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Leadership Lesson No.1: Observe and listen

In previous posts (here and here), I mentioned that the way of doing politics had changed. Social media has become a powerful vehicle for social change whose impact is significant enough to induce profound political changes. The type of change required is directly related to leadership.

Over the next few posts, I will explore avenues for new leadership that could meet the expectations of those using social media as a vehicle for change. This new type of leadership appropriate to a philosophy of open government.

To become the core group - in my previous post , I used the term "symbol a collective dream" - a leader must clearly perceive what everyone needs and then to his perceptions into action. Note that what matters is not thinking about being reelected, or worry about his popularity. What matters is to meet the needs of people.

Meeting the needs of people, this requires an immersion in the situation - that is to say that you should put your hands in the dough - to get to read what happens. That is why it is crucial that politicians and government managers learn to master social media and incorporate them into their daily routine work. To immerse yourself in a situation, government leaders must communicate with citizens. Why? Because people do not always walk around with signs on the front on which their needs are spelled out. Rather otherwise. And when they went to walk around with signs is that they have not been heard. Therefore, government leaders must learn to read through people .

How do we do that, read through people?

First, observing, watching what happens.

But to listen is very important in understanding the situation where you are, and what is crying, which must absolutely be done. In almost all estimates of what constitutes a true leader is always the same quality mentioned: be a good listener.

This is not the charisma, confidence, ambition or ego that are most important. These qualities are identified among prominent leaders, but none of them is essential. The essential element of a good leader remains a constant development of consciousness : what starts to look and listen carefully.

situations overlap. Conditions change constantly. A good leader must be flexible, while looking and listening, in order to highlight the real need that he or she must arrive at complete.

• Do not interrupt.
• Carefully observe the body language (in real life, of course).
• Show that you have empathy. Do not criticize. Do not argue. And especially not - ever - especially not being condescending .
• Understand the context or the life of another person.
• Develop interpersonal communications without invading your private space.
• Provide your own point of view, but not too much nor too early.
• To listen simultaneously using four perception levels: body, mind, heart and soul.