Resilient leadership: don't just empower - emancipate!

'Don't just empower - emancipate!'

Bonang's passion and enthusiasm about resilient leadership completely bowled me over. I found myself getting excited about this leadership style as he gave me a breakdown of the do's and don'ts of resilient leadership, which are listed in the table below:

Leadership Development Conference presented by Knowledge Resources - PowerPoint slideshow by Bonang Mohale

The three Cs: Guiding mechanisms of resilient leadership

Resilient leadership is controlled, competent and clear. Each mechanism has several guiding principles leaders should try to follow.

1. Control

• Act your way to new thinking, short and early conversations make efficient work,
  
• Use "I intend to ..." to turn passive followers into active leaders,
  
• Resist the urge to provide solutions,
  
• Eliminate top-down monitoring systems, and
  
• Think out loud (both superiors and subordinates).

2. Competence

• Take deliberate action, learn - everywhere and all the time,
  
• Don't brief - certify,
  
• Continuously and consistently repeat your message, and
  
• Specify goals, not methods.

3. Clarity

• Achieve excellence; don't just avoid errors, build trust and take care of your people,
  
• Use your legacy for inspiration,
  
• Use guiding principles for decision-making criteria,
  
• Use immediate recognition to reinforce desired behaviours,
  
• Begin with the end in mind, and
  
• Encourage a questioning attitude and avoid blind obedience.