New Leadership Models- Season 26 - Ep. 2 # Virginie Glaenzer

Name: New Leadership Models- Season 26 - Ep. 2 # Virginie Glaenzer
Uploaded: 2022-01-25T21:44:15+00:00
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Channel: Virginie Glaenzer
Description: In this segment of the New Leadership Models series, Virginie Glaenzer, a fractional Chief Marketing Officer and entrepreneur, shares her personal…

25 Jan 2022 · 2 min

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In this segment of the New Leadership Models series, Virginie Glaenzer, a fractional Chief Marketing Officer and entrepreneur, shares her personal leadership philosophy called "Sherpa leadership." She likens the role of a leader to a Sherpa— a guide who helps others reach their destination— emphasizing deep listening, understanding people beyond their words, and moving the focus away from the leader’s own agenda. Glaenzer explains how this model aligns with her work across multiple teams and remote engineering groups. She acknowledges the collective nature of leadership, noting that while inner work is essential, effective leadership also depends on collaborative effort. She then poses a question to the panel: how can leaders discover their true power to give meaning to their lives while improving the world?

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Very true. Thank you very much for sharing. My husband and I often talk about leadership models because he leads a team of engineers working remotely, and I work with several teams from different organizations, just to make it a little bit more complicated as a fractional CMO and as an entrepreneur myself. And my own leadership model that I'm nurturing in myself is what I call the Sherpa leadership. Sherpa as in guide. And actually, I was delighted to learn, you know, when I discovered the word Sherpa, it's a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet. And they're known for their skill in mountaineering. So in other words, a Sherpa leader guides others where they want to go. It's no longer about the leader. And the reason why it fits well with who I want to be is because it requires me to engage in deep listening. Since it's not about me going anywhere, I need to understand people underneath their words. And I like that. It really— that's inspiring to me. So thank you for sharing your own personal leadership model, what you inspire. It is, as you said, Céline, it's a collective effort, not just an— even though you have to dig deeper into yourself, there's a lot of inner work. It's also a collective effort. So here's another question that I would really love for you to answer. So for leaders or for those who have the responsibility of a team or responsibility for others, how do we find our true power in order to give meaning to our lives while making our world better? What are your thoughts? And anyone can jump in.