This document outlines characteristics of 21st century leaders and calls for more conscious, compassionate, and charitable leaders. It discusses the importance of developing leadership skills over time through reading, reflection, and mentoring others. Effective leaders understand that followers are more important than titles or positions, and that people must believe in and trust the leader before believing in their vision. Leaders should leverage their strengths and delegate tasks to empower followers.
Who would guess that when Michael Jones' car broke down on the side of the road that it would be the beginning of a life-changing relationship?
Walking to the nearest house, Michael stumbles across a plantation style mansion on an estate named "Twelve Pillars." Charlie, the estate's caretaker, helps Michael get back on the road again and also strikes up a relationship with him - and along the way teaches Michael the secrets of success - the Twelve Pillars of Success - that have made the owner of the house, Mr. Davis, a wealthy and successful man.
This new novel by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener will inspire you to take your life to the next level and beyond. It will challenge and encourage you to become the best that you can be!
Twelve Pillars blends together the fundamental principles and teachings of Jim Rohn and The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan, and with the help of Chris Widener, those principles have been weaved into a unique tapestry of a fictional account of three characters – Michael, Charlie and Mr. Davis.
Here are a few of the lessons you will discover in the Twelve Pillars of Success:
Live a Life of Three-Dimensional Health
The Gift of Relationships
Achieving Your Goals and the Proper Use of Time
Surrounding Yourself with the Best People
Becoming a Life-Long Learner
Income Seldom Exceeds Personal Development
Communication Brings the Common Ground of Understanding
The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader
Leaving a Legacy
These are the times that we can also dig deep into our courage, reach out and
connect with others, find a common purpose and focus on what we CAN do.
Together we can harness our imagination, optimism and possibility thinking to
tackle problems with a growth mindset and in a way that everyone pulls together
and grows.
Who would guess that when Michael Jones' car broke down on the side of the road that it would be the beginning of a life-changing relationship?
Walking to the nearest house, Michael stumbles across a plantation style mansion on an estate named "Twelve Pillars." Charlie, the estate's caretaker, helps Michael get back on the road again and also strikes up a relationship with him - and along the way teaches Michael the secrets of success - the Twelve Pillars of Success - that have made the owner of the house, Mr. Davis, a wealthy and successful man.
This new novel by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener will inspire you to take your life to the next level and beyond. It will challenge and encourage you to become the best that you can be!
Twelve Pillars blends together the fundamental principles and teachings of Jim Rohn and The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan, and with the help of Chris Widener, those principles have been weaved into a unique tapestry of a fictional account of three characters – Michael, Charlie and Mr. Davis.
Here are a few of the lessons you will discover in the Twelve Pillars of Success:
Live a Life of Three-Dimensional Health
The Gift of Relationships
Achieving Your Goals and the Proper Use of Time
Surrounding Yourself with the Best People
Becoming a Life-Long Learner
Income Seldom Exceeds Personal Development
Communication Brings the Common Ground of Understanding
The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader
Leaving a Legacy
These are the times that we can also dig deep into our courage, reach out and
connect with others, find a common purpose and focus on what we CAN do.
Together we can harness our imagination, optimism and possibility thinking to
tackle problems with a growth mindset and in a way that everyone pulls together
and grows.
Don’t just read a book and understand. Books like this can change your life, when you
decide to apply what you read. You may also have good intention but if you don’t know how to
apply good reading method, everything you learned will vanish. These are few points i want to
suggest when reading. First, make sure you underline key portions of this book, and re-read them
over and over again. And secondly, make sure you apply what you learn as soon as possible. So
that you may understand and remember
Living V/S Existing: Notes from my coaching journey -Bimal Rath Bimal Rath
Reflections from my journey as a coach
Just clocked 1000 hours of coaching and was penning down my own learning as reflection. Needless to say, the learning has been immense, working with a variety of individuals, ranging from CXOs to senior level executives in corporations.
Over the years, it was useful to read up a few varied authors--to expand my own perspective, and often as a consequence of a coaching conversation.
Here is the pick of the thoughts that have remained with me, and must say have helped me grow as a coach..nothing new, but worth a re-mention.
A great leader uses their team's own desires to motivate. To do this requires emotional intelligence, which is more than knowing what makes people tick, it is also knowing what makes you tick and how to create a win-win situation for all.
A great and a must read book!
I hope you enjoy and benefit from the main topics I found really useful during my study.
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Personal Development is all about you attuning your mind and developing your attitude. In this presentation I breakdown our Life-Spectrum and delve deep as to how personal development changed my Life.
