<p><span>In this article you will learn the following</span><br></p><ul><li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">20 Things you need to be absolutely crystal-clear about and steps on how to become a great trail-blazing & game-changing leader </b></li></ul><ul><li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">100+ ideas to be a trend-setting, path-breaking, disruptive leader</b></li></ul><p>There is lot of truth in this statement – "<b data-redactor-tag="b">even if you are on the right track – you would be left-behind - if you just sit there".</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Trailblazers transform companies - trailblazers transform careers -trailblazers transform the world- trailblazers change how people take things and themselves.</b></p><p>When <b data-redactor-tag="b">you are caught in an unprecedented disruptive phase with built-in rapid-changes</b> - like what the world is witnessing right now -You may discover to your dismay and horror that - <b data-redactor-tag="b">the solutions, the answers and the directions eludes you completely at times - and that you are completely opaque and fogg</b>y about the course of your future-actions</p><p>Few of these changes were triggered by covid19 but besides the corona-effect - <b data-redactor-tag="b">there are also numerous-major paradigm shifts are taking place in technological-economic-political-social-economic-professional fields</b> - which are impacting - <b data-redactor-tag="b">our personal, physical, mental, emotional and relationship areas in most overwhelming and in most profound manners.</b></p><p>If you are a business-leader - <b data-redactor-tag="b">then the challenges automatically becomes even more complicated, complex and ambiguous.</b></p><p>If you introspect objectively - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you may find that there has been significant revolutionary alterations [in last say 10-12 months]</b> - in the way you look at others - how you relate with yourself - your current priorities - your quality and types of relationships in your professional-social- personal arenas and your perceptions.</p><p>In many cases <b data-redactor-tag="b">Almost everything might have undergone drastic and unimaginable changes - at least for few people.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The same would be the case with your family-member, your employers, your social, your community, your customers etc</b>.</p><p>M<b data-redactor-tag="b">any of your professional competencies might have become redundant because of few changes</b> - and to survive and succeed you may need to <b data-redactor-tag="b">acquire different skill-sets on urgent basis</b>.</p><p>Many of the <b data-redactor-tag="b">massive business-challenges you are facing</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">might not have any reference-code or rule-book available - to take cues from.</b></p><p>As a leader - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you need to make decisions and take actions and constantly reinvent to deal with the unknown, the uncertain the muddy - on your feet- in this likely-to-stay for long new-normal.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You may even have to pivot to unthought-of-before business-ideas and shift from the existing one</b>.</p><p>While you are experimenting <b data-redactor-tag="b">with newer-ways, different-processes and unconventional-methods - you also have to lead your team at the front and grow</b>. </p><p>This is a mammoth task - <b data-redactor-tag="b">and no-one is expected to do all these experimentations and finding solutions and answers to all these challenges</b> - all by themselves.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The best leaders will have to recruit, enroll and seek the support of flexible-innovative-disruptive thinkers </b>- as employees and as mentors and as coaches<b data-redactor-tag="b">. </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">20 Things you need to be absolutely crystal-clear about and steps on how to become a great trail-blazing & game-changing leader</b></p><ul><li>1.Identify what you need to do and what all possible ways you can generate revenue</li></ul><ul><li>2.Learn and plan - on how would you create a balance and manage the operational expenses, lenders, vendors, debtors and also invest in what would create the future</li></ul><ul><li>3.How would you create a robust cash-flow management plan and control it directly</li></ul><ul><li>4.Identify what are going to be the skill-set that you and your employees would need now and in future and how can you acquire these</li></ul><ul><li>5.From where you would attract, recruit and retain the best talent </li></ul><ul><li>6.Making sense from the ambiguity - making complex simple to be understood even by those who do not have any idea about your field or line of work </li></ul><ul><li>7.To be innovative enough to find the most effective marketing channels, marketing tools and newer markets</li></ul><ul><li>8.Finding newer products, services and offerings - through tweaking and combining couple of already in-demand things - or going for completely crazy[many may find - but you