Leadership and YOU !Guru Clinic; NASSCOM HR Summit 2015

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Who am I ?• Career HR guy

• Father, Friend

• Coach, Mentor

• General Athlete

• Program Manager

• Series of specialist skills

• Problem solver

• Start-up man - team/s & Functions

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What is leadership

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to

do it.“

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, they will say: we did it

ourselves."

– Lao Tzu

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done,

and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

– Theodore Roosevelt

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How can we recognize a leader ( in you )

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Competency model – the approach

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Types of Leaders

and associated

behavioral outcomes

Competencies

Traits

Predictor for

Predictor for

Business Outcomes

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Nurturing Individuals Building Organizational

Capability

Driving Business Excellence Demonstrating Personal

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Core

Values

Competency model

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Leadership traits and competencies

Strategic Leadership is about unique positioning

Change Leadership is about making change effective

Operational Leadership is about achieving high degrees of efficiency and productivity

Talent Leadership is about creating a top quality leadership team that is globally best in class

Relationship/Networking leadership is about developing, maintaining and leveraging long-term internal and

external relationships/networks

Content Leadership is about thought leadership

Entrepreneurial Leadership is about taking complete ownership for business outcomes

Transition Leadership is about integrating businesses

Adversity Leadership is about managing crisis

Nurturing Individuals Building Organizational Capability

Building Organizational Talent

Empowerment/Delegation

Coaching / Mentoring

Change leadership

Selling the vision

Mobilizing Resources

Institutionalization

Valuing Diversity

Driving Business Excellence Demonstrating Personal Mastery

Business Acumen

Entrepreneurship

Global Acumen

Establishing Strategic Direction

Developing strategic relationships

Customer Orientation

Driving for Results

Operation Decision Making

Learning orientation

Self-Insight

Positive Disposition

Reading the Environment

Innovation

Cultural Interpersonal effectiveness

Persuasiveness

Influencing Others

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Your Leadership Journey; the forces at play

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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Food for thought

❏ Traditionally, attraction to weaknesses

❏ Knowledge of weaknesses will help us stop making mistakes

❏ Strengths move us forward

❏ Talent : When worked on and nurtured by environment : becomes a strength

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Traits & ability to deal with changeTraits - a person's enduring characteristics or dispositions which give rise to behaviors/ behavior

patterns.

1 Passion

2 Resourcefulness

3 Optimism

4 Adventurousness

5 Adaptability

6 Confidence

7 Tolerance for ambiguity

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Ready to face the world ?

Exposure

+

New

Experiences

Mentors NETWORK

Self

Learning

+

(C2D)

Cooperate

To

Dominate

READ

To constantly evolve as a professional and as a person;

to stay ahead of competition ;

TO STAY IN COMPETITION

Need

Interventions

OPPORTUNITIES

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Before we say “See you around…”

Everyday, before you turn the lights off and your head hits

the pillow, ask yourself this question :

How am I better today compared to yesterday ?

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As we wrap up, some food for thought...

1. Retain the level of curiosity ( with structure, if that helps )

2. Best Practice is always linked to a context ( & culture )

3. The way you treat people is a choice !

4. Research trumps best practice

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Watch this… and, language is not important here

I think leadership comes from integrity - that you do whatever you ask others to do. I think there are

non-obvious ways to lead. Just by providing a good example as a parent, a friend, a neighbor

makes it possible for other people to see better ways to do things. Leadership does not need to

be a dramatic, fist in the air and trumpets blaring, activity.

– Scott Berkun