In 2015 Trump announced his candidacy for president of the
United States and became the party's front-runner. The big question is this
Republican presidential nominee a Synchronous Leader?
Synchronic Leadership, according to Nir Golan, educational
and leadership expert, can only take place by coincidence in time. Donald
Trump is a Business Leader and a Reality Television Star. In 1980, he opened
the Grand Hyatt, which made him the most controversial developer. In 2004 Trump
began starring in the hit NBC reality series which became an offshoot for The
Celebrity Apprentice.
The Synchronous Leader isn't only a leader of a country, he
is a global leader: he leads a global process from end to end (E2E), regardless
of a specific location. He leads a global team: a global professional team
built up from experts all around who work as a global team. The translation of
these assumptions into Trump's leadership is challenging.
Synchronous Leadership consists of a dynamic combination of
mindset, behaviors, and skills that are employed to change and enhance the
world through the use of technology.
A Synchronous Leader must have the next essential skill
sets:
· Technological proficiency: expert in
all the digital nets and tools. In 2004 Trump took advantage of his
high-profile persona when he began starring in the NBC reality series The
Apprentice, which quickly became a hit.
· Collaboration: the ability to work
as a part of a team, required to have a broad view of the project, have
holistic consideration and collaborate more with each other in order to achieve
this goal.
· Communication: message transfer and
transformation. On June 16, 2015, Trump made his White House ambitions official
when he announced his run for president on the Republican ticket for the 2016
elections, joining a crowded field of more than a dozen major candidates.
"I am officially running for president of the United States," Trump
said during his announcement at Trump Towers in New York City, "and we are
going to make our country great again." He added with his signature
bravado: "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever
created.”
· Global awareness: a whole world
vision. Expanding his empire to the south, around this time Trump developed a
condominium project in West Palm Beach, Florida, and in 1989 he branched out to
purchase the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle for $365 million, which he later renamed
the Trump Shuttle. In January 1990, Trump flew to Los Angeles to unveil a plan
to build a $1 billion commercial and residential project featuring a 125-story
office building.
· Problem solving: analyzing and
perfectionism. When the Pennsylvania Central Railroad entered bankruptcy, Trump
was able to obtain an option on the railroad's yards on the West Side of
Manhattan. When initial plans for apartments proved unfeasible because of the
poor economic climate.
· Creativity: thinking out of the box.
In 1974 Trump obtained an option on one of Penn Central's hotels, the
Commodore, which was unprofitable but in an excellent location adjacent to
Grand Central Station.
· Critical thinking: evaluation skills.
It was in 1990, however, that the real estate market declined, reducing the
value of and income from Trump's empire; his own net worth plummeted from an
estimated $1.7 billion to $500 million. The Trump Organization required a
massive infusion of loans to keep it from collapsing; a situation which raised
questions as to whether the corporation could survive bankruptcy. Some
observers saw Trump's decline as symbolic of many of the business, economic and
social excesses that had arisen in the 1980s.
Those skills and processes should be at the very heart of
every decision a Synchronous Leader makes and are keys to leading people. In Trump's
Synchronous Leadership, the irony of the process of thought control: the more
energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the
more your ideas end up controlling you.
Trump's Synchronous Leadership is not consists of
innovation, effective and integrative technology, meaningful professional
development, global connection and an open mind.
Trump as a Synchronous Leader isn't very much empowered by
the world and take an active part in the global development team- from decision
making to implementation, having a broad understanding of overall
considerations.
As Synchronous Leader, Trump cascade transformation messages
and way of thinking to his people, inspiring them to dare, share and own.
"Antifragile is beyond resilience or robustness. The
resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better."
(Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder)
We have misunderstood the nature of Trump; he is an
antifragile man, and he improves in ability. In many ways he benefits from
shocks; he thrives and grows when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder,
and stressors and loves adventure, risk, and uncertainty.
Synchronous Leaders professionalism is taking a broader
aspect. They move from being a diplomatic expert to becoming a professional
world developer, familiar with the best practices, digital tools and
methodologies. They lead from this aspect, inspiring their people to become
professional, equipping them with the knowledge and tools they require. Only time
will tell if this Republican presidential nominee is a Synchronous Leader.
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