feel convinced of the viability of this venture after testing]</li></ul><ul><li>9.Understanding and incorporating - the newer buying habits, buying-needs, buying-patterns and buying-trends of your customers</li></ul><ul><li>10. Exploring - how you can leverage the technology in such ways that you can operate with the minimum manpower and maximum efficiency </li></ul><ul><li>11. Optimizing the cost [without going for quick-fixes or cutting-corners]</li></ul><ul><li>12. Maximize the essential-investments that will keep your organization ready and fit for - when the markets and economies boom </li></ul><ul><li>13. Minimizing or eliminating wastages as per the lean-manufacturing and 6-sigma concepts - they are more relevant today than before</li></ul><ul><li>14. Learning how to redesign, rewrite reinvent your products, services and offerings to suit the new business and economic culture and environment</li></ul><ul><li>15. Exploring and keep refining - what value proposition that you can create for your clients</li></ul><ul><li>16. And most important how can you remain sane, cool and with minimum viable stress</li></ul><ul><li>17. You also need to create succession planning at all the major decision-making levels on war-footing - if you don't take this as a priority – you will find yourself overwhelmed and bogged-down with such operational day-today issues - that you will cease to be a leader </li></ul><ul><li>18. And should you operate this business-line or close-down</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">19. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Identify how the current crises-changes-challenges have impacted </b></li></ul><ul><li>I.Your business</li></ul><ul><li>II.Your consumers</li></ul><ul><li>III.Your employees</li></ul><ul><li>IV.Your own priorities</li></ul><ul><li>V.Your own handicaps and challenges</li></ul><ul><li>VI.The market you operate in</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">20. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Ask yourself these 20 Future-change-focused question</b></li></ul><ul><li>I.Which of your strengths have become weaknesses </li></ul><ul><li>II.Which of your earlier-weaknesses can become your pillars of success</li></ul><ul><li>III.How is your personal relationships have changed</li></ul><ul><li>IV.How it has impacted your spouse and children </li></ul><ul><li>V.What are the priorities that you feel are immutably important</li></ul><ul><li>VI.What changes you need to make in your thinking-process, habits of mind as well as routine</li></ul><ul><li>VII.What skills you need to acquire on - should-have-got yesterday basis</li></ul><ul><li>VIII.What is the most updated-vision that you must work on - in different areas you are responsible for</li></ul><ul><li>IX.Do you have the team - who are go-getter and learners - people who feel good challenging the issues rather than waiting for being spoon-fed</li></ul><ul><li>X.What type of people you need - how to get them and from where - whom to let-go</li></ul><ul><li>XI.What type of coaching, mentoring and handholding you need for yourself - who are the people whom you can enroll and how</li></ul><ul><li>XII.What type of interventions you need to initiate to make your existing people acquire the cutting edge and in-need competencies</li></ul><ul><li>XIII.What are the types of obstacles you are facing right now - also what types of difficulties you foresee</li></ul><ul><li>XIV.What types of strategies you need to invent to overcome these challenges - would the older one still-work or are working</li></ul><ul><li>XV.How can you get your core-team - who have the confidence of challenging you and your decisions and choices - and creating possibilities </li></ul><ul><li>XVI.How will you ensure rapid-implementation as well as pivoting if the actions don't work</li></ul><ul><li>XVII.How can you identify, explore and foresee emerging and hidden trends of the future</li></ul><ul><li>XVIII.How can you restructure, redesign and remodel your organization to use the fullest potential of all these trends - without having a wild-goose chase as well as costly mistakes</li></ul><ul><li>XIX.How do you manage to retain your sanity as well as create balance between your business/professional-family-personal-social life - among these</li></ul><ul><li>XX.How can you learn, grow and create benchmarks and standards which would trend-setters for your industry as well as globally</li></ul><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">100+ ideas to be a trend-setting, path-breaking, disruptive leader</b></p><ul><li>1.Learn and understand the difference <b data-redactor-tag="b">between - being a change-dreamer, a change-thinker and being a change-creator</b> </li></ul><ul><li>2.Train yourself to look beyond your current business needs - <b data-redactor-tag="b">by asking continuously - what are you doing to create value for the future</b> - how could your-brand, your products-services, your-organization - help build a better world</li></ul><ul><li>3.Develop a mindset of being perpetually curious</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">4.