course only to make a sharp U-turn and do |
| were and ask "Why not?"." (George Bernard | | | | something else when conditions dictate. The |
| Shaw)2. Partner. The days when the manager | | | | modern manager is like the frontiersman or |
| was someone who stood above the workforce or | | | | woman of old, seeking new lands and new |
| lived in a separate part of the business have | | | | adventures every day."You have to leave the |
| long gone. Today, the manager is a key player | | | | city of your comfort and go into the |
| in the team, a part of it as well as apart | | | | wilderness of your intuition. What you |
| from it. He or she is a key partner serving | | | | discover will be wonderful. You'll discover |
| the team and in turn being served by it. | | | | yourself." (Alan Alda)7. Persuader. One thing |
| | | | that hasn't changed from the past is the key |
| "The thing that lies at the foundation of | | | | role that managers play in communicating with |
| positive change, the way I see it, is service | | | | others. In fact, they have to be even better |
| to a fellow human being." (Lech Walesa)3. | | | | at communicating than ever. They need to be |
| Performer. The new-age manager gets results. | | | | articulate as well as silent. They need to |
| This is because he or she works with the | | | | coach as well as be coached. They need to |
| team, knows what they want, and has the | | | | speak to people's minds as well as to their |
| skills to communicate their vision to others. | | | | hearts. If the ability to make a case was a |
| The workplace becomes a dynamic and exciting | | | | crucial skill of old, then in the future one |
| place to be. And everyone performs out of | | | | of the most valuable skills will be the skill |
| their skin. | | | | to persuade."Nothing is so potent as the |
| | | | silent influence of a good example." (James |
| "If you want to stand out, don't be | | | | Kent)8. Pilgrim. In the stories of the past, |
| different, be outstanding." (Meredith West)4. | | | | one of the heroic archetypes was the figure |
| Poet. It may sound strange to talk about the | | | | of the pilgrim who goes on a journey to |
| manager as a poet but as an articulator of | | | | discover treasures and ends up discovering |
| the deeper meaning of the values of the | | | | himself. That's an apt way to end these |
| workplace and a communicator of emotions as | | | | descriptions of the modern manager. He or she |
| well as information, this is what he or she | | | | is an adventurer who goes into the unknown, a |
| is."He who is certain he knows the end of | | | | dream-seeker, a wanderer for whom the journey |
| things when he is only beginning them is | | | | will always be more important than the |
| either extremely wise or extremely foolish. | | | | destination."You cannot be wimpy out there on |
| No matter which is true, he is certainly an | | | | the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break |
| unhappy man for he has put a knife in the | | | | through the barriers, to find your own path." |
| heart of wonder." (Tad Williams)5. | | | | (Les Brown)© Eric Garner, |
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