Different thinking brings about new processes that can have unexpected benefits. It is essential for leaders to be curious about how different members of their team think and operate so they don’t shut down new, potentially valuable ways of working.
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As an unconventional different thinking leader, particularly if you are dyslexic, I just wanna remind you, you are not walking around like basically 85 to 90% of society. You are a different thinker, and that means you are part of a much smaller group of thinkers. And how you assess situations, how you process data, how you analyze problems, that being said, having an expectation that other people, the other 85 to 90% of the people you work with, you lead, those types of things, are going to understand how you’ve solved a problem, how you came to those solutions, is actually odd thinking on your part, because obviously they’re not. You process and bring in that information differently. So I really want to encourage you when you are feeling like, which happens to me from time to time, not that often, but I was reminded this week of a time when I was at a job that I felt, let me finish this statement, I will, that I did not belong, and that my, the people that were leading me at the time, were very much questioning why I was making the choices I was making. And in particular, I was doing a practice of covering my keister by having a lot of redundancy and backup. And by having that redundancy and backup on things, I brought about an opportunity for them to actually increase their revenue, improve what they were actually making in for their company, and require more of the clients that they had working for them. So my different thinking LED to big innovations for them and greater profits. So they didn’t understand it, and they made me feel pretty ashamed and guilty for how I was behaving, and by those choices I was making, by covering my keister and keeping all the documentation together, and those types of things. Which, if you want to hear more about it, it’s in my blog this week, um, I go into far more detail. My point being, don’t expect the whole world to understand. Don’t expect most people to understand your thinking. You need to understand you’re thinking. You need to be clear about why you’re thinking that way, how there could be wins in that for everybody, and you need to lead from that space of confidence and understanding. That is what makes an incredible unconventional leader. You’re a natural leader, and you’re probably doing it. Don’t come from a place of feeling bad, ashamed, or guilty for it. Just get everybody else is not going to be able to always support you or understand why you’ve made those choices. That’s an opportunity for growth and improve communication. And if you want help in some of that, remember I’m a coach, that’s what I can help people do. I’m JoyGenea, unconventional leadership, international neurodiversity coach, and champion for the outside of the box thinker. Woo hoo, thank you, bye now.