</b>Create a learning-high nature - <b data-redactor-tag="b">which thrill you to learn new things and experiment with new ideas</b></li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5.</b>Create and raise your standards and bars constantly - <b data-redactor-tag="b">and then go and excel in these for creating benchmarks that others will emulate</b></li></ul><ul><li>6.Finding innovating and creative solutions to your problems and the challenges faced by large masses</li></ul><ul><li>7.Become a leadership creator - <b data-redactor-tag="b">helping your connections and network - grow bigger and larger than they were and to unleash the best in people</b></li></ul><ul><li>8.Being flexible and open to new ideas - exploring all which is unconventional and not-yet-a-trend</li></ul><ul><li>9.Being an action-person - <b data-redactor-tag="b">translating the ideas and plans into concrete actions</b></li></ul><ul><li>10. Being a misfit - <b data-redactor-tag="b">rather than conforming to what is traditional</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">chartering a new different path and course of action that leads you towards your goals</b></li></ul><ul><li>11. Proactively seek, create and embrace change - not fighting or resisting it</li></ul><ul><li>12. Being at the forefront <b data-redactor-tag="b">to try newer ideas - irrespective of how ridiculous it may sound - because if you don't try to change things</b> - things will never change</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">13. </b>Expecting setbacks-failures-mistakes <b data-redactor-tag="b">but always taking corrective and preventive action</b></li></ul><ul><li>14. Using patience, persistence and perseverance - to make large meaningful changes</li></ul><ul><li>15. Implementing big-changes - in small-small units</li></ul><ul><li>16. Knowing yourself and what you want to accomplish in your life is essential - <b data-redactor-tag="b">but you need also to have the courage, confidence and competence to take actions </b>- on whatever it takes</li></ul><ul><li>17. Doing the right thing - focusing on being respectable rather than being popular</li></ul><ul><li>18. Knowing and living your values - demonstrating integrity in your words and in your actions</li></ul><ul><li>19. Developing relationships based on mutual trust and respect - treating everyone as equal and with complete impartially </li></ul><ul><li>20. Being vulnerable and asking for help when you don't have expertise for something</li></ul><ul><li>21. Taking responsibility for your own action as well as those of your team</li></ul><ul><li>22. Surrounding yourself - with people who are smarter, more intelligent, better skilled</li></ul><ul><li>23. Maintaining your individuality - <b data-redactor-tag="b">connecting with different professional and social networks but </b></li></ul><ul><li>24. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Maintaining your own identity by being yourself</b></li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">25. </b>Being open to suggestions and feedback on their own ideas <b data-redactor-tag="b">and be ready to accept when someone's idea is better than yours</b></li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">26. </b>Sharing your ideas without the fear that others will steal them - <b data-redactor-tag="b">they may copy your idea - but only you can deliver unparalleled value</b></li></ul><ul><li>27. Being transparent and honest in communicating - policies, changes and what is expected of others plus how well others are performing and what they need to do to be their best</li></ul><ul><li>28. Building-up - from your own qualities, your strengths and your strong-suits</li></ul><ul><li>29. Doing what is good for yourself and others - <b data-redactor-tag="b">never focusing on pleasing clients for short-term but going for their long-term benefits</b></li></ul><ul><li>30. Involving all the people in decision-making, problem-solving and executing ideas and strategies</li></ul><ul><li>31. Handling the <b data-redactor-tag="b">tough-distasteful tasks - first when your energy-levels are at their peak</b></li></ul><ul><li>32. Exploring problems as possibilities and opportunities</li></ul><ul><li>33. Being disciplined -to avoid pain of regret of missing opportunities</li></ul><ul><li>34. Starting small - taking baby-steps but always towards the big-picture</li></ul><ul><li>35. Taking time to think thoroughly before acting in cases of huge changes</li></ul><ul><li>36. Consolidating <b data-redactor-tag="b">what you have created and building-up on them in consistent forward-moving approach</b> - nothing worthy happens over- night </li></ul><ul><li>37. Standing-up for <b data-redactor-tag="b">something-meaningful, something-great and something which impacts larger mass of people powerfully</b> and positively</li></ul><ul><li>38. Committing to the long haul attitude - for those goals which are long-term</li></ul><ul><li>39. Promising <b data-redactor-tag="b">less and delivering exceptionally high</b> - instead of making great speeches - delivering what you promised</li></ul><ul><li>40. In case you find an injustice you see around - start a community towards collective action.