Leadership

a tale ofleadership

“Leaders are born?

or

made in business schools?

or

made by themselves?”

“My job is to not be easy on people.

My job is to make them better ”

-Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur, inventor,

Co-founder, former chairman & CEO of Apple Inc.

with great power

comes great RESPONSIBILITY

“Control your own destiny

or someone else will”

Jack Welch Former CEO of General Electric

On the morning of a big meeting, two key team members call in sick.

What would you do?

1. Call them and firmly encourage them to come in anyway.

2. Roll up your sleeves and work with the team to get ready.

3. Call for a quick 15-minute huddle to redistribute their responsibilities.

4. Call the most trusted player & ask him or her to take charge.

Quiz 1

“Business has only two functions -

marketing and innovation”

-Peter DruckerAmerican management consultant,

educator, and author

More

Enthusiasm

Less

Cynicism

“Hire Character. Train skill.”

-Peter SchutzFormer President & CEO of Porsche

Your team has encountered a major setback, and you call everyone in for a meeting.

At the end, your people respond by:

1. Quietly returning to their desks, feeling nervous but calmer than before.

2. Firing up their computers, initiating your recommended course of action with determination.

3. Chiming in with their own suggestions and ideas, which could be incorporated with your own.

4. Returning to their desks with genuine excitement, ready to go back to square one if necessary.

Quiz 2

“Strength lies in differences,

Not in similarities”

-Stephen CoveyAmerican educator, author, businessmanand keynote speaker

More

Results

Less

Talking

“Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to

manage and manipulate people”

-Ross PerotAmerican businessman and

independent presidential candidate

You have just had a great quarter in which the team exceeded all the benchmarks.

What would You do?

1. Treat them all to a catered lunch.

2. Give a rousing speech that personally acknowledges each individual's contribution.

3. Invite them to a celebratory strategy session dinner with cocktails to set new benchmarks for the next quarter.

4. Plan an off-site retreat, complete with adventure activities, to envision a new audacious goal for the rest of the year.

Quiz 3

“Your most unhappy customers are

your greatest source of learning”

-Bill GatesAmerican business magnate,

philanthropist, investor, and inventor

More

Objectivity

Less

Guessing

“Remember that failure is

an event, not a person”

Zig Ziglar American author and motivational speaker

The weekend finally arrives after a hectic but very fruitful week.

You?

1. Decide to sleep in Friday & Saturday as a reward.

2. Send out a "Great job, everybody!" email before you leave the office on Thursday.

3. Spend Friday & Saturday sketching out ideas to beat your record for the last week.

4. Dedicate time each morning to dreaming up an exciting new project to show everyone on Sunday morning.

Quiz 4

“Whoever is careless with the truth

in small matters cannot be trusted

with the important matters”

Albert EinsteinTheoretical physicist and philosopher of science

More

Humility

Less

EGO (Edging Growth Out)

“I like friends who have

independent minds

because they tend to make

you see problems from all

angles”

Nelson MandelaAnti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and former President of South Africa

An employee asks to talk to you about a promotion that you know is out of his current reach.

Your response is to:

1. Explain what skills he needs and guide him through.

2. Help him lay out a plan for developing the skills he needs and track his progress

3. Show him some possibilities for other jobs shifts he has not considered and get him energized about a new direction.

4. Gently but firmly suggest he might be ready in a year

Quiz 5

“Nothing is impossible, the

word itself says ‘I’m possible’ ”

Audrey Hepburn British actress and humanitarian

“We hire attitude,

We shape careers,

We don’t offer jobs”

-Ali Reza Iftekhar MD & CEO, Eastern Bank Ltd

are you ready to be a

Leader?