This document discusses leadership excellence and provides definitions, strategies, and tips for effective leadership. It defines leadership as guiding, having authority and administration, and being effective, skilled, and taking initiative. Some key strategies discussed for leadership include leading oneself through self-awareness, having a clear purpose, vision, and values as an "on-purpose" person, designing an effective organizational structure, ensuring the right people are in the right jobs, and demonstrating a passionate commitment to work. John Wooden's leadership tips of listening, caring, being prepared, and more are also summarized.

1. Leadership Excellence
Dr. Sunil K. Longani

2. Leadership Excellence

3. My biggest leadership
challenge right now is…

5. Leadership definition
• One that guides
• Authority
• Administration
• Effectiveness
• Skill
• Initiative
• Supremacy

6. Romans 12:8
If his gift is leadership,
let him govern diligently
Diligent: persevering, hard working,
and careful in work

7. It starts with the Leader
Most people don’t lead their lives, they
accept their lives - John Maxwell
Three things you can control – Pat Summit
- Attitude
- How hard you are willing to work
- How you take care of you
You have to manage yourself before
you can lead others – Zig Ziglar

8. Leading Oneself
Self Awareness
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• What fills your bucket
• Style

10. The On-Purpose Person
Purpose
Vision
Missions
Values

11. The On-Purpose Person
• Purpose – Why do you exist?
• Vision – Where are you going?
• Missions – How will you get there?
• Values – What’s important?

12. Purpose
• Purpose – Why do you exist?
• On-Purpose moments
• What are your proudest achievements?
• What do you want most for others
• Complete sentence:
I exist to serve by…

13. On-Purpose
• Vision – Where are you going?
 In 2017, I want my life to be…
• Missions – How will you get there?
• Values – What’s important?

14. The lasting value of our public
service for God is measured by
the depth of the intimacy
of our private times of fellowship
and oneness with Him.
Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers

15. On-Purpose Organization
• Purpose – Why do you exist?
• Vision – Where are you going?
• Missions – How will you get there?
• Values – What’s important?
The chief challenge of leadership is to align the
behaviors, values and culture with the purpose.
Stephen Covey
• Know your competition
• Know your customers

16. Vision
The very essence of leadership is that
you have to have a vision
Theodore Hesburgh
Where there is no vision,
the people perish.
Proverbs 29:18

18. Organizational Vision
• Inspiring
• Lofty
• Achievable
• Just out of reach
• In 2017, my vision for our organization
is….

19. Soon after the completion of
Disney World someone said,
“Isn’t it too bad that Walt Disney
didn’t live to see this!”
Mike Vance, creative director of
Disney Studios replied,
“He did see it – that’s why it’s here.”

21. Best Leader
Attributes

22. Great Leader Strategies
Self Ranking 1-10

23. Design your organizational
structure for success
 Be willing to re-create the structure
 Structure should expedite taking care of
customers
 Structure should work from employee
perspective
 Structure should expedite communication

24. Make sure you have the right
people in the right jobs
 Understand the deliverables of each job
 Think about qualities of perfect candidate
 Select the best – not best available
 Involve team members in process
 Know your A, B and C employees - make
hard decisions to remove “C” players

25. Ensure that employees are
knowledgeable about their jobs
 Ensure expectations are understood
 Consider training needs
 Have a process to communicate updates
 Pre-shift – huddles
 Coaching, observations

26. Make dramatic leaps
in customer service
 Experience the product
 Understand what world class means from
customers
 Read / seek customer feedback
 Seek best practices
 Train in service recovery

27. Ensure effective, structured
processes for getting work done
 Identify process problems / opportunities
 Ask those involved to develop solution
ideas
 Ask “why” more often
 Conduct Start, Stop, Continue – practices
 Look for resolution rather than blame

28. Know what is going on in your
organization and act on it
 Give permission for people to speak
 Be accessible / visible
 Ensure accountability
 Consider what you are measuring
 Learn the truth

29. Actively observe and react to
performance of direct reports
 Notice and provide feedback on
performance
 Role model great performance
 Weed out consistent non-performers
 Let people know what they do right
 Provide developmental opportunities

30. Expand your experience of the
best service available
 Know what the best service looks like
 Stay current with trends
 Encourage others to benchmark
 Expose yourself to the best
 Seek best practices

31. Time to Arm Wrestle!
• Pick a partner
• Get in position
• Wait until I say “GO”
• Pretend I will give you $50 for each time
your partner’s hand hits the table
• Count until I say STOP

32. Arm Wrestling…
 Who are you arm wrestling with?
 What are you arm wrestling about?
 How can you collaborate?
 Do you have the right members on your
team?
 What motivates them?
 What support do they need?

33. Partner effectively with staff
and other partners
 Show timely progress
 Live up to commitments
 Don’t avoid conflict on tough issues
 Ask for and offer help
 Focus on collaboration rather than
conflict

34. Demonstrate a passionate,
commitment to your work
 Make sure you love your job
 Create elements of surprise
 Do the right things for the right reasons
 Pay attention to high performers
 Share enthusiasm and pride

35. Demonstrate mastery of
business fundamentals
 Share purpose, vision and mission
 Develop core strategies and goals
 Help team know how decisions are
made
 Understand and use reports – or revise

36. How did you do
on your self scoring?
Top of Your Game - 96 -110 points
Good to Great - 81 - 95
Opportunities - 71 - 80
Time to Access - 60 - 70
Glad you are here! – Below 60

37. Pick three strategies to
focus on

38. Leadership Tips – John Wooden
• Listen – to those under you
• Care – genuinely for them as individuals
• Give recognition
• Be prepared
• Work hard
• Be enthusiastic
• Be patient
• Be confident
• Mistakes happen
• Respect is a by-product

39. All the pieces
Vision + Skills + Motivation + Resources + Plan = Success
X + Skills + Motivation + Resources + Plan = Confusion
Vision + X + Motivation + Resources + Plan = Anxiety
Vision + Skills + X + Resources + Plan = Stalled
Vision + Skills + Motivation + X + Plan = Frustration
Vision + Skills + Motivation + Resources + X = False Starts

40. Nothing in the world can take the place of
persistence.
•Talent will not; nothing is more common
than unsuccessful men with talent.
•Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb.
•Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts.
•Persistence and determination alone are
omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge

41. If your actions inspire others to
dream more, learn more,
do more and become more, you
are a leader.
John Quincy Adams

42. 2 Chronicles 1:10
Solomon to God:
“Give me wisdom and knowledge,
that I may lead this people,
for who is able to lead
this great people of yours?”

43. THANK YOU
Dr. Sunil K. Longani
Email: mantrgsystems@gmail.com
Mobile: 9810034328
Website: www.mantrg.com