In this session, you learnt the personal attributes of an inspirational leader.

You learnt how inspirational leaders take structured decisions to balance organisational excellence
and stakeholder empowerment. The hallmarks of an inspirational leader are:

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An inspirational leader:

1. Stand up for their values,

2. Believe in their purpose, and
3. Demonstrate behaviours that are driven by integrity.

Vision is crucial for you, as a leader. It helps you ensure that your team is clued in and agrees with the
overall direction and sense of purpose.

What are some of the ways to build a good vision? The main features of a great vision are listed
below:

Extrinsic motivation occurs when actions are motivated by external factors such as wealth,
popularity, grades and recognition. Studying for grades, riding for winning a race and learning a new
language because your job requires it are a few examples of extrinsic motivation.

Intrinsic motivation occurs when internal incentives influence actions. Individuals are instinctively
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motivated to indulge in a behaviour because it is naturally pleasing to them. For instance, you take
part in a sport because you enjoy it, rather than doing it to win an award.

A leader should drive motivation by sharing purpose, appreciating people, setting clear rules,
making teams accountable, and giving ownership to their team.

In a workplace where millennials share the space with those from other generations, you must have
resonated with the 3 Ps to motivate them. They are as follows:

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to
assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate
emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth

The five elements of emotional intelligence are as follows:

1. Self-awareness
2. Self-management
3. Motivation
4. Empathy
5. Relationship management

There are 4 ways in which you can build your emotional intelligence. They are:

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Internal self-awareness is understanding your motives, beliefs, values, emotions, feelings, direction,
ambitions and purpose by being intuitively connecting with yourself.

On the contrary, external self-awareness is understanding how others perceive you by gathering
insights from your surroundings.

The following table elaborates on the 4 archetypes of self-awareness:

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As an inspirational leader, you know that you should aim to have high external and internal
self-awareness.

A leader should always be on the lookout for alternative ways to build their offerings that are more
consumer-friendly, environment friendly and sustainable in the long term. A leader can create an
environment of innovation in the following ways:

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