Read inside: Y Leadershift… Y Voice of the People Y He Is Risen! Alleluiah!! Y Looking for an Intercessor? Y Paradox of the Mask & distancing today Y False Rumours Often Start at the Top Y VIEWS on NEWS Y A Proclivity For Exaggeration Y U.P. Govt Clarification On Opening Of Religious Places Y Garland of Roses for Mary! Y Standing with Fr Stan Swamy SJ Y Fun Page Y Recipe Y The Voice Crying in the Wilderness Y Dear Woman (Poem) Y Matrimonials Y Book review: Leadershift… A Paradigm Shift In Pandemic Times We know very well that the only constant thing in life is recruiting in the workplace will be based on people’s ability to deal with change. But while we realize the need for change, what change and uncertainty and the ca- is still more important is to continue changing. How pability to change to fit new circum- does a leader do more than just hang on and survive in stances and situations. today’s hostile and threatening environment. The key is to learn how to continually make According to Maxwell, “Good leaders adapt. They shift and Adaptability is more than just hang on and survive in the ability to sense the change in wind e are indeed living in highly today’s hostile and threatening envi- direction and alter course to take ad- turbulent times, VUCA (Vol- ronment. The key is to learn how to vantage of the shift. Leaders who atile, Uncertain, Challenging continually make Leadershifts and a Leadershift must be like water. They Wand Ambiguous) is passé as the pan- Leadershift, according to Maxwell is have to be fluid. Water finds a way, it demic has given a whole new mean- an ability and willingness to make a makes a way. First, it changes with ing to crisis and escalated it ten-fold leadership change that will positively its circumstances. The environment to a new high. With a major economic enhance organizational and person- dictates the change. But moving recession looming large on the hori- al growth. Maxwell illustrates this water is also forceful. It first moves zon, businesses have had to redraw beautifully by quoting a NYT article around an object, but at the same strategic blueprints to avoid on Cheetahs which teaches time it begins moving the object. It the operational cul-de-sac us a lot about the importance can wear down solid rock over time. & develop the agility to take of agility when it comes to If you want to be an effective leader, the right detour towards ex- success: Anyone who has you must Leadershift. You cannot be cellence and brace oneself watched a cheetah run down the same, think the same, and act the against the impending fall- an antelope knows that these same if you hope to be successful in a out of the situation. cats are impressively fast. world that does not remain the same.” But it turns out that speed is In these distressful and Thomas Lobo not the secret to their prodi- This is so true of today’s pandemic alarming times, all our gious hunting skills: a novel struck world. If we hope to get out of homegrown and validated axioms on study showed that a cheetah chases this quagmire soon, we will have to leadership may not be good enough his prey by using a subtle combina- program into our minds the words of to steer us through this unprecedent- tion of speed and agility…with a top Albert Einstein: 'We can not solve ed crisis. It is here that John Maxwell, speed of 58 mph it can suddenly de- our problems with the same level of Best selling author & Leadership ex- celerate to 9 mph within a single stride thinking that created them' pert in his new book, LEADERSHIFT and with great agility can leap side- © 2019 outlines for us a pathway to ways, change directions abruptly and The words of the nineteenth century growth through the exercise of nim- slow down suddenly thus out manoeu- preacher, Phillip Brooks, the author bleness and adaptability that will help vring its fast and nimble prey. of the famous hymn, “O little town of businesses to stay ahead of the curve Bethlehem”, should inspire us in our by not only relying on speed but thriv- A recent study conducted identified quest to break free and chart a new ing on timing, innovating and making the three top leadership qualities course for the future: “Sad will be the changes before they are necessary. that are needed in today’s “BEYOND day for every man when he becomes Instead of staying the course, you VUCA” world: absolutely contented with the life he can change your trajectory and posi- is living, with the thoughts he is think- tion yourself to leverage on new and * Ability to motivate staff (35%) ing, with the deeds that he is doing, challenging opportunities. * Ability to work well across cultures when there is not forever beating at (34%) the doors of his soul some great de- We know very well that the only con- * Ability to facilitate change (32%) sire to do something larger, which he stant thing in life is change. But while . knows that he was meant and made we realize the need for change, what All these three qualities require Adapt- to do.” is still more important is to continue ability. Most recruiting firms today in- changing. How does a leader do sist that almost 91 per cent of future John Maxwell enumerates for us 7 im- 2 THE SECULAR CITIZEN Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 2020 Advertisement. Tariff THE SECULAR CITIZEN Over all size 21.5 cms x 27cms Print area 18 cms x 25.5 cms Full pg. back Colour (19 cms x 24 cms) Rs. 18,000 A National family WEEKLY Center spread colour(39 cms x 23.5 cms Rs. 18,000 Vol.29 Issue No.43 Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 2020 Rs.10/- Full pg. inside Cover colour(18 cms x 24 cms) Rs. 12,000 Full pg. inner colour (18 cms x 24 cms) Rs. 10,000 99, Perin Nariman Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001. Half pg. 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Send in your request to : +91 - 9820485389 or [email protected] (Contd.. from p. 2) be proactive today for the sake of tomorrow portant principles of LEADERSHIFT * MOVE FORWARD COURA- Dear Reader, * CONTINUALLY LEARN, UNLEARN GEOUSLY IN THE FACE OF AND RELEARN – redundancy is the UNCERTAINTY – If there was no name of the game. We need to em- uncertainty we would not need brace change everyday. We must leaders. It requires courage to Forward be willing to let go of what worked demonstrate leadership amidst un- yesterday and learn new ways of certainty This issue of seeing, doing and leading. * REALIZE THAT TODAY’S BEST * VALUE YESTERDAY, BUT LIVE IN WILL NOT MEET TOMORROW’S TODAY - People may honour you CHALLENGES – Good is the en- for what you did yesterday, but they emy of the best, but best is the en- by Email. respect you for what you are doing emy of the better WhatsApp, now. It is the quality of ourleadership and * RELY ON SPEED BUT THRIVE ON our ability to LEADERSHIFT that will Facebook TIMING – For leaders, timing is criti- decide how well we navigate through cal. Good timing enables leaders to the fallout in the aftermath of co- seize the moment and gain victory and other vid-19. We may come out bruised for the team When the leader sees and battered but with our spirits in- the bandwagon, it’s too late to lead social network tact and strengthened by an inner re- solve that we can be down but never * SEE THE BIG PICTURE AS THE out. platforms PICTURE KEEPS GETTING BIG- GER –A leader must imbibe the Thomas Lobo is Founder Director, to all your process of layered learning as the Life Anchors and Founder & CEO, picture becomes bigger and bigger. Roots2Wings Training Solutions, a contacts Leadership is all about growth and a Corporate to Pastoral Training Initia- leader learns to keep growing see- tive. 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