1. The Five Skills Of
Outstanding Leaders
With Award Winning Leadership Strategist,
Basem Al Attar
The Webinar Will Start Shortly
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
4:30 to 5:30 pm UAE time
2. Basem Al Attar
Leadership Strategist & Coach for:
• Thousands of people from 40 different
countries around the world
• Including Managers, Directors
• CEOs, Members of Royalty
• Across a Dozen Different Industries
• Including Private & Public Sector
• Global HR Leaders Award
• Asian Leadership Awards
• World HR Congress
• Strategic Leadership Award
Recognized for his Efforts in Developing Regional Leadership
6. Setting Direction
Organizing & Planning
Motivating PeopleDeveloping Performance
The Five
Essential
Skills
What to Do
How to Do
Want to DoCan Do
Like to Do
Managing Relations
7. The Five Essential Skills
1. Setting Direction
2. Organizing & Planning
3. Motivating People
4. Developing Performance
5. Managing Relationships
What to Do
How to Do
Want to Do
Can Do
Like to Do
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What to Do How to Do Want to Do Can Do Like to Do
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What to Do How to Do Want to Do Can Do Like to Do
11. What do we focus on?
And what don’t we need to focus on?
12. What to Do?
Top Down
Centralized
Leadership
Command &
Control
Bottom Up
Participative
Leadership
Delegation &
Engagement
13. What do we focus on?
Long Term Short Term
Vision, Mission, Values
5 Year Strategy
Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmental
Legal, Technological Impact
Today’s Tasks
This Week’s Goal
Quarterly Targets
Annual Objectives
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
14. What is the single most
important thing,
that we need to do,
that if done correctly,
would result in the most value?
23. What do your people want?
What are their ambitions & desires?
What do they fear?
How can you connect the Direction & Plan to their individual motives?
24. 3 Golden Rules
Make it
Clear
Make it
Relevant
Make it
Personal
“Our shareholders are not happy, because our stock price is dropping. We’ve
got to find a way to increase revenue”
“If we don’t show a rise in revenue, by the end of this quarter, we may face
restructuring, some of our branches could be closed down & we may even have to let
some people go.”
“But, if we deliver on our promise to shareholders, we will be credited with turning this
situation around, we will gain senior management’s trust and support and the budget
we requested will be approved.”
Throughout human history, the people who have distinguished themselves as great leaders, from great innovators to great social catalysts to great military generals, came in all shapes and sizes.
Some were tall and dashing, others were short and stocky. Some were great & charismatic speakers, while others were shy and maybe even timid. All of them experienced great failures before they got a taste of success. Every single person, whom we may call a great leader today, was one day simply a person like you and me, a person trying to do the best they can and sometimes even doubting if what they were doing was ever going to succeed.
I know that looking at their accomplishments in hind sight, we can easily be tricked into thinking that these people were born great. That somehow from the very first day, there must have been something special about them, that made them destined to become great leaders. But the truth is those people were not born that way, they became great as they struggled with challenge. And so can you.
Unfortunately when we read about those great leaders and their accomplishments, we’re often encouraged to scrutinize their personalities. Most biographies of great leaders focus on the person rather than the actions through amazing stories that can develop into legends. But you know who would dispute those legends? Those same leaders we admire. So the first step for you to develop great leadership skills, is to adopt that fundamental belief. Great leaders are made, not born.
