Magnify Your Impact with Elsbeth Dixon

A leader with great clarity of purpose and strong
actionable goals


Elsbeth Dixon joined Common Purpose South Africa in 2006. The
organization is focused on leadership development. They work
globally to develop nimble leaders without borders that can
implement problem-solving to make their cities a better place. As
an applied mathematician, she’s used her natural precision and
decisiveness skills to make an impact - by vision and
actualizing. Dixon mentions that she is conscientious of where
she pours her energy; she wants all of her efforts to bear fruit.
She views the path to making a difference as sequential and
logical, which landed her in leadership development. 


My Key Takeaways


“The world is our classroom.” These are the words that Elsbeth
used. Of course, when we hear them, they sound obvious but before
we hear them, we may not consciously realise the power of that
statement. Take this time to think about how big that classroom
really is and the potential it holds, if we’re prepared to be the
most observant student, taking advantage of this hugely valuable
education at our fingertips. 


Elsbeth also talked about collaboration being an absolute must.
The attitude of the world being our classroom lends itself so
well to this. It’s through collaboration, connection and
conversation with others that we so often find the how for our
cause and gain the much-needed support and knowledge for the
success of the impact we want to create.


We consciously go to such lengths to create the right meetings,
with the right people and this is of course extremely valuable.
Elsbeth mentions some of her most salient moments have come at
the most unexpected times - a less professional time, in the
middle of the night, in her pyjamas. We need to have more trust
in what we don’t yet know and what I mean by that, is by opening
ourselves up to the less obvious, this is where we so often
become much more open to diversity in our thinking and our light
bulb moments are created.


This openness allows us to hear in such a powerful way and that
hearing will only broaden our minds and horizons. The level of
self-reflection this has the potential to lead to is the
potential of the impact we’re setting out to create. One great
mind is all that is needed to start a hugely impactful machine.


This interview took me to so many places, through the powerful
words that mean so much to Elsbeth; conviction, collaboration,
contradiction, transparency, courage and trust. Valuable food for
thought!


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Connect with Elsbeth


LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsbeth-dixon-55a1b010/


Website: https://commonpurpose.org/