"And as for the froth will disappear as something that is worthless. As for who benefits the people and he will remain on earth. So God made the parables. "Al-Quran, Surat Ar Ra'ad: 17 -
Let's now highlighting another characteristic of the mindset of a leader with an other story. Around eight o'clock a woman, Sales Manager for reliable, is still completing some paper works at his desk. Not intentionally walked past and the CEO. He did not know her, because as a large company there are tens of Sales Manager. He invited her to chat about various topics that were not associated with light work. From the conversation that he knew that today is the last working day of the woman. He had offered to resign because soon will bear a third child and have decided to become full time housewives. Not until the 20th minute conversation ended. They shook hands, and CEO of the Sales Manager to deliver it to the elevator door. Before parting CEO Sales Manager's request to call in person if at a later date get into trouble.
A year or two years later due to various reasons the company was having a great setback. Major clients leaving them, so the company's survival was at stake. Sales Manager for qualified people who have lived quietly and peacefully with his family was reading the sad news about former company where he worked in a business magazine. He immediately returned to the company, working incredibly hard, and then be able to help the recovery process that finally brought them back towards the summit.
Not long after that a business magazine reporter interviewed him. Motivation question about what drove him to cancel a decision to be housewives, and returned to the company just when they slumped. Even to him asked, "How many times the salary being offered to you than when you first come out, to the point you are tempted to go back in times of trouble?" She shook her head and said, "You are wrong. Completely wrong. At that time they were the only able to pay the last third of my salary. "The reporter was amazed. She said next, "But I remembered my conversation with the CEO on the last night I worked. He sincerely wanted to know the state of my baby sister. In fact, she asked what kind of sex, and whether I've got a name for her. And just before I came home, he offered to help in the future if I get into trouble. And oddly enough, I believe that talking is the heart. That's what makes me come back. Because I believe in his eyes, and in the eyes of this company, I am a human being ... "
Despite that he was a prophet and messenger, why Muhammad became the leader of the greatest figures in history? Because he was able to touch the human heart. Look for example how he conquered the hearts Ansar friends when they sued the division of spoils of war after the conquest of Mecca that they deem unfair to make comparisons remarkable: when the Quraysh leaders came back with a variety of hundreds of camels and other treasures, the Ansar home with their Prophet. Then the liver crushed Ansar friends, and their tears flowed with the surge. Subhanallah! Or look at how the whole friends feel that they, respectively, are the people most close to the Prophet SAW. This shows how Muhammad has had a concern in humans (people care) are extraordinary.
Significantly, it is a deep concern to humans is the next characteristic inherent in the mindset of a true leader, in addition to the orientation of the change and transformation that have been discussed earlier. People care also means a willingness to deal with the uniqueness, complexity, and unexpected inherent in humans. Leaders think that the system and structure follow the people, so he is more focus time, energy and other resources to build meaningful relationships, deep, and long-term with humans, motivate and inspire them, to build and strengthen their commitment, rather than merely a short Cut to manage them by placing his followers in an organization chart boxes, rules, and job description.
Leaders are fully confident that the appropriate approach will lead to the actualization of the peaks talents of his followers, so that empowerment, empowerment, which is believed to be the credo. Willingness to empower the mean willingness to share experiences, knowledge, and skills, intelligently delegating authority possessed, as well as open access to various resources needed to develop themselves. Everything is based on mutual trust and respect, and moreover, sincerity and probity. In the discipline and consistency of vision, the leader provides a wide space for his followers to be free, independent, creative, and dare to take risks to make mistakes.
Furthermore, Jim Collins describes this as a first principle of the who, then what distinguishes a great leader, the leader of the fifth level, with a leader model "a genius with a thousand helpers". Leaders consistently rank fifth start a transformation by ensuring that only the right people who are in the bus, and vice versa, ensuring they are not exactly excluded or out of the bus. And the criteria he used in determining the "right persons" more emphasis on their human qualities, namely its spiritual capital, rather than specialized knowledge and skills are relatively easy to learn. Impact, the right persons can continue to roll out of transformation, even though the leader was no longer with them. Conversely, a genius with a thousand helpers tend to choose talented people who believe can help him achieve his vision. Usually, the helpers of this - no matter how talented they are - become paralyzed or topsy-turvy at the moment of genius gone.
source : Arief Munandar