Leadership of the 21st Century

1. DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP:
Organising a group of
people to achieve a
common goal.

2. ESSENCE OF LEADERSHIP
• You must have a VISION. A vision you
articulate clearly and forcefully all the time.

3. MUST HAVE HONEST UNDERSTANDING OF:
1. Who you are
2. What you know
3. What you can do

4. • Followers who make you successful
– Trust
– Confidence
– Inspiration.
• Why follow?
– Want to be guided by those they respect and clear
direction.
• To gain respect must be ethical
– Direction achieved by strong vision.

5. • People do not think about your attributes,
they observe what you do so they can know
who you are.
• Different styles of leadership requires human
nature.
– NEEDS
– EMOTIONS
– MOTIVATION

6. • COMMUNICATION:
– 2 way
– Set the example
– Communicates you are ready.
• BOSS/LEADER
– Position gives you authority
• Power does not make you a leader.

7. • Leadership makes followers want to achieve
rather than being bossed (obey not follow)
• Self-serving leaders.
– All about seniors (good image at the expense of
workers)

8. PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
1. KNOW YOURSELF AND SEEK IMPROVEMENT
– Be/Know/Do self improvement strengthens
attributes.
2. SELF STUDY/REFLECTION/INTERACTION.
3. TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT
– Know your job
– understand downlines tasks.

9. PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
4. SEEK AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR
ACTIONS
– Search for ways to guide your team.
5. WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
– Do not blame
• Analyse / Correct/ Move on to next challenge.
6. MAKE SOUND AND TIMELY DECISIONS.

10. PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
7. SET THE EXAMPLE
– Role model
• Not only hear what is expected to do/expected to see.
8. KNOW YOUR PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR THEM
– Do it with sincerity.
9. KEEP NETWORK INFORMED
– 360 evaluation.
10. DEVELOP RESPONSIBILITY IN YOUR WORKERS
– Help them develop good character traits.

11. PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
11.ENSURE TASKS ARE:
– UNDERSTOOD/SUPERVISED/ACCOMPLISHED
• COMMUNICATION.
12.TRAIN AS A TEAM
– Interdependence.
13.USE FULL CAPABILITIES OF YOUR
ORGANISATION.
– Uplines
– The V.

12. CULTURE AND CLIMATE.
• CULTURE - The way we do things based on:
– Founders
– Leadership
– Crisis
– Events
– Size.

13. CULTURE AND CLIMATE.
• CLIMATE - Feel of organisation.
– Climate is short term created by leaders.

14. CULTURE AND CLIMATE.
• What is expected from us?
– How competent are the leaders?
– Are leaders free to make decisions?

15. PROCESS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP
• Challenge the process
– Find out what is lacking.
• Inspire a shared vision
– Share your vision in words that can be understood
by followers.
• Enable others to act
– Give them methods and tools.

16. PROCESS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP
• Model the way
– Get your hands dirty.
– Boss tells others what to do.
– Leaders show it can be done.
• Encourage the heart
– Share glory with teams heart
– Keep pains within your own.

17. DARREN MATADEEN
Global Chief Networking Officer (GCNO)
M-GLOBALNET & Founder of CNO GROUP
darren@m-globalnet.net
Skype ID: d.matadeen