Civilization 101 (the economy and development at the begining of the 21st cen...PbyCall, Inc.
Our civilization is on the brink of breaking the promise. It can't no longer protect humanity. Serious social and behavioral changes are inevitable. Frankly speaking, it is a crisis of old development paradigm. What it brings and what to do is discussed in this presentation.
The Future of Business: the changing framework of the Open Economy (FDC Brazil)Gerd Leonhard
This is an edited version of my presentation at the Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil, for the ComN CEO series. It describes how the entire framework for business is changing because people are connected, mobile and social.
Don’t just read a book and understand. Books like this can change your life, when you
decide to apply what you read. You may also have good intention but if you don’t know how to
apply good reading method, everything you learned will vanish. These are few points i want to
suggest when reading. First, make sure you underline key portions of this book, and re-read them
over and over again. And secondly, make sure you apply what you learn as soon as possible. So
that you may understand and remember
Living V/S Existing: Notes from my coaching journey -Bimal Rath Bimal Rath
Reflections from my journey as a coach
Just clocked 1000 hours of coaching and was penning down my own learning as reflection. Needless to say, the learning has been immense, working with a variety of individuals, ranging from CXOs to senior level executives in corporations.
Over the years, it was useful to read up a few varied authors--to expand my own perspective, and often as a consequence of a coaching conversation.
Here is the pick of the thoughts that have remained with me, and must say have helped me grow as a coach..nothing new, but worth a re-mention.
A great leader uses their team's own desires to motivate. To do this requires emotional intelligence, which is more than knowing what makes people tick, it is also knowing what makes you tick and how to create a win-win situation for all.
A great and a must read book!
I hope you enjoy and benefit from the main topics I found really useful during my study.
https://www.optimizzeconsultants.com/
Personal Development is all about you attuning your mind and developing your attitude. In this presentation I breakdown our Life-Spectrum and delve deep as to how personal development changed my Life.
Civilization 101 (the economy and development at the begining of the 21st cen...PbyCall, Inc.
Our civilization is on the brink of breaking the promise. It can't no longer protect humanity. Serious social and behavioral changes are inevitable. Frankly speaking, it is a crisis of old development paradigm. What it brings and what to do is discussed in this presentation.
The Future of Business: the changing framework of the Open Economy (FDC Brazil)Gerd Leonhard
This is an edited version of my presentation at the Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil, for the ComN CEO series. It describes how the entire framework for business is changing because people are connected, mobile and social.
A talk given to University of Washington HCDE Program introducing how design thinking offers a toolkit for the 21st century "4C" skills of collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking
The 21st Century (Business) CommunicatorJeff Zwier
What are the challenges ahead for internal communications professionals? This presentation, given by invitation to EMC's internal communications Hub community, covers the impact of both recent technologies and changing leader expectations for internal communications professionals and the IC profession as a whole.
Experience economy - How to Survive in the 21st Century Sharon Folliard
How do economies change? The entire history of economic progress can be recapitulated in the four-stage evolution of the birthday cake. As a vestige of the agrarian economy, mothers made birthday cakes from scratch, mixing farm commodities (flour, sugar, butter, and eggs) that together cost mere dimes. As the goods-based industrial economy advanced, moms paid a dollar or two to Betty Crocker for premixed ingredients. Later, when the service economy took hold, busy parents ordered cakes from the bakery or grocery store, which, at $10 or $15, cost ten times as much as the packaged ingredients. Now, in the time-starved 1990s, parents neither make the birthday cake nor even throw the party. Instead, they spend $100 or more to “outsource” the entire event to Chuck E. Cheese’s, or some other business that stages a memorable event for the kids—and often throws in the cake for free. Welcome to the emerging experience economy.
The way we do strategy today is ridiculous. Decks on decks on decks that people approve but never revisit. Let's try to incorporate strategy into everything we do.
Influence stakeholders through leadership by Mr. Gaby AwadPMILebanonChapter
Mr. Gaby Awad was the speaker for the month of September 2017 in PMI Lebanon Chapter and he discussed Project Leadership and what does it take to align Leadership ‘laws’ into the process of influencing stakeholders.
