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Written by Mark Branson, Leadership Theorist Mark Branson has combined 20 years of experience, 5 State Titles, and one World Record into the first advancement in leadership theory in 50 years. Branson's first book, The Illusion of Competence, introduced perception-based leadership. Branson's second book, Unified Leadership Theory (2025), advances the theory further. People equate perception-based leadership with two things, “fake it till you make it” and manipulation. The “fake it till you make it” perception stems from The Illusion of Competence, the element that harnesses the power of perception. Competence is an illusion because you do not determine your level of competence in anything that you do. Your competence is found in the perceptions of others. The inability of others to reach a consensus on your competence in anything you do is what makes competence an illusion. The harshest example is that someone thinks you are the best lover they have ever had, while someone else thinks you are the worst lover they have ever had. Both are right, proving the illusory nature of your competence. To execute The Illusion of Competence, you must be competent. That whiteboard must be filled out. That document must be in the binder. That email must be sent. It cannot slip your mind. You cannot make excuses. You cannot drop the ball, ever. “Fake it till you make it” implies that you do not know what you are doing. The Illusion of Competence does not. People hear “perception-based” and think they must be getting manipulated. They assume you are trying to change people’s perceptions to control them in some way. Employees follow ideas. If employees like an idea, they engage. If employees do not like an idea, they disengage. Employees use perception to decide whether an idea is good or bad. Employees perceive bad ideas immediately, so it stands to reason that they also perceive good ideas just as quickly. Perception based leadership is about having better ideas, not better perceptions. When companies introduce better ideas, perceptions of those ideas naturally change. Employees know a good idea when they see one, but leadership does not always know whether an idea is good when they introduce it. Unified Leadership defines good ideas through The Law of Engagement and The Three Tenets. The law of engagement The further an idea originates from those impacted, the less those impacted will embrace the idea. The three tenets: Make their job easier. Make them better at their jobs. Improve customer service. Employees will embrace corporate ideas that satisfy one of the Three Tenets. All other ideas are rejected based on distance alone. There are different perceptions, not better perceptions. Perception-based leadership changes leadership’s approach to strategy. Employees cannot be mandated to change their perceptions. The only way to change an employee’s perception is to change the actions that caused the perception in the first place. People have preconceived notions about how perception-based leadership works. Ironically, that happens to be how perceptions work. Visit my website for more info! Read more from Mark Branson Mark Branson, Leadership Theorist Mark Branson set the world record for the arcade game Asteroids in 1981, playing for 55 hours in a quarter. Branson then applied his concepts of greatness to winning 5 New Mexico state racquetball titles over a 15-year career. Branson then created a leadership theory from scratch, combining 30 years of leadership experience and his habit of winning into the first advancement in leadership thought since the turn of the century.

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