Excellence in lradership

1. PREREQUISITE
EXCELLENCE
to greatness in
LEADERSHIP
Giwa Temidayo Omowumi
21/10/2022

2. Outline
Definitions
Excellence.
Prerequisite
Greatness
Leadership
Cultivating Excellence
Leadership Myths
What leadership is NOT.
What leadership IS 2

3. Outline -Continued
Books on excellence and leadership
 Seven habits- Steven Covey
 No excuses, the power of self
discipline- Brian Tracy
 Failing forward - John C. Maxwell
 21 irrefutable laws of Leadership – John
C. Maxwell.
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4. Definitions
Excellence: outstanding or extremely good.
Prerequisite: a thing that is require as a prior
condition for something else to happen or exist.
Greatness: the quality of being great;
eminence or distinction.
Leadership: the action of leading a group of
people or an organization; state or position of
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5. Cultivating Excellence.
Value excellence-
 prioritize it ,
take it seriously.
Believe you deserve the best.
Believe that people deserve2 the best also.
Learn from the best
Bench mark against the best.
Put in your best effort.
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6. Leadership myths
What a leader is not
…. a scarcity,
…. arrogant,
…. self-interested,
…. the first,
…. followed,
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7. What a leader is not (cont)
….a manager,
…. abstract,
…. everywhere,
…. an expert,
…. someone else BUT
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8. What Leadership IS!
What is Leadership?
Leadership is Influence: Nothing More Nothing Less” -
Maxwell
How Do You Gain Influence?
 ADDING VALUE to the Lives of Others!
How Do You Add Value to Others?
 by SERVING THEM!
Encouragement, Motivation, Example, Words, Actions,
Deeds, Listening, Caring
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11. Habit Formation
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Knowledge
Desire
Skill
Habit Creation

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13. I II
Urgent Not Urgent
Not
Important
Important
III IV
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15. Excellence; No excuses!
We are what we repeatedly do; Excellence then is not
an act but a habit.”
Earning ability-
most precious financial asset
The 3 percent formula
 invest 3 percent of your income into yourself.
Read sixty minutes daily
Listen to educational audio programs always
Attend courses and seminars regularly
7 years or 10 000 hours of hard work,
Required to be the best.
Watching television can make one poor
Talent is highly overrated.
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16. A Leader; No excuses
“who takes responsibility for results”,
Disciplined role model,
Self-control,
reliable,
calm,
positive and relaxed , at all times.
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17. Forgiveness; No excuses!
is Selfish
is the key to the spiritual kingdom.
determines mentally and emotionally health.
Helps get
 over a negative experience quickly
 on with their lives.
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18. Financial excellence; No excuses!
financial failure
NOT the low earning
But
 lack of self-discipline ,
 inability to delay short-term
gratification. 18

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20. Failure is not
Avoidable:
An event:.
Objective:
The enemy:
A stigma:
Final: 20

21. Abilities Needed to Fail Forward
Reject rejection
Failure as temporary, isolated
Keep expectations realistic
Focus on Strengths:
Bounce Back:
Vary Approaches to Achievement 21

22. BREAKDWON VS BREAK THROUGH
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BREAKDOWN BREAKTHROUGH
Comparison Acknowledge the pain.
Rationalization Forgive the person.
Regret Grieve the loss.
Isolation Forgive yourself.
Bitterness Determine to release the event and
move on.

23. STOP VS START
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STOP START
thinking of only yourself - putting the team first
focusing on only you adding value to others
taking yourself too seriously Failing forward

24. To Avoid Risks
Don’t drive an automobile.
20% of fatal accidents
Don’t travel by air, rail, water.
16% of all accidents
 Don’t walk on the street.
 15% of all accidents
 Don’t stay home.
 17% of all accidents 24

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26. The Law of the lid #1
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`Leadership Ability
Determines a Person’s
Level of Effectiveness.’
Leadership and
excellence learnable!

27. The Law of priorities #18
Leaders Understand That Activity Is Not Necessarily
Accomplishment
Pareto principle (80/20 rule)
for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from
20% of the causes
Spend 80% of your time with the 20% of your most
important
people
activities
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28. The law of sacrifice #19
A Leader Must Give Up to Go Up
Sometimes when you sacrifice something
precious, you're not really losing it. You're just
passing it on to someone else.
Mitch Albom,The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Martin luther king Jnr
John The baptizer
Paul Apostle
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29. The Law of Explosive Growth #21
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Leaders of followers` Leaders of leaders
Need to be needed Need to be succeeded
Develops bottoms 20% Develop top 20%
Focus on weaknesses Focus on strengths
Treat everyone same Treat individuals differently
Spend time with others Invest time in others
Grow by addition Grow by multiplication
Impact only people they
touch
Impact beyond their own
reach
To add growth lead followers; to multiple growth lead leaders

30. In Conclusion
YOU are the leaders of tomorrow.
How far and high you go depends on how much of a
leader you are.
How good a leader you will be depends on how much
we value excellence.
The difference between a leader and a follower is
how much knowledge is possessed.
You are in charge of your life.
It all depends on your choices.
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