Michael Anderson is the pioneer of Elevated Leadership, a leadership approach that uses personal growth to develop the natural style of each individual. As outlined in “Soul-Centred Leadership” and “The Experiment”, it has made him a best-selling author and also won him the accolade of Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
While Anderson enjoyed business success having started, grown and sold three international software companies, it was his experiences with depression, lawsuits, hard drugs and divorce that led him towards a life change. His current practice grew out of a Masters in Spiritual Psychology and has brought him clients including Microsoft, PwC and Uber. Ahead of his keynote presentation at this week’s ScotSoft, DataIQ asked him about leadership and how to develop the right culture in business.
DataIQ (DIQ): First of all, can you give us a sense of what you will be covering in your session at ScotSoft?
Michael Anderson (MA): What I teach is essentially the psychology of leadership. When individuals are promoted into a leadership role or run their own organisation and so become leaders, a new set of skills must be learned. Leaders require a vision and purpose. They also need to be emotionally intelligent, a good communicator, motivational and inspirational and often those who have been previously successful in the tech industry will have a very different set of skills.
This training focuses on the mindset to ,firstly, show up with confidence, secondly, to be assertive when appropriate, thirdly, to implement boundaries within the company, fourthly, the ability to motivate and, lastly, how to earn respect and loyalty. Leaders need to do these things, but we are often not taught how and to think, act and speak strategically.
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