The power of intention: controlled (3/6)

All Leaders Initiative's "Intent-Based Leadership" approach is based on the power of "intention". This notion makes it possible to encapsulate two dimensions essential to the action of any organization: the purpose (what is our design, our objective?) and utility (do our actions, behaviours and attitudes favour achievement of this purpose?). In this series of six short articles, we clarify the notion of intention, what its particular attributes are, before concluding as a reminder about the conditions for full expression of its power. (Find the 1st episode of the series "Personal Involvement / Ownership" and the second "Action-oriented")

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power of intention is controlled. An attribute of the power of intention lies in the fact that it is controlled. Indeed, to formalise an intention is to openly warn of the envisaged action, and its justification. This includes two dimensions: 1. why the envisaged action is technically and operationally correct and safe. 2. how it is aligned with the organization's objectives (intentions…). Because of this, intention opens the possibility of validation, but also enrichment, or even argued refusal, particularly when the interlocutor is the formal responsible person ("accountable" for Anglo-Saxons).

Thus, intention is movement and incitement to initiative,

but without compromise on the requirement to control undertaken actions. In the next episode, we will discover that intention also derives its power from its potential for exchange…