LEADERSHIP FACTOR: Do I have this?

What differentiates between one leader to another performing is that performing leader has what I call factor X. This factor X is an abstract leadership quality unique to an individual, often something beyond words.

I see this factor in other great leaders, and I try to find ways to imbibe theses subtle factor X everyday. What I know is this factor is important to every individual.

This factor is essential in restructuring the cultural psyche of an organisation, and that psyche is engrained within the attitudes, beliefs and character of every high performing leader. This is viable in individuals within the organisation too, and if alive, an organisation is a synergy of positivity. It take that factor X in every individual to make a team that functions for each other for the vision of their organisation.

The cultural psyche is described as a mixture of verbal, visual, emotive creations and reactions to messages within a given social context. It is how people from outside receive an impression of an organisation, it’s people and leadership from various information. 

How the  contents of organisation thrives depends on the big factor X of its leader and smaller factor x of others within. When the marriage between X and x happen like a romantic adventure towards one vision through unity in diversity of efforts, understanding and harmony, cultural psyche of the organisation is a vibrant synergy of optimism and hope. In such atmosphere there is no underlying fear of reprisals from a leader, no stain of reluctance in the subordinate. They have total psychological safety to communicate without harboring doubts and dangers of reactions.

The factor X is the key that unlocks the rusted rigidity of work culture, people character and public opinion. This X is a product of nurturing with which individual grew within a virtuous family, deep learning, harsh experiences and reflective changes in characteristic of being human.

Good leadership is about being more human than a mechanical autocracy. The factor X function is key to managing the mechanism an organisation. 

The schools where this factor X is missing in the leader has no sign of factor x in every other people within the organisation. This absences is what make workplace a furnace of silent pain and discomfort.