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Twenty years ago, on November 18th, 1993, the music band Nirvana agreed to an unplugged performance at the Sony Music Studios in New York City.
The natural flaws inherent in playing unplugged brought the performers and their audience closer, the imperfection created a new kind of bond, a new kind of sharing artistic expression.
The world of Leadership is ready for its very own “Unplugged” moment.
For centuries, we have held high the image of the perfect, charismatic, know-it-all leader, who excels in everything and in every situation. In this world, every act of communication gets rehearsed, polished, and re-mastered, so that messages become flawless, immune to criticism. Such a protective approach may work for stable organizations in stable times; in today’s volatile and fast changing world it puts leaders under an unbearable pressure to excel, and it detaches them from the world. And it creates an artificial barrier between those at the top and their teams, disinviting collaboration and engagement.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen
In the beginning of 2013 Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton - the authors of this blog post - wrote a brilliant article in McKinsey Quarterly related to this topic.
You'll find the article here: Six social-media skills every leader needs.