Our job as leaders is to help people excel. In this talk I will explore the simplified essence of leadership in complexity.

The purpose of leadership is to influence individuals’ behaviours, and ultimately attitudes, to reach a particular goal.

Essentially to create the right conditions for self-motivated, goal-oriented behaviour where the goal is key. Without a goal or a destination to reach there can be no leadership. Leadership is also not confined to an individual with a formal position within a hierarchy, leadership can be practiced by anyone! Groups, teams and sometimes even processes can meet the criteria to create an environment that promotes goal-oriented behaviour.

One word that is commonly used to infer such an environment is empowerment, or empowered teams and individuals.

But, if you were to observe an impactful leader in action, what would you see?

I will cover Three Guiding Principles to Live by as a leader and exemplify impactful leadership behaviours.

After all, it is all about behaviour.