1. 29 LEADERSHIP SECRETS
Aftab Ahmed 183809

2. 1.Harness the Power of Change
 Bringing In Big Number
 Change Was Everywhere
 Make Each Day Your First Day On The Job
 The Genesis Of “Number One, Number Two”
 Employees Have Good Ideas Too
2.Face Reality
 Moving Quickly
 Turn Your Business Around
3.Managing Less Is Managing Better
 Show Respect, Instill Confidence
 Manage Less
 Emphasize Vision, Not Supervision

3. 4.Create A Vision And Then Get Out Of The Way
 Business Is Simple
 Always Keep The Five Key Questions In Mind
(Global Competitive Environment, Last 3 Years Competitors Done, You
Done, Attack You In The Future, Plans To Leapfrog)
 Managing Is Allocating People And Resources
 Managers Lead With Vision
5.Don’t Pursue A Central Idea; Instead, Set Only
A Few Clear, General Goals As Business Strategies
 Set Out A General Framework For Your Team
 Create Values That Are Consistent With The Company Vision
 Six Sigma Quality

4. 6.Nurture Employees Who Share The
Company’s Values
 Give Employees More Responsibility
 Delivers On Commitments
 Misses Commitments But Shares The Values
7.Keep Watch For Ways To Create Opportunities
And To Become More Competitive
 The Most Competitive Enterprise On Earth
 Don’t Stick Your Head In The Sand
 See Things For What They Are.
8.Be Number One Or Number Two And Keep
Redefining Your Market

5. 9.Downsize, Before It’s Too Late
 Remember That Tough Actions Today May Prevent Far More Complex
Problems Later
10.Use Acquisitions To Make The Quantum Leap
 Think Outside The Box
 Keep Hunting For The Little Opportunities
11.Use Boundary less And Empowerment To
Nurture A Learning Culture
 Learning Culture Enhances Performance
 Emphasize Idea Sharing Inside The Company
 Find And Implement The Best Ideas,

6. 12.Inculcate The Best Ideas Into The Business,
No Matter Where They Come From
 Make Searching For New Ideas A Priority Of Every Employee
 Hold Idea-sharing Meetings On A Regular Basis
 Reward Employees For Sharing Knowledge
13.The Big Winners In The Twenty-first Century
Will Be Global
 Get Your House In Order First
 Think Globally And Locally
14.Delayer: Get Rid Of The Fat
 Get Rid Of Any Layers Of Management That Do Not Add Real Value To The
Process
 Don’t Let Emotions Get In The Way

7. 15.Spark Productivity Through The “S” Secrets:
Speed, Simplicity, And Self-confidence
 Start With A Simple Message
 Establish Systems That Foster Self-confidence
16.Act Like A Small Company
 Assume That Your Big Company Can Act Small
 Structure For Smallness
 Check Reality
17.Remove The Boundaries
 Root Out Boundaries
 Model Behaviors With Senior Managers
 Involve Everybody

8. 18.Unleash The Energy Of Your Workers
 Unleash Productivity By Involving Everyone
 Turn Workers Into Owners
 Have Patience; Attitudes Don’t Change Overnight
19.Listen To The People Who Actually Do The Work
 Enable People To Speak Out Freely
 Develop Trust Among Employees
 Eliminate Unnecessary Work
20.Go Before Your Workers And Answer All
Their Questions
 Search Out Practices That Have Stopped Making Sense
 Nourish Dignity

9. 21.Stretch: Exceed Your Goals As Often As You Can
 Set Stretch Goals And Then Push To Exceed Them
 Push For The Impossible
23.Make Quality The Job Of Every Employee
 Tackle Quality Head-on
 Find The “Hidden Factory
 Use Quality To Make Sure That Your Products Are Your Customers’ Only Actual
Value Choice
22.Make Quality A Top Priority
 Think About Quality Universally; Implement Six Sigma
 Link Compensation To Quality Performance
24.Make Sure Everyone Understands How Six
Sigma Works
 Customer Satisfaction, Cost Of Poor Quality, Supplier Quality, Internal
Performance, Design For Manufacturability

10. 25.Make Sure The Customer Feels Quality
 Keep The Customer As The Main Focus
 Don’t Assume That The Customer Is As Happy As You Are
26.Grow Your Service Business: It’s The Wave
Of The Future
 Think Hard About The Services
 Stay Flexible
27.Take Advantage Of E-business Opportunities
 Look Before You Leap Into E-business
 Look For Appropriate E-business Opportunities
 Take Advantage Of The Web’s Efficiencies

11. 28.Make Existing Businesses Internet Ready:
Don’t Assume That New Business Models Are
The Answer
 Adapt Your Business Model To The Internet
 Think “Web Enabled” Rather Than “Web Threatened.
 Think Inside And Outside
29.Use E-business To Put The Final Nail In
Bureaucracy
 Manage In Internet Time, Using The Latest Technologies.
 Build On Strengths
 Part Of A Bigger Picture