</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">41. </b>Finding innovative <b data-redactor-tag="b">ways-methods-ideas to engage your employees-your clients-your community</b></li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">42. </b>Delegating-empowering and giving authority to your people - <b data-redactor-tag="b">trusting more - controlling less - empowering most</b></li></ul><ul><li>43. Trying-out completely fresh - <b data-redactor-tag="b">new approach in thinking as well as in taking-actions</b></li></ul><ul><li>44. Starting and supporting meaningful causes for the betterment of your community</li></ul><ul><li>45. Becoming a mentor for your people </li></ul><ul><li>46. Starting your own social enterprise to create meaningful positive difference</li></ul><ul><li>47. Changing your <b data-redactor-tag="b">perception of a dealing with crisis and setbacks - from something to be feared-of - to something to lean from and grow</b></li></ul><ul><li>48. Creating an environment in <b data-redactor-tag="b">which it is safe to try new things - failing and learning from mistakes </b>- for yourself as well as your employees</li></ul><ul><li>49. Finding ways to use your voice and your power to support those who need it</li></ul><ul><li>50. Playing big - Recognizing your unique qualities and how they can create powerful positive difference and lasting impact </li></ul><ul><li>51. Inspiring others by doing what you love</li></ul><ul><li>52. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Stepping-up in those situations</b> that requires you to step up</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">53. </b>Being the person - <b data-redactor-tag="b">whom people can look-up to come-up with solutions-possibilities-alternatives</b></li></ul><ul><li>54. Identify and appreciate - everything - other's contribution, beauty of nature - your blessings</li></ul><ul><li>55. Taking risks of moving forward - even if people are saying no to your new ways and ideas</li></ul><ul><li>56. Finding and choosing to be part of entrepreneurs and other leaders - who have change-making at the core of everything they do </li></ul><ul><li>57. Creating teams <b data-redactor-tag="b">which have the grit and creativity to come-up with sharply-focused, strategic moves that catalyzes</b> and creates outcomes that makes you in a niche of your own</li></ul><ul><li>58. Making yourself ignited by purpose and empowered by your passion to make this world a better place to live </li></ul><ul><li>59. If you are a working professional - <b data-redactor-tag="b">applying and working in the jobs that are the right fit for you and your employer - stay engaged once you start working from the very first day</b>- invest some of yourtime looking into industry trends -stay a step beyond what everyone else is doing and be on top of the industry trends</li></ul><ul><li>60. Develop the ability to share ideas and clearly communicate them to colleagues and seniors -speak-up and share ideas</li></ul><ul><li>61. Polish and make your communication skills - be suave, refined, sophisticated and classy - to set you apart from others</li></ul><ul><li>62. Learn what it takes to get the best out of your team and people </li></ul><ul><li>63. Execution of an idea is the most important factors - as millions of ideas happen every day but never get implemented</li></ul><ul><li>64. Become a game changer by <b data-redactor-tag="b">developing the game changing mindset - creating a game changing teams</b> -then planning and implementing game changing strategies and game changing customer experiences</li></ul><ul><li>65. Muster courage to be vulnerable - <b data-redactor-tag="b">it takes courage to accept your shortcomings, mistakes and ignorance</b> and that you are not perfect and taking accountability and full ownership about your decisions and actions</li></ul><ul><li>66. If the same issues keep coming up over and over - <b data-redactor-tag="b">ask yourself - why do you respond to situations the way you do - what makes you think, act and feel the way you do</b> - what are your triggers and who manages to press them to make you lose your cool and control</li></ul><ul><li>67. Learn to <b data-redactor-tag="b">lead from the heart -through understanding, leading and engaging your people</b> by respecting, valuing, and developing them to succeed</li></ul><ul><li>68. Listen to understand - and not to prove who and what is right or wrong</li></ul><ul><li>69. Stop complaining and start resolving issues</li></ul><ul><li>70. Shift from whining to solving and doing </li></ul><ul><li>71. Make yourself think and act differently in a world full of incredible ideas</li></ul><ul><li>72. Create <b data-redactor-tag="b">your niche playing ground - instead of competing and imitating the leaders</b> in the markets </li></ul><ul><li>73. Create a future mindset - <b data-redactor-tag="b">learn to interpret fast - to see new patterns and opportunities </b>- then choose with deliberations what is relevant and not</li></ul><ul><li>74. Learn to connect unrelated dots - connect new ideas, new people, new partners, new capabilities and new ideas.</li></ul><ul><li>75. Become <b data-redactor-tag="b">emotionally-agile –to cope with change</b></li></ul><ul><li>76. Use your intuition to make sense of nonsensical and then to make informed choices.