1. Becoming a Leader!
Wali Zahid | Skill City Bahrain!
2nd Pioneers Festival!
Punjab University Lahore!
22 January 2014!
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2. Who’s Wali Zahid?!
Asian businesses have known Wali for 20-year work on
business leadership and executive coaching!
Wali leads the longest-running Train-The-Trainer
workshop | 14th year | 16+ Asian locations | 1,000+
trainers trained!
MBA courses at IBA, ZABIST, CBM, UMT, IIU, Dow!
A disruptor and a future-trends watcher | Vision 2025!
Team Leader, Prime Minister Quality Award, Pakistan!
Was called by two ministers-in-waiting to consult on how
to turn around state-owned enterprises by new govt!
Member, BOG PSTD | advisory at LCWU, Indus Valley!
Past: member, Board of Studies, CBM and advisory IBA!
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11. Future Leaders Program!
Train the Future Trainer!
Young Leaders Program!
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12. Talk outcomes!
1. Why become leader?!
2. What is a cause & goal?!
3. Three powers!
4. Five BIG things!
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13. Your questions!
What is my role on earth?!
What is my future?!
What is this country’s future?!
What is that one person, i.e. I, can
do?!
Where do I find motivation from?!
How do I build a skillset?!
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14. Talk style!
• Not trivial!
• Not energy-driven!
• Not emotive!
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31. 1. Establish uniform education system
in country that makes us a forwardlooking developed country!
2. Write five books, being read online!
3. Create a blog with 100,000 active
followers!
4. Become an electable politician!
5. Create 10 mobile apps!
6. Design a plane with vertical takeoff!
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32. How others did?!
5 years clip!
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33. If your first love is!
Pakistan & Islam !
here’s good news!!
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47. Will = desire, hunger, drive,
ambition, willingness, your reason
for being, mindset!
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Skill = ability, competence,
capability, something you are
known for, niche, skillset!
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50. To increase!
Will = find out what really excites you
(OCD), make it your life’s purpose!
Also, find out what’s holding you back!!
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Skill = The P word!
Practice. Practice. Practice.!
Gladwell: 10,000 hours of practice!!
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62. In summary…!
You will be ready to lead if you:!
1. Have a worthwhile cause & goal!
2. Have a high will and a high skill!
3. Work with high focus and high energy!
4. Move to a higher-level challenge (flow)
when things become routinised!
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63. Three powers!
The power of first step!
The power of one!
The power of now!
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