Excellence

Prerequisite to greatest in Leadership

DR GIWA TEMIDAYO O.

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Outline
Definitions
Excellence.
Prerequisite
Greatness
Leadership
Cultivating Excellence
Leadership Myths
What leadership is NOT.
What leadership IS
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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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
being a leader.

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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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Leadership myths
What a leader is not
…. a scarcity,
…. arrogant,
…. self-interested,
…. the first,
…. followed,

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 What a leader is not (cont)
….a manager,
…. abstract,
…. everywhere,
…. an expert,
…. someone else BUT

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 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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Habit Formation

Knowledg
Habit Creation e

Skill Desire

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 Urgent Not Urgent

I II
Important
Important

III IV
Not

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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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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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 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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 Financial excellence; No excuses!
financial failure
◦ NOT the low earning
◦ But
◦  lack of self-discipline ,
◦  inability to delay short-term gratification.

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

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Abilities Needed to Fail Forward

Reject rejection 
Faillure as temporary, isolated
Keep expectations realistic 
Focus on Strengths: 
Bounce Back:
Vary Approaches to Achievement

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BREAKDWON VS BREAK
THROUGH
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.

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

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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

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The Law of the lid #1

`Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s

Level of Effectiveness.’
Leadership and excellence learnable!

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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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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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The Law of Explosive Growth #21

To add growth lead followers; to multiple growth lead leaders

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

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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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