Talking Points & Agenda:
“Becoming a Person of Influence” is a model for anyone who aspires to grow as a leader. Based on a book written in tandem by Dr. John C. Maxwell and Jim Dornan, the book spells out ten fundamental qualities that define influencers. The authors carefully point out that a person’s influence does not develop overnight, but rather through a progression of four stages: modeling, motivating, mentoring, and multiplying. Influence can be acquired, but it only grows in increments. The good news is that no matter where you stand on the stairway of influence, there are learnable qualities to help you climb to the next step. Key concepts discussed in the talk:
Key Leadership Laws in the context of Project & Stakeholder Management:
The Law of the Lid
The Law of Influence
The Law of Buy-in
I – Integrity with People
N – Nurturing People
F – Faith in People
L – Listening to People
U – Understanding People
E – Enlarging People
N – Navigating for People
C – Connecting with People
E – Empowering Others
R – Reproducing Others
This presentation seeks to explore dynamic leadership in the 21st century, and will focus on how church leaders in particular, can become purposeful in their quest to become relevant.
Everybody can be a leader, but all cannot be effective leaders, as effective leaders have in them extra ingredients that not every leader possesses.
It is also true that everybody is a leader regardless of their hierarchical position, from a pauper to a prince and from a peon to a principal, provided they deliver their best, unmindful of their backgrounds.
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to radically reinvent the way we do business. This study explores how CEOs and top decision makers around the world are responding to the transformative potential of AI.
Specific ServPoints should be tailored for restaurants in all food service segments. Your ServPoints should be the centerpiece of brand delivery training (guest service) and align with your brand position and marketing initiatives, especially in high-labor-cost conditions.
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Foodservice Consulting + Design
The Team Member and Guest Experience - Lead and Take Care of your restaurant team. They are the people closest to and delivering Hospitality to your paying Guests!
Make the call, and we can assist you.
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Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
2. Leadership
CreaPng
More
Conscious,
Compassionate,
and
Charitable
Leaders
for
21st
Century
Challenges
1.
The
CONSCIOUS
Leader
2.
The
COMPASSIONATE
Leader
3.
The
CHARITABLE
Leader
THE
3
“C”
LEADER
3. 1. Leadership
is
mostly
EXTRINSIC
and
only
a
liWle
INTRINSIC
.
Meaning?
No
Born
Leaders!
THE
3
“C”
LEADER
KNOWS…
hWp://assessments.johnmaxwell.com
A
LEADERSHIP
Assessment
You
Should
Know
about
from
My
Mentor
John
Maxwell…
KNOW
THYSELF?
If
you
do
not,
go
here…
4. A
“Strengths”
Assessment
You
Should
Know
About
Too
Why
is
this
important?
It
is
important
because…
“To
the
degree
that
your
current
posiPon
calls
upon
your
top
5
signature
strengths
on
a
regular,
daily
basis,
to
that
degree
you
feel
fulfilled,
excited,
and
happy
about
the
job
you’re
doing.”
hWps://www.authenPchappiness.sas.upenn.edu
Dr.
MarPn
Seligman,
University
of
Pennsylvania…
OH,
AND
GO
HERE
TOO…
5. Survey of Strengths – Dr. Steve McSwain
Here are my scores on the VIA Survey of Character Strengths. For how to interpret and use these scores,
see the book Authentic Happiness. The ranking of the strengths reflects my overall ratings of myself on the
24 strengths in the survey and how much of each of the strengths I possess. My top five are the ones I pay
attention to and find ways to use more often.
• MY Top # 1 Strength - Humor and playfulness - I like to laugh and tease. Bringing smiles to other
people is important to me. I try to see the light side of all situations. Which is why I’m a humorist.
• My 2nd Strength - Hope, optimism, and future-mindedness - I expect the best in the future, and I
work to achieve it. I believe that the future is something that I can control. I really can’t but believing I can
works well for me.
• Strength #3 - Curiosity and interest in the world - I am curious about everything. I am always asking
questions, and I find all subjects and topics fascinating. I like exploration and discovery.
• Strength #4 - Fairness, equity, and justice - Treating all people fairly is one of my abiding principles.
I do not let my personal feelings bias my decisions about other people. I give everyone a chance.
• Strength #5 - Appreciation of beauty and excellence - I notice and appreciate beauty, excellence,
and/or skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to
everyday experience. This also explains why I married so beyond my deserving. HA HA
6. 2.
Leadership
might
be
DEFINED
in
a
sentence
but
it
is
only
ever
DEVELOPED
over
Pme.
How
to
DEVELOP
as
a
Leader…
1.
Read
2.
Reflect
3.
Replicate
Yourself
“INVEST
IN
YOUR
BEST
AND
YOUR
BEST
WILL
HELP
THE
REST”
–
John
Maxwell
7. 3.
