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12.04.2021

 

Michalis Vasileiou made a remarkable speech to the Master students studying Leadership in Multicultural Environment at the Sofia University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in the beginning of April.

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Mr. Vasileiou presented the new millennium leaders’ rules of engagement: Enhance inclusiveness (create a space where everyone can equally be heard); Request evidence (power of voice is defined by power of evidence, not position); Support experimentation (evidence is build based on experiments); Embrace failure (failing in experiment is indeed evidence).

Highlighting the importance of context when transforming the organization towards a New Leadership Culture the lecturer unfolded the ultimate leadership qualities when leading a team during times of massive change. Applying empathy and ensuring transparency with a genuine interest and authenticity will gain trust in the leader. Creating meaning will help individuals to unfold their own purpose and build trust to the vision. Building attitude and committing a team growth will construct the third level of trust where the followers are confident, self-motivated and inspired by self-leadership. The successful leader is one who helps the others to reach a state of inspiration where the leaders could not deliver any more.

Mr. Vasileiou concluded the lecture with an inspiring message that reveals the most progressive approach to leadership: During a leadership journey treat people with empathy and they will follow you because you respect them; Be transparent and they will follow you because they feel safe; Be a role model and they will follow you because they can project themselves in the future; Help them build a strong attitude and a strong core and they will follow you because they feel more confident. Leadership has nothing to do with how individuals feel about the leader; it is all about how they feel about themselves.

Michalis Vasileiou has a strong international experience, attending different managerial positions and leading various teams worldwide. He is a certified Business coach. Presently Mr. Vasileiou is the Head Of Commercial Operations at Philip Morris International.