From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom

Becoming a Wise Leader

To become a wise leader, you don’t need to cultivate new skills or competencies. Rather, you must learn to act and lead wisely using the six capabilities you already have: perspective, action orientation, role clarity, decision logic, fortitude, and motivation. The six following chapters focus on exactly what that means and how to do that.

Chapter 2 is about shifting your perspective and connecting to your noble purpose—or your North Star, as we call it. Wise leaders foster a holistic perspective that integrates diverse, distinct, and even polarizing worldviews. They use this perspective to evaluate the short- and long-term implications of their decisions, and to cultivate an integral mind-set—that is, the ability to see ...