The magic of the sorcerer

On August 03, 2009, in Hr - Human resources, by Neculai Fantanaru

Highlight your skill of shaping characters, by adjusting your leadership potential according to your virtues.

Prospero was the Duke of Milan, but because he loved silence and solid study, wishing to enrich his mind, he gave the affairs in charge of his younger brother, named Antonio, in which he had an unshakable confidence. Alone, leaving aside the worldly pursuits, buried between his books, he never saw his brother's plots against him, who deliberately wanted to be considered a real Duke.

Antonio succeeded with the help of King of Naples - Alonso, a powerful prince, to take possession of the duchy of Prospero.

Prospero, with his daughter, Miranda, were forced to climb a small vessel without ropes, canvas or masts, and were left to die at sea. Their luck was that a senior at court, Gonzalo, who was very kind-hearted, secretly left them food, clothes and the books of witching teachings, which Prospero loved most, on the ship.

Ever since its lifetime, a human being changes into a myth, a prophetical, superhuman character.

Long after they were thrown by waves on the shore of a deserted island, Prospero's biggest delight was to teach Miranda, revealing her more than any princess could have learned from the most skilled masters. But not only that. But by the power of his knowledge - because he managed to penetrate all the mysteries of the world - Prospero freed Ariel, a spirit who had been imprisoned in a tree and subjected to terrible tortures by the direful witch Sycorax.

Spirits like Ariel remained unseen for any human being, except Prospero who, endowed with the gift of forecasting, found that the most tenacious and fierce of his enemies, Antonio and Alonso, were on a journey at sea. Then, he commanded to Ariel to stir such a terrible storm that the ship would cast away on the island he had arrived too.

Anything is possible for a sorcerer who has the power to command natural phenomena, who managed to penetrate all the mysteries of the world, who has developed the gift of materializing worlds and the ability to concretize any proposed goal. Prospero decided to use his magic science in order to punish his enemies for all the wrongs they had commited.

The strong hand of a sorcerer

There was a mysterious line in everything that happened on the island, which no one could understand, everything was driven by a strong, unseen hand, that of a sorcerer. No soul on the ship had suspected that that old, quiet, gray man, who lost his youth, was an exceptional human being who would amaze everybody with his great wisdom and which, using his magical powers, as he pleased, would condemn the guilty to terrifying ordeals.

Prospero managed to attract his two enemies into the trap, dominating and controlling them through his hidden power, subjecting them to tortures until they have repented of the injustice they made to him. With tears in their eyes and words full of grief and real regret, they have finally confessed sincere remorse and begged for forgiveness.

If you read “The Tempest”, a play by Shakespeare, then you know that there was a happy end. Prospero reconciled with his enemies, returned to his native country and took possession of the dukedom.

Prospero has shown his brilliant leadership abilities through his power of shaping the human character according to his will, by using his virtues gained through faith and knowledge

Do you have the power of shaping the human character after your will? What are the virtues that you need in order to facilitate this transformation?

Power is what magic offers to you

A skillful leader shall ensure that all the elements around him play correctly their role in order to achieve the intended purpose.

If a man had the gift of prophecy and knew all the mysteries and any knowledge, he would know how to run things by his own will. He would know how to attract souls, dominate them through knowledge, initiative, creativity, authority and persuasion. And, intoxicated with the feeling of his mission, he would annihilate the will of all everyone, asking them to listen in the name of his mission and the achievement of the most daring demands.

Through this increase of power, the influence of his personality would increase every day, unmeasured, it could assert his immense authority over all. And the one who would dare to doubt his powers, couldn't be worthy of HIM - The Sorcerer - the most powerful man in the world, a perfect leader, whom everyone obeys.

The leader is a skilled, resourceful man

To be a man everyone would follow, you must be one of those exceptional beings, a Prospero, a man seized by the sense of justice, fairness and truth and having the skill to lead things, to touch and see unseen things.

to take care of all in order to make sure that all elements will play their role properly in achieving the intended purpose.

As a leader, you must also be a benefactor, a judge and a teacher at the same time. Certainly, nothing is more urgent in critical moments than to act firmly and wisely, in order to succeed overall change.

The one who lacks efficiency, the firmness to discipline, punish or fire people who do not comply with professional ethics and deontology, will never be able to impose themselves in front of them, therefore, he won't be called a leader, but a tool manipulated by those around him.

People shouldn't see you neither as something fallen from superior, invisible worlds - so something uplifting, a God, nor as a rag leader who never dares to impose himself.

Conclusion: Being looked at from the outside, some leaders (the most skilled ones) seem to resemble sorcerers, because they accomplish everything they design to, having performances recognized by all those around them. But secret of an effective leadership does not lie in the "Magic of the sorcerer", but in a constant work, unceasing documentation in order to improve professional performances, know the human nature, the personal professional performances of working fellows, as well as their qualities and flaws, especially when it comes to respecting the truth.

Highlight your skill of shaping characters, by adjusting your leadership potential according to your virtues.