What is Leadership

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 What is the Issue

Avoiding to take
Responsibility 3
 Leadership Concept
Evolutionary Process

• The Great Man Theory (1840s)

Born Leader
• The Trait Theory of Leadership(1930s - 1940s)
• The Skills Theory of Leadership(1940s - 1950s)
• The Style / Behavior Theories of Leadership(1940s - 1950s)
• The Situational / Contingency Leadership Theory (1960s)
• Transactional Leadership Theory (1970s)
Made Leader
• Transformational Leadership Theory (1970s)
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LEVEL-5 LEADERSHIP
The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve

Zaigham Abbas
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 Research conducted
• Jim Collins….A renowned management researcher

• Research period……Five years (1996 to 2000)

• Studied 1435 companies appeared on Fortune-500

from 1965 to 1995

• Research Question….Good to great transition & then

sustain it.

• Found only 11 good to great example

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Good To Great Transition

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 Unexpected Results
• Not looking for Level-5 or anything like it.

• Not follow the conventional way of thinking “credit the

leader” or “blame the leader”.

• However…….over the course of study:

“We can’t ignore the top executive even if we want

to. There is something consistently unusual about
them.”
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TWO PARADOXICAL TRAITS OF LEVEL 5-LEADERS

Humility

Fierce Resolve

Or

Resilience
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What is the core of Humility

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What is Resilience

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Metaphor of Resilience

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Competence

Character
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The Level-5 hierarchy

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 Not by Level 5 Alone
First Who
Attend people first, strategy second

Stockdale Paradox

Buildup-Breakthrough Flywheel
Good to great transition….do not happen overnight

It is the process of pushing a giant, heavy flywheel in

one direction
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 Not by Level 5 Alone
The Hedgehog Concept

Technology Accelerators
Focused and objective based use of technology

A culture of Discipline
Disciplined People ……….don’t need hierarchy

Disciplined thoughts………don’t need bureaucracy

Disciplined Action…………don’t need excessive control

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Hedgehog Concept

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 Born or Bred
Born quality or one can learn it?

However, some tips for developing the skills to become

Level-5 Leader:
Try to give credit to others and take responsibility by

yourself
See asking for help as a strength

Be disciplined about putting your work first

Find the right people and develop them to their fullest

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 Born or Bred (Cont..)
Put your ego in its place

Be passionate about what you do

“If you want to travel fast, go alone. If you want to travel

far, go together”

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 Life Objective
Submission to Serve others
Al-Mighty
Allah Others
Awareness

Self

Self Development
 WATER & BOAT

Sinked Boat
Boat in the water

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 WATER & BOAT
• No Usefulness

• No Self Identity

• Not having ability to set direction

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 THE MOST UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
WE HAVE TO BECOME A LEADER RATHER
LEVEL-5 LEADER
Because

We have a PERFECT ROLE MODEL

HAZRAT MUHAMMAD

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 My choice of Muhammad to lead the
list of world’s most influential persons may
surprise some readers, but he was the only
man in history who was supremely successful
on both the religious & secular levels.

Muhammad played a far more

important role in the development of Islam
than Jesus did in the development of
Christianity.
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 It is probable that the relative influence of
Muhammad on Islam has been larger than the
combined influence of Jesus Christ and St. Paul on
Christianity.

In fact, as the driving force behind the Arab

conquests, he may well rank as the most influential
political leader of all time.

Michael H. Hart
The 100
A ranking of the most influential persons in history
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“I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an
undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind… I became
more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place
for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid
simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous
regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and
followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God
and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything
before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the
second volume (of the Prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was
not more for me to read of that great life.”

Mahatma Gandhi, statement published in “Young India”,

1924:
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Twelve (12) Traits of Leadership according
to Quran
• Taqwa (Fear of Allah)
• Ikhla’as (Sincerity)
• Shukka’ar (Attitude of gratitude)
• Saba’ar (Patience & Persistence)
• Sadda’aq (Truthfulness)
• Tawaza’a (Submission)
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Twelve (12) Traits of Leadership according
to Quran
• Hikma’at (Wisdom)
• Tawakka’al (Faith in Allah)
• Ikhla’aq (Ethics)
• Hasoul-e-Ilm (Seeking knowledge)
• Shuja’at (Courage)
• Shura’a (Consultation)
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THANK YOU

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