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Page 1: Freedom Centered Leadership Interview

Interview

Summary

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What’s leadership?• It’s a set of behaviours and attitudes. For me

it is very similar to parenting. I believe leaders truly love their people and want the best for them so they need to enable best in them. It is about being a role model and nourishing the best in others.

• And as much as there is no time off parenting, there is no time off from leadership. There is a lot of forgiving and caring too. I think best leaders are those who think about their people like if they were their children. I sometimes think this way, but I am old too and most of my workers could be my children .

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KNOWLEDGE

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What’s your approach towards studying? I

• “I’m loving it!” – the truth is that I don’t have an MBA degree, but its mainly because I don’t consider formal education as an ultimate source of knowledge. I keep my mind open and study all the time. I value practical education a lot, learning things on the go, as they appear, I do lots of evaluation. I also keep myself curious constantly and whenever I have a chance I ask questions. I don’t take things for granted, I question and question again. I also think how can I make things better next time.

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What’s your approach towards studying? II

• Also since part of my job is connected with travelling, I always intend (sometimes better sometimes worse) to learn a local language, to experience culture, to get to know people and their traditions. I don’t want to be just an old white expat who tells others what to do, I want to learn from them to encourage them to learn from me. And I truly enjoy being a new one, a beginner. There is a term for it – a beginner mind – that’s how I approach learning.

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GOVERNANCE

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What are your healthy leadership habits?

• Planning – I always have a plan, every Sunday evening I plan my week, every month I plan main events, I even plan my free time and time for gym. I believe planning ahead makes me effective and acting according to the plan – efficient.

• Treating everyone same – I do my best to treat everyone with the same respect regardless if they are my staff, clients, bosses, partners or who ever. I get truly annoyed when some of my colleagues requests others to “remind them about the meeting” or call in advance. I can make an effort to write down their appointment to my calendar, so does everyone else.

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What are your healthy leadership habits? II

• Analyzing before making decision – especially in rush or during the crisis, I always take a breath to check if my decisions are caused by panic or actual need of action.

• Celebration – I encourage team work and whenever possible I celebrate with my team all our successes. It is also a way of team bonding in my opinion, cause its natural and very inclusive.

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SERVICE TO OTHERS

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What’s the role of leadership in the society?

• Our times are not better than any other when it comes to the way how people behave. At the same time our messages can become more viral now. Instantly we get to know about the ideas from other part of the globe.

• I believe the leaders of today should use the technology to help community and spreading awareness and getting everyone on board is the key. At the same time there is a trap which we need to address – people became more and more comfortable so even though they are “aware” they don’t act and leaders should drive action. Facebook protest wont impact the governments as much as actual protest.