OMEGA LEADER
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”
- Abraham Lincoln
THE OMEGA LEADER ARCHETYPE
Omega Leader is a strategic and communicative leader dedicating their high performance for a visionary cause bigger than themselves. Omega leaders are balanced natural leaders creating sustainable success driven by culture, numbers and technology.
Omega leaders are dedicated to better the world at large. They want to impact the world with an aspiring forerunner mindset. Omega leader command a high level of emotional intelligence and natural leadership skills. Their powerful and influential leadership inspires people and movements to reach meaningful visions.
“Leaders are the ones who are willing to give up something of their own for us. Their time, their energy, their money, maybe even the food off their plate. When it matters, leaders choose to eat last.”
- Author Simon Sinek at Leaders eat Last
From Alpha to Omega
The letter Omega (Ω, ω) is the last in the ancient Greek alphabet. Compared to the Alpha leader, the Omega Leader resides in the polar opposite of the spectrum. While Alpha is driven by their ego, the Omega leader put others and their shared cause ahead of themselves. This is done through profound self-awareness. The Omega Leader’s priority is to serve.
Omega leader is aware of the difference between ambition and aspiration. Ambition is more related to achieving a powerful rank or fame ( typical Alpha leader drivers ) while aspiration is more related to serving a higher cause. This reflects the major divide between Alpha and Omega leaders when setting and reaching goals.
While the Alpha is focused on achievement, winning and personal rewards (e.g. revenue target), the Omega leader is inspiring the team towards a long-term meaningful vision.
Omega Leader cultivates a systemic approach to people, money, ideas, and energy. As leaders, they are masters of focus and see tasks through to their completion without being distracted. Everything they do is rooted in meaningful values.
Clear direction to sustainable Success
A powerful vision drives omega leaders. Their success is a combination of their professional skill set, passion for leadership, and constant curiosity towards the world. In addition, they harness wisdom and knowledge derived from the field, data and research. Omega leaders lead with openness through clarity of goals, they are focused, and their timing is right.
Scaling Impact
Omega leaders are extremely well informed about the markets and the global business opportunities linked to behavioural changes, innovation or fixing the global challenges. As forerunners, they find and solve problems with a focus on scalable long term financial gain. The difference is that they put their effort into causes impacting the people and the planet.
There are not many individuals who have gone through the experience of rapid scaling and understand how to operate a business going through the 10x path multiplying 10 to 100 employees and growing $10m to $100m in revenues. Those who have are often driven by impact instead of counting headcount or profits. For Omega Leaders, working for a cause bigger than oneself, such as bettering the lives of 100 million people, is a way more powerful vision than the side effect of unlocking a unicorn status for the business.
“ I believe that the honor of leadership should not be given to people who crave authority or seek attention. What if we reserved power for individuals who are daunted by the weight of the role but guided by a sense of responsibility to serve?”
- Adam Grant
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
OMEGA LEADER
STRENGTHS
Inspiring Vision: A cause bigger than oneself
Omega Leader’s visionary approach to creating impact encompasses more than personal gain and fame–it straddles the borders between global and local systems and ideates sustainable solutions that work for the benefit of all.
Data-informed systemic approach
Omega Leader does not shy away from complexity. The strategic nuances of the Omega leader come to full potential with the application of systemic thinking, granting scalability of vision that can provide for multilateral solutions. Omega Leader’s holistic thinking combines humanity and technology. Omega Leader is tech-savvy, digitally fluent, and sees technology as an opportunity to improve results, scale, and impact.
Balance and stability
Omega Leaders are aware of the neurochemistry behind their sustainable high performance. While their leadership style is fuelled by powerful emotional motivators such as curiosity, passion, and purpose, they also understand the power of rest. As a result, omega leaders have excellent skills to manage pressure and shine as an example of holistic well-being needed in their inspiring leadership role.
OMEGA LEADER WEAKNESSES
Execution
While the Omega Leader’s “Why” is evident, there is always room to improve their execution and the competitive edge. Only your personal limiting fears and beliefs are slowing down the expansion of your business and your leadership.
Sensitivity
Deep inside, Omega leaders often have a soft sensitive spot that calls for self-awareness. There is a welcome to establish clear and strong professional practices and boundaries.
Impatience
To lead change on a systemic level requires much patience in uprooting inculcated habits that are detrimental to the progress of community, society, and sustainability. Managing impatience becomes crucial when others are slow to grasp or unwilling to understand Omega's vision.
CONCLUSION
You are tasked to impact millions and to make it happen!
Receiving the Omega leader profile in this test is just another indication that you are on the right path. Yet it’s just the beginning, and you know that. Next, you must step into the true version of yourself and raise your standards and performance to grow and meet the visionary level.
Eventually, it’s only two things keeping you at bay: Your Fears and your Beliefs.
Change requires another. On the Omega leader level, you are already familiar with the necessity to invest in the right coaches, mentors and finding access to the elevating communities that challenge you to grow more.
Book a call if you are open for a zero-pressure discussion where I can listen and find out if we can add value to you or not.
Learn more about the Eight Archetypes
The Eight Archetypes are distributed in four different spheres where Seekers lead the need to change, Builders are here to manifest, Connectors to connect, and Leaders to lead.
The Seeker sphere introduces the two archetypes of the Healer and the Activist. The second group of Builders hosts the Designer and the Engineer archetypes. The third level is the group of the Connectors - the Captain and the Dealmaker. The fourth level introduces the Leader archetypes: the Alpha Leader and the Omega Leader.
