Intuitive Leadership
Strong business leaders are admired because of their ability to lead people effectively, stimulate business growth, and create positive work cultures that attract the best talent. Some of the most influential leaders in history have tipped their hats to their use of intuition when it came to some of the biggest decisions of their careers – leaders like Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. If you need proof, Bill Gates has literally expressed that, “Often you have to rely on intuition.”
Intuitive leadership means trusting your instincts in investments, in product and service launches, in team member selection – basically in any area your leadership encompasses. In an ever-evolving market landscape that can pivot at a moment’s notice, trusting that what you know to be right is right has become more important than ever in effective leadership.
Creating a Conscious-Centered Culture
When you lead with intuition and consciousness, the culture you create follows. While it’s not an easy feat, if you are practicing any intuitive leadership, then you are likely seeing the reflections in your company’s culture without realizing it.
If your intuition is to allow your creatives to, well, be creative, then it should be no surprise when they are bolder and more innovative with their ideas – because you’ve given them the space to do so. If you have a gut feeling that a team member is ready for more responsibility – for a greater challenge – then it should hardly come as a shock when they thrive given the opportunity.
The choice to lean on your own intuition when leading manifests itself in your team, encouraging them to follow your example. They become more intentional, act with more purpose, and become a product of your own conscious leadership. It results in more transparency and more collaboration – two of the biggest components of a positive culture.
Growth Through Instinct
Exploring intuitive decision-making and learning to trust your initial instincts leads to very desirable results like first to market offerings ahead of competitors, successful investments, and stronger talent acquisition. Rational and analytical decision-making will always play its part in effective leadership – there is no doubt. But remember, your concrete experience in analytics – in what works and what doesn’t – is what forms your instincts. Your intuitive intelligence is formed through your experiences, and your intuition is a reflection of the knowledge you’ve acquired. What better source of decision-making power could you ask for than experience?
Trusting your intuition as a guide means your decisions will be made quicker, and they will be more effective because they’re grounded in what you already know. Quick, informed decisions mean increased productivity, accelerated growth, and profitable investments.
At Mindway, we work with business leaders through intuitive coaching to hone your intuition and trust your own instincts to help you lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. In reality, the leadership piece you think you’re missing has been right with you all along.