Leadership seminar for healthcare personnel

1. Lead without a title:
If not you – then who?
Tuti Ningseh Mohd Dom
Faculty of Dentistry
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
A good word is a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed,
And its branches reach to the sky (Quran 14:24)

2. Who is a leader?

3. What are Titles?
• Head of Department, Head of Unit, Coordinator,
Manager, Supervisor, they are all titles bestowed
on those who are called by an organization to
lead. They have the official duties and
responsibilities that go with the title.
• John Maxwell says leadership is influence. If that
is true, are the people with the titles the only
ones called to lead?
• The title gives them some positional authority,
but leaders are needed at every level of an
organization.

4. Everyone is a Leader
“Behold! Everyone of you is a leader and you shall
be asked about those you lead.
The imam is a leader over the people and shall be
asked about them;
A man is a leader of the house and shall be asked
about his household;
A woman is a leader over her children and shall be
asked about them.”
(Hadith narrated by ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar as
recorded by Bukhari & Muslim)

5. The tortoise and the rabbit

6. What makes a good leader?

7. Who is a leader?• Someone who is a team member at first
• Someone who can motivate others
• Someone who knows how to appreciate others
• Someone who can take responsibilities
• Someone whom others can trust
• Someone who does not run away

8. Starting a movement
• “In a gentle way you can shake the World”
Mahatma Gandhi
Group activity

9. You need no title to be a leader
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he
should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted
or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare
poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all
the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say.
‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his
job well’.”
Martin Luther King, Jr

10. Awaken the leader within
• List at least one incident at home, in your
community or workplace where you have
shown your leadership skills to make a
change.
• Analyze and evaluate where you have excelled
and where you need more focus to improve.

11. You need no title to be a leader
But you need to have these THREE things:
1. Competency
2. Character
3. Passion

12. It’s up to you.
Mastery or mediocrity?
Excellence or insignificance?
It’s up to you.
1. Competency/ Mastery

13. A Formula For Success:
• A vision that moves you
+ Constant innovation
+ Daily action
Focus + practice
Best way to improve the world
Is to improve yourself

14. 2. Be a person of good character
• Define your success not by the things you
have but by the value you create.
• Know yourself – be humble
• Attitude Attracts Attitude

15. 3. Leadership is no longer about
position – but passion.
• Genius is not the result of innate ability but
deliberate practice and the relentless pursuit
of Mastery.
• Hard to stay focus if you have no passion for it
• Passion is the secret sauce that makes the
impossible probable

16. Finding your passion
• What would you do today if you had a deep
knowing that it was impossible to fail?
• What motivates you?

17. Other thoughts on leadership
• Turbulent times build great leaders – focus on
the best, adversity creates opportunity,
recognise people for doing things right, honor
mastery, speak only to inspire, engage and
elevate
• “Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever”
(Lance Armstrong)

18. Other thoughts on leadership
• The deeper your relationships, the stronger
your leadership
• You get the best out of others when you give
the best of yourself
• Help others to win – you will win as a by-
product

19. Other thoughts on leadership
• To be a great leader, first become a great
person!
• Get in touch with reality of the world
• Health is wealth
• Be inspired, and inspire others
• Time for family and friends
• Enjoy life

20. Leadership is about seeing the best in people
who’ve never seen the best in themselves. You
don’t need to have a title to be able to do this.

21. 4 Ways To Lead Without The Title
- Words, Deeds, Attitudes, Mentoring-
1. Lead Through Words
If you don’t say it, who will? Too many people wait for someone
else to say what needs to be said at critical moments. Leaders
speak out no matter what title they hold.
2. Lead Through Deeds
Leaders do more then speak out, they step out. They move
things forward through their actions. People follow people who
are unafraid to do the right thing or the hard thing. Initiative is a
trait leaders have. Take the initiative and others will follow your
example.

22. 4 Ways To Lead Without The Title
- Words, Deeds, Attitudes, Mentoring-
3. Lead Through Attitude
“Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?”
Leaders don’t drag others into a pit of whining and
despair. At any level, someone has the opportunity to
pull others out of that pit. Why not you?
4. Lead Through Mentoring
If someone is willing to put out a hand and help others,
it will be noticed. If you see someone struggling – help
them. It may be in your supervisor’s job description,
but it is your opportunity to influence others.

23. "And (remember) when your Lord said to the
angels: "Verily, I am going to place (of mankind) a
khaleefah (caliph) on earth." They said: "Will You
place therein those who will make mischief therein
and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises
and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they
associate with You as partners) and sanctify You."
He (Allâh) said: "I know that which you do not
know."
(Quran, 2:30)

24. Lead, without a title
• As you reflect back over your life, ask this
powerful question:
• Could I have done more?
• If yes, do more now
• Leadership is not position, leadership is influence

25. Inspired by

26. IF NOT YOU,
THEN WHO?
THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION