So, what do you see?
A hat ? or something else?
This site is full of broad writings about leadership, and as part of that, we can look at various dimensions, which we can think of as sliders on a mixing desk.
In leading ourselves and our organisations, we always have to be conscious of those “sliders”.
In the case of the picture at the top, the slider is about how, in the words of the author of the book this comes from, “clear-sighted” we are.
Some other sliders to consider :
- How visual is your learning style (or auditory or kinesthetic)
- Do you have Thinking, Feeling or Knowing preference when it comes to how you process information?
- How comfortable are you with risk? Are you a “keep my cash under the mattress” person focussed on ultimate safety, are you a “startup gold mine in a far-flung country” risk taker?
- Are you focused on the short term or long term?
- Do you make incremental or radical changes?
- Are you a manager, a leader, a visionary?
- Are you a wartime or peacetime consigliere? (A reference to The Godfather!)
Back to the picture…if you see a hat, this website may not be for you…though if you see a hat and feel you could see something else, stay with it and you may open yourself up to seeing something else.