What makes a great leader? How well do you understand your team? About my project: http://bit.ly/ninjapanda

1. Inspiring Passion through
Effective
Leadership
Gabriel Chan
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2. What is NoteWagon?
A web platform for student peer-learning!
Students get cash …or get notes
for their notes… for their class
Expertise Diverse
contributions learning
are rewarded styles are
satisfied

3. Great Leaders
What do they have in common?
Hint: not their ‘staches!

4. Great Leaders
What do they have in common?
They all just DID it!

5. Great Leaders
What do they have in common?
Discipline
Innovation
Divinity

6. Great Leaders
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: lead his country into modernity
Discipline
Encouraged meritocracy and results.
Innovation
Minimized detection by fundraising overseas;
simplifying his platform into 3 simple points.
Divinity
His country desperately needs him…
Success is his only **** option; failure’s not!

7. Great Leaders
Steve Jobs: professional perfectionist; saviour of Apple
Discipline
Stopped leaks & built culture of secrecy.
Relentless on execution of great products.
Innovation
Design for what users need, not what they want.
Divinity
Public opinion did not phase him.
He knew what he was doing, and it was right!

8. Great Leaders
Wayne Gretzky: The Great One
Discipline
Practicing effectively and practicing often.
Innovation
Studied the game: go where the puck is going.
Always one step ahead of his opponents!
Divinity
He is feared on the ice; and he knows it!
Opponents think twice about bodychecking him.

9. Teamwork
How to break down team players:
• Those who absolutely rock at their job
• Those who do an “OK” job
• Those who need every bit of help
Respectively are A-, B-, and C-Players

10. Teamwork

11. Teamwork

12. Teamwork

13. Teamwork
A-Players
absolutely rock at their job
B-Players
do an “OK” job
C-Players
need every bit of help

14. Teamwork
A-Players
A-Player Revolutionary A-Player Chief Executive A-Player Captain

15. Teamwork
B-Players
When was the last time RIM stubbornly refused to Why can't Lebron James write
Rob Ford did something acknowledge basic user needs, his Auto-Biography?
great for Toronto? like cameras & web browsers He's still stuck on the title!
(that work properly)

16. Teamwork
C-Players
A-Player politician & legalist; Consistently fails to make Any sports n00b is a C-Player
C-Player Commander-In-Chief good quality consumer vehicles until effective practice improves them

17. Interaction
LEADing a team of
A-Players: Treat them like a brotherhood
B-Players: Treat them like a family
C-Players: Treat them like a kindergarten

18. Interaction
DECISION making by a
A-Player: Trust in their decisions
B-Player: Suggest the best decision
C-Player: Specify the best decision

19. Interaction
FOLLOWING a
A-Player: Truly listen to their direction
B-Player: Respect them and think about
what/how it really needs to be done!
C-Player: Don’t bother listening,
unless you need to hear them out…
Point out the flaw in their direction,
so they will start listening to YOU

20. Summary
Great leaders DID it! Know your team!
Discipline A -Players
Innovation B -Players
Divinity C -Players

21. Questions?
Gabriel@notewagon.com
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