Architecting Transformational Leadership with Robert White

“The basis of leadership is good relationships because leadership is about creating something new, about an interruption,” explains Robert White, transformational architect, mentor, speaker, bestselling author, and leadership educator. Today, Robert talks about how to architect transformational leadership within a business or organization.

A truly effective leader is one who has great relationships with their team, and great relationships are built on trust. Dishonesty is ingrained in most people as from a young age they are taught to tell little white lies. Each little lie told actually diminishes the strength of that relationship. CEOs and other people in leadership positions often do not actually have a good understanding of the relationship dynamics within their team. It’s important for leaders to really reflect on the ingrained beliefs that color how they interact with others in order to form more authentic relationships. When you can act from a place of complete honesty and integrity, that will build trust and create stronger relationships.

In order to be a transformational leader, you have to start by aligning your behavior, feelings, and thought patterns with your authentic or core self. Once you do that, you can form more authentic relationships on a basis of real trust and complete honesty.

• “The basis of leadership is good relationships, because leadership is about creating something new, about an interruption.” (10:51-10:58 | Robert)
• “For many of us, we're not even aware of the little lies that we tell and how they diminish trust in those around us.” (12:47-12:55 | Robert)
• “Learning to be honest without being hurtful is an art and a skill set that really, really effective people develop.” (15:36-15:49 | Robert)
• “When your behavior, your feelings, your thinking, and who you really are are aligned, that's when you begin to create trust.” (19:07-19:15 | Robert)