"The 10 Essentials of Winning Leadership" by Supratim Bose

1. 10 Essentials of Leadership

2. 10 Essentials
to be a
Successful
Leader
The way we Feel… Passion
1. Winning Hearts
2. Winning Minds
3. Philosophy- Grow People, Grow Business
The way we Think… Innovation
4. Strategic Thinking
5. What’s New- Innovation?
The way we Act… Ethics and Decisiveness
6. Moral Compass
7. Flawless Execution
The way we Lead… Courage and Integrity
8. Empowerment
9. Aspiration
10. Courage and Guts

3. Moral Compass
• Personal integrity
– Stand up for what you believe ( your values)
• Strong ethics and value based actions
– Treat all with respect; Truly care for your
customers, employees, community, all
stakeholders ; Appreciate diversity
• Effective leaders cultivate a moral compass
– Reflected in character, decision making,
relationships and its impact on others
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The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill

4. Aspiration
• THINK BIG! WIN BIG!
• Set Aspirational goals
• Build confidence and destroy fear
– Fear is the No1 enemy; action cures fear!
• Encourage everyone to think BIG and reward
good performance( even if not 100% on
aspirational goals but close to it).
• Learn from failures, encourage risk taking
“ The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it
but we aim too low and reach it”- Michelangelo
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5. Management Philosophy
• “ Grow People; Grow Business”
• Passion for People
– Recruit, develop and retain.
– Create a learning organization
• Passion for Business
– Share Vision
– Energize your teams
– Execute the vision
• Passion for Customers
– Create a Customer Oriented Culture - everyone meets
customers, reward great customer leaders
– Stay in touch with customers - meet customers, listen and
act
“ A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not
position” – John Maxwell
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6. Strategic Thinking
• Long Term perspective –aligned to vision, mission and
values of the company
– Think about all stake holders
– Visualize different scenarios and plan
– Global mindset
• Create a culture of Strategic Thinking
– Involve various levels of organization, partners and stakeholders
– Foster a climate that challenges others to think differently and
generate ideas, perspectives and new opportunities
• Strategic Leadership – organizational imperative
– Broad in scope , Future Focused and Changed oriented
“ Perception is strong and sight weak.In strategy it is important to see distant
things as they were close and to take a distanced view of close things –
Miyamoto Mushashi 1584-1645, legendary Japanese swordsman
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7. Innovation
• Think Out of the Box
– Generate new and creative ideas
– Pick the right one
– Transform ideas into reality
– Reward great ideas
• “Garbage can mentality”
– Develop culture of Learning and Sharing
– Apply learning and Share Best Practices
--------CRAZY IDEAS sessions…
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” – Steve Jobs
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8. Winning Minds
• Develop personal competencies
– Technical, planning, decision making etc
• Vision – where do we want to go?
– Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures
• Build capabilities- How do we get there?
– Process, Systems, Resources and Structure
• Fairness- Plans, Actions & Decisions
– Fact- based, Equitable, Consistent and Honest
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all” – Aristotle
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9. Winning Hearts
….Know each individual
– Aspirations, motivation and dislikes
• Focus on Developing them
– As Individuals and as Professionals
• Care for people
• Servant Leadership
• For every plan ask..how will I win my people’s heart
“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart” – Mahatma Gandhi
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10. Guts and Courage
• Prudent risk taking
– Guardian of company assets – both people &capital
– Take risks to win in the market place
• The Fighting spirit
– Persevere through adversity
– Forsake current tested methods to new ways to
compete
• Courage
– Learn to deal with adversity and to overcome mistakes
– Tread areas where others have not gone
– Stand up for your values
“Chieftains must be fearless and have the fortitude to carry out assignments given
to them - the gallantry to accept the risks of leadership” – Attila the Hun
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11. Empowering, Engaging & Enlightening Leadership
• Empowering
– Power sharing – delegate authority and power to subordinates
– Process
• Share info on company performance
• Power to make decisions – set limits and scope
• Explain meaning and impact of their job
• Reward based on performance
• Engaging
– Stay connected with your people- field work, emails ..
– Monitor – Connect and Credo survey
• Enlightened Leadership
– Share with your team your success and failures on a regular basis
“The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about
what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past” – Bill Gates
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12. Flawless Execution
• All plans must be executed with a “ project
management mindset”
• Clear responsibilities, accountabilities and timelines
• Plan – Communicate – Execute – Review
• Focus on extraordinary individual execution
• Monitor, assess , modify, accelerate
• Whatever gets measured gets done, whatever gets
measured and rewarded gets done better
- “I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying
about the next thousand steps – Theodore Roosevelt
- Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.
Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave
every other idea alone. This is the way to success” – Swami Vivekananda
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