Quotes by Kevin Allen

Kevin Allen

All buoyant leaders are driven by a real ambition- that is, what is being created that didn’t exist before- and one criteria for that real ambition, is that on initial inspection, it seems fundamentally impossible.

Ambition

Leader

Real

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast.

Command And Control

Sensitive

World

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don’t ever think it can be self-defeating.

Accountability

Self

Thinking

As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.

Form

At the end of the day it’s really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.

Believe

Intelligent

Real

Buoyancy is a phenomenon whereby, as a leader, you float because the people you inspired believe that you should, because you’ve truly connected with the collective desires and values of the people you lead.

Believe

Leader

People

Buoyant leadership is not a management technique, it’s a leadership principle based on the belief that leading isn’t presiding, it’s taking people on a journey, and on any hero’s journey there will be a setback.

Hero

Journey

People

Change management is kind of a weird concept to me. We can’ t control events any more than we can control the weather. But we control how we deal with it and we can control the opportunities that these moments of change create.

Events

Opportunity

Weather

First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a collective community.

Ambition

Organization

Real

For so long, companies were run using a command-and-control, ‘top down’ hierarchical method that involved dictating down the command chain and maintaining order. What I’ve witnessed in our time is evolving democratization, a shift to a demand economy accelerated by technological advancements like social media.

Order

Running

Top Down

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Leader

Lying

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Opportunity

Order

Organization

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Quality

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Responsibility

Risk

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Quotes by Kevin Allen

Kevin Allen

All buoyant leaders are driven by a real ambition- that is, what is being created that didn’t exist before- and one criteria for that real ambition, is that on initial inspection, it seems fundamentally impossible.

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don’t ever think it can be self-defeating.

As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.

At the end of the day it’s really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.

Buoyancy is a phenomenon whereby, as a leader, you float because the people you inspired believe that you should, because you’ve truly connected with the collective desires and values of the people you lead.

Buoyant leadership is not a management technique, it’s a leadership principle based on the belief that leading isn’t presiding, it’s taking people on a journey, and on any hero’s journey there will be a setback.

Change management is kind of a weird concept to me. We can’ t control events any more than we can control the weather. But we control how we deal with it and we can control the opportunities that these moments of change create.

First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a collective community.

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