</li></ul><ul><li>77. Be a hands-on working-person - to be the catalyst and coach</li></ul><ul><li>78. Learn to <b data-redactor-tag="b">persist but also know when to move on</b></li></ul><ul><li>79. Be inspired by ideas from other places, other cultures, other countries, other businesses and other people</li></ul><ul><li>80. Resolve the conflicts and clear misunderstandings and misinterpretations - immediately on ASAP basis</li></ul><ul><li>81. Stop overthinking - take actions when you have reasonable amount of information</li></ul><ul><li>82. Avoid information and data overload</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">83. </b>Dream big - <b data-redactor-tag="b">have larger than life goals and aspirations - wake up with irrepressible ideas</b></li></ul><ul><li>84. Become a voracious reader <b data-redactor-tag="b">- be curious and inquisitive</b></li></ul><ul><li>85. Walk the extra mile by providing value without expecting anything in return</li></ul><ul><li>86. Identify, use and leverage <b data-redactor-tag="b">all your available assets and resources to move the forward and grow in a meaningful way</b> </li></ul><ul><li>87. Create measurable upturn in your life </li></ul><ul><li>88. Put massive amount of hard-and-smart work and efforts</li></ul><ul><li>89. Understand that - sometimes - the thing that you are most scared-of -is the thing that is the most imperative thing to do</li></ul><ul><li>90. The illusion of safety in comfort-zone is more dangerous than the risk of taking actions in the face of uncertainty and unknown - <b data-redactor-tag="b">be an informed risk-taker</b></li></ul><ul><li>91. Always focus on excellence and challenge and reject and refuse mediocrity</li></ul><ul><li>92. Match your people's curiosity with continuous learning opportunities - enable your people to make a difference & re-imagine the possibilities</li></ul><ul><li>93. Understand that there <b data-redactor-tag="b">is no glamour without the grind, grit and consistency</b></li></ul><ul><li>94. Perfect your craft - to make yourself master in what is your very-own unique niche</li></ul><ul><li>95. Reject average - and embrace your weirdness - don't be afraid of being different</li></ul><ul><li>96. Choose to define yourself - <b data-redactor-tag="b">ask yourself - who is defining you? Is it you or someone else - never let other people do it for you</b></li></ul><ul><li>97. Challenge the <b data-redactor-tag="b">status quo and do so with courage and conviction</b></li></ul><ul><li>98. Ask yourself - if you had more courage and could take bigger risks - what accomplishments you may achieve</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">99. </b>Don't wait for and seek permission where you don't need one -and <b data-redactor-tag="b">find a way around obstacles in your path</b></li></ul><ul><li>100.Work around barriers - and not stop at big obstacles</li></ul><ul><li>101.Stop worrying about other people's opinions</li></ul><ul><li>102.Spend more time outside where the action is - doing things on shop-floor or at brass-tacks</li></ul><ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">103.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Empower women and use their massive strength to create gender parity and balance of ideas and implementation</b></li></ul><ul><li>104.Implement diversity and inclusivity</li></ul><ul><li>105.Enroll and get the best from the people who are differently-abled</li></ul><ul><li>106.Create a meritocratic and value-based organization</li></ul><p><span></span><a href=" #howtobeachangecreator, #howtobeatrailblazingleader, #howtobeatrendsettingleader, #howtobecomeagamechangingleader, #bedisruptivetrendsetter, #howtobeeffectivebusinessleader, #qualitiesofgreatbusinessleaders, #howtobeachangemakerduringdisruptivetimes, #tipstobecomegreattrail-blazing&gamechangingleader, #ideastobecomepathbreakingmindset, #transformyourlifemagnanimously, #impactlagemassespowerfully, #transformtheworldtomakeitbetter, #handledisruptionsingreateffectiveways, #creategamechangingteams, #impactpeople'slifepowerfully, #basicsofgreatleadershipduringtiughtimes, #anticipatetrendsandencashthemforbiggestadvantages, #becomechangemaker, #howtobeeffectiveatexecutionandimplementation, #implementbigchanges, #playforbigstakes, #becuriousbecomeacatalystcoach, #createmeritocracy, #liveyourvalues" title="" class=""><br>#howtobeachangecreator, #howtobeatrailblazingleader, #howtobeatrendsettingleader, #howtobecomeagamechangingleader, #bedisruptivetrendsetter, #howtobeeffectivebusinessleader, #qualitiesofgreatbusinessleaders, #howtobeachangemakerduringdisruptivetimes, #tipstobecomegreattrail-blazing&gamechangingleader, #ideastobecomepathbreakingmindset, #transformyourlifemagnanimously, #impactlagemassespowerfully, #transformtheworldtomakeitbetter, #handledisruptionsingreateffectiveways, #creategamechangingteams, #impactpeople'slifepowerfully, #basicsofgreatleadershipduringtiughtimes, #anticipatetrendsandencashthemforbiggestadvantages, #becomechangemaker, #howtobeeffectiveatexecutionandimplementation, #implementbigchanges, #playforbigstakes, #becuriousbecomeacatalystcoach, #createmeritocracy, #liveyourvalues</a><span></span></p>