Your Divine Fingerprint by Craft Keith A

Author:Craft, Keith A. [Craft, Keith A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2013-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Look at the words you circled. Are you more aligned with Transactional Leadership or Transformational Leadership? If you’re like most people, the highest percentage of words you circled is in the Transactional column. I am going to provide you examples of how to transition your alignment from a Transactional to a Transformational Leadership thought process.

Skill and Creativity

Skill is focused on what you can do and is Transactional. Creativity is focused on a better way and is Transformational. Do you know what happens to some people? They get so skillful, they lose their creativity. Sounds like a paradox, doesn’t it? People get so focused on what they DO, they forget to BE creative, because they are not THINKING beyond normal. Our natural tendency is to THINK, BE, DO normal. Your 1% Factor is what adds super to your natural.

So let’s change your paradigm. Put your hand on your forehead and repeat after me: “I’m going to change today.” Now here’s how you’re going to change. What you bring to the table is not what you can do but a better way of doing what is needed.

So here’s the change. Say, “Because I am always changing for the better, everything and everybody around me has a chance to change for the better too.” Develop a philosophy that says, “Everything gets better when I get better.” The creativity part begins with you figuring out how you can be better. Your marriage can be better, because you can be better. Your job can be better, because you can be better.

I remember that shortly after my wife and I were married, we were lying in bed one night, and I asked, “How can I be better in this relationship? I really want to be better.” She lovingly looked at me and said, “You are great!” Later she confessed that it took her off guard (creativity) and she wished she had another chance! So about a month later, we were lying in bed and I said, “How can I be better?” She lovingly looked me in the eyes and said, “Well, since you asked . . .” She began to tell me ways that I could improve, from picking up my clothes, to helping her around the house since we both worked at that time outside the home. I got a pen and paper and wrote down what she said, and I made a decision to transform, to be better, and in the process, to make my marriage better.

Today, I still ask her the “How can I be better?” question. You know what is amazing? She began to ask me the same question back. As I began to get better, it made my wife want to be better. This is what Transformational Leadership is all about. It’s not, “If you do this, I will do that.” That’s Transactional.

Goals and Capacity

Goals say, “Here’s what I need to do!”

Capacity says, “I will develop my potential so I can be the best I can be in whatever I do.”

Performance

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