Successful leaders is how to think?

We usually focus on a successful leader is how to act, but often we overlook their thinking process. Leader in its operations are less likely to show their way of thinking, and by reading some books about successful leader, nor is it possible to understand that the leader's way of thinking. Therefore, we need to focus on in the minds of leaders, particular attention from several conflicting views on the process of making choices.

Great business leaders behave consistently affected by attention, the Jack. Welch autobiography and the execution of such books is hot, it is because people want from successful people of inspiration behaviors. We have often been the leader approach, admire their decision-making, admire their bold style, admire them and ultimately achieved remarkable results. Many people have learned to imitate the behavior of these successful leader, and apply to their work, however, they often don't get the desired result. Possible cause is that people in imitation of misses the point: in an environment of effective behavior and style, in another context may not be feasible. Therefore, Roger. Martin (RogerMartin) made from a leader's way of thinking and cognitive process to explore its causes of action--"know it so, also known by its impossible".

In the past six years, Roger. Martin has interviewed 50 many successful business leader, he eventually discovered that these leaders are on the way of thinking has an unusual feature: they tend to and ability to accommodate two conflicting viewpoints, at the same time will not be worried and upset, also will not simply be either/or choice, but a new path, put forward a new idea. This new approach, which combines the original two views of the conflict, and two viewpoints than the original. This selection of thinking process is called integrated thinking (integrativethinking). This way of thinking, to a large extent, you can increase the chances of success: when we encounter two opposing programme, our first reaction is often selected one deemed to be "correct", of course, the other is "wrong". When you force yourself to "alternative", will take the "wrong" in the right part of the point to throw exception, this would be tantamount to allowing the brain to gave up looking for more creative solutions. At this point, we need to reflect on the integration of thinking.

Adoption of integrated thinking and decision-making in four steps

Outstanding business leaders of real features, is neither a superb strategy, not perfect, but an integrated thinking criteria--"either/or" choice, use two opposing viewpoints between to find a better, more creative solutions.

Then, consolidation of thinking what a process? those able to consolidate thinking person is how the two conflicting views of sublimation is one of the more innovative ideas? in General, they go through the following four steps to complete. Although the four steps is not a consolidated thinking that are unique to each person to make decisions by thinking, when going through these four steps, however, distinguish between integrated thinking and traditional way of thinking is that each step in the consideration process focus and methodology.

Step 1: grip problems in focus

The first step is to find out in the decision making, the factors to consider. In order to reduce complexity, traditional practices, lay down some think is useless, or even start to consider certain factors. However, we may make some of the key factors to ignore it. In each Department in your organization, consider the problem of time, often only from the perspective of the sector. For example, the financial sector is often considered the problem of time ignores the existence of emotional factors; organizations considering employee behavior issues, it may ignore the organizations of their own problems. This is because the organization most divisions are highly specialized, has its own narrow perspective; and competent in order to pursue the enterprise, forcing employees to limit the scope to consider issues that took into account the results of the employee is only part of the problem, but ignores the others should be aware of the relevant factors.

But when the decision has had for the moment, we have often regretted omit some should be of concern. We will say to yourself "is a new store location, I should take into account the situation of the road" or "employees sent abroad, I should be considering he's adaptive capacity and health".

Integrated thinking of looking for factors that influence the decision, will take the initiative to look for is not very obvious, but with decision related critical factors of potential. Of course, the more no clue problem, key factor will be more, however, as long as we can discover more of the relevant factors, the more able to take a comprehensive look at the problem. Integrated thinking want complex, because the more complicated answer often exist in it, the more from many key factors in the integration of a solution.