Just going live today, Barry Schwartz, on TED Talks, makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will helprebuild our world. You can view the 20 minute video below.

Barry Schwartz shows us examples and clearly states that the key to “practical wisdom” is the development of character. This has to begin in the classroom and teachers (and parents for that matter) must embody character. The question remains – what constitutes “character”?

It Takes More Than Competence

Everyone is talking about competencies, which are a combination of knowledge, skills, experience, and abilities that have been acquired over the lifetime of a leader’s career. Competencies are critical to performance and are indicative of the CAN DO aspects of the leader. We believe that competencies are the standard expectation today and leaders won’t survive long without them. But, there is something very important missing from the equation if the primary focus is all on competencies.  Most of the competency models out there are missing a comprehensive approach to the aspect of leadership that is MOST critical to sustainable leadership success…namely, who you are being as a person in fulfilling your leadership role.

Rapid change, demands a leader who has character…

The world of work has dramatically changed in the last decade. Leaders with good character are the ones who will make it during a tough downward cycle so those are the leaders we are looking to. Tilt is the only leadership 360 measuring trait-based character strengths.

We are  pleased to announce 1-Focus International as a fellow with Tilt Inc. as a Preferred Independent Consultant in Europe.