00:00Hey! Wake up!
00:09Or not?
00:10I don't know about you, but I love to sleep
00:13And I need it after a week like this.
00:17Moreover, if we slept those 8 hours a day
00:20that many recommend to us,
00:22We would spend a third of our lives dreaming.
00:27What's the advantage?
00:28As long as it's not a nightmare, dreaming is great.
00:32Or maybe you like horror movies
00:35And nightmares would be great for you too.
00:39What's the downside?
00:41Heretical comment.
00:42That while we dream, we are 100% power and 0% actor.
00:51So, is it worth waking up or not?
00:55A few weeks ago, a philosopher on his YouTube channel
00:59It reminded me of Plato's allegory of the cave.
01:04Then, a Netflix series reminded me of it again.
01:08to allegory.
01:10Lord, are you trying to tell me something with this?
01:13If you don't know him, here's my summary.
01:18Perhaps you know her, well then.
01:20In a cave there is a group of men who have been prisoners since birth,
01:25with chains that hold them by the neck and legs.
01:29And in fact, these men can only look at the wall.
01:34Inside the cave there is a wall, and there are other men lifting a number of objects.
01:43There's a campfire, there's a path uphill that's difficult to climb,
01:50And there is also the exit from the cave to the outside.
01:54Then, the objects that the men who are next to the campfire are lifting
02:00They cast a shadow, they cast shadows on the wall that the prisoners can see.
02:07And so, those shadows that the prisoners can see are, for them, reality.
02:13There is nothing more.
02:15The allegory continues by saying that one of those men is freed,
02:21He goes outside and can see the campfire.
02:23Upon seeing the bonfire, the man begins to realize what he had been seeing before.
02:30That was not reality.
02:32Now the campfire is reality.
02:34Then, he is forced to go up the path to the outside,
02:40And when he gets outside, he sees trees, he sees animals, he sees people,
02:45and he also sees the sun.
02:47Then he returns and they force him, I think, to remove the men who were watching the wall.
02:58And in fact, when he tells them what he has seen, they mock him.
03:04In fact, Plato says that these men could even go so far as to kill him.
03:10So, is it really worth waking up?
03:16Is it worth breaking free from your chains?
03:20Is it worth seeing the bonfire, climbing, seeing the sun?
03:24Is it worth going back for your teammates?
03:28Is it worth being a leader?
03:30Of course it's worth it.
03:34This is how the old world met the new world.
03:38or how humanity reached the moon and will eventually reach Mars,
03:43Or that's how it has advanced rapidly throughout the world
03:47in order to find a cure for the coronavirus.
03:51Sure, it's very expensive, but it's worth it to awaken the leader within you.
03:59and that he has dreams, and that he has missions, and that he has projects
04:04that could change the course of humanity, or your school, or your family, or your community.
04:11But then, how do you prevent your former colleagues who still live inside the cave from...
04:17Will they crucify you for trying?
04:19And the answer has two words.
04:23Flexible leadership.
04:25Leaders must focus on one or the other leadership style
04:30depending on the level of willingness or commitment of its collaborators.
04:36Flexible leadership has at least four leadership modes that a leader can take.
04:42Directive, persuasive, participative and delegative.
04:48The managerial model is a model in which the leader makes all the decisions.
04:55It is the model where he plans the how, the when, the where, and the what of things.
05:01And then, if the leader doesn't tell them what to do, his collaborators would feel disoriented.
05:11They would be completely ineffective, and that doesn't work.
05:16The second model is the persuasive model.
05:19In this model, the leader still makes the decisions, still defines roles, still defines the chains of command,
05:28But he asks for feedback, he asks for recommendations from his collaborators.
05:34And then, this leader rewards his collaborators according to their effectiveness, according to the success they achieve.
05:42The third model is a participatory model, which is a model where there is greater interest in feelings,
05:54because of how people are feeling, because of people's well-being.
05:57And it is a model where decisions are made in an even more democratic way.
06:03In this model, collaborators have a sense of responsibility for the success of the projects.
06:12which is much higher, and this allows for the democratization of those decisions.
06:18And number four is the leader who has a delegating model.
06:24In this delegating model, the leader identifies and evaluates talent, knows who the collaborators are,
06:35who already have a very high degree of responsibility, and then he delegates tasks to them, he delegates opportunities to them,
06:42He delegates to them in such a way that they have a very high degree of autonomy.
06:48Their collaborators are proactive; they propose, organize, and even ask for feedback to improve.
06:55As you can see, we go from less autonomy to the highest degree of autonomy.
07:03Finally, I want to leave you with three powerful questions for your growth as a leader this week.
07:10The number one question is, what leadership model are you aware of having applied in your group, in your community, in your school or in your work?
07:22Did it work for you?
07:24Number two, what leadership models have they applied to you?
07:30Do you think they could have applied any other?
07:32And number three, what do you think you would have to do to be able to apply the best model according to the situation you are in?
07:44I hope that what we have seen up to today has helped you grow as a leader.
07:50In the next session, we're going to talk a little bit about how to lead yourself.
07:55See you.