Leadership
is
never
determined
by
TITLES,
POSITIONS
or
PROMOTIONS,
but
by
followers.
(John
Maxwell)
8. “People
BUY
INTO
THE
LEADER
before
they
BELIEVE
in
his/her
vision.”
–
John
Maxwell
3.
When
people
like
neither
the
vision
nor
the
leader,
they
get
rid
of
both.
2.
When
people
like
the
vision
but
not
the
leader,
they
get
rid
of
the
leader.
1.
When
people
like
the
leader
but
not
the
vision,
they
seek
another
vision.
4.
When
people
like
both
the
leader
and
the
vision,
they
will
follow
anywhere.
John
Maxwell’s
LAW
OF
THE
“BUY
IN”
9. 4.
Insecure
leaders
may
DOMINATE
but
secure
leaders
DELEGATE.
“Great
things
will
happen,
but
only
if
you
do
not
care
who
gets
the
credit.”
-‐-‐
Mark
Twain
10. 1.
Choose
the
tasks
you’re
willing
or
should
delegate.
2.
Select
the
right
person
to
whom
to
delegate.
3.
Trust
those
to
whom
you
delegate.
4.
Give
clear
assignments
and
instrucPons.
5.
Set
a
definite
task
and
complePon
date.
7.
Give
public
and
wriWen
credit.
6.
Don’t
look
over
their
shoulder.
HOW
TO
DELEGATE
–
Insights
by
Harvey
Mackey
and
Jan
Yager
11. 5.
Leaders
KNOW
and
LEAD
from
the
place
of
their
SIGNATURE
STRENGTHS.
hWps://www.authenPchappiness.sas.upenn.edu/quesPonnaires/brief-‐strengths-‐test
Go
HERE
to
Discover
Your
SIGNATURE
STRENGTHS
–
the
VIA
24
Character
Assessment
12. 6.
Leaders
SHAKE
MANY
HANDS
and
MOVE
MANY
HEARTS.
So
said
J.
Maxwell
Three
QuesPons…
1. Do
you
care
about
me?
2. Can
I
trust
you?
3. Can
you
help
me
fulfill
my
hopes
and
dreams?
13.
14. 6. FOCUSED…VISIONARY
Leaders
realize
knowing
WHAT
NOT
TO
DO
is
as
Important
as
knowing
WHAT
TO
DO.
“Anyone
can
STEER
A
SHIP;
it
takes
a
leader,
however,
to
CHART
A
COURSE”
-‐-‐
John
Maxwell
NEED
PROOF?
Then,
read
Isaac
Jacobson’s
NY
Times
Bestselling
Biography
of
STEVE
JOBS
–
Talk
about
FOCUS!!
15. 8. Leaders
Know
GROUCHY
CUSTOMERS
make
GREAT
COACHES.
That’s
my
take
on
Bill
Gates
comment…
“Your
most
unhappy
customers
are
your
greatest
source
of
learning.”
So,
what
has
your
last
grouch
taught
you?
16. 9.
“I’ve
learned
that
people
will
forget
what
you
said,
people
will
forget
what
you
did,
but
people
will
never
forget
how
you
made
them
feel.”
Maya
Angelou
(1928
–
2014)
LEADERS
make
the
team
feel
Wanted,
Needed,
Appreciated,
and
Valued
And
more
frequently
than
just
the
Holiday
Party
17. 10.
Leaders
LEAD…
1) In
Consciousness-‐raising
–
self-‐aware;
in
touch
with
Their
inner
life;
their
environment,
etc.
2)
In
Showing
Compassion
–
toward
them
Selves,
their
families,
co-‐workers…
3)
In
Charitable
Giving
–
generous
In
the
life
they
live
&
legacy
they
leave.
If
NOT
YOU,
WHO?
If
NOT
NOW,
WHEN?
18. FOR
REFLECTION…
1. Regarding
ENTREPRENEURIAL
LEADERSHIP
in
the
21st
century,
the
most
important
maWer
is
___________.
2.
To
me,
the
IDEAL
ENTREPRENEUR
is
_______________.
3.
Going
forward,
I’ll
take
this
one
important
truth
and
apply
it
to
my
own
leadership
context
______________.
19. Thank
You
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material
in
this
Powerpoint
presentaPon
is
Copyrighted.
No
porPon
of
this
PresentaPon
shall
be
reproduced
or
uPlized
without
the
expressed,
wriWen
consent
of
Dr.
Steve
McSwain,
President
and
CEO
of
The
FoundaPon
for
Excellence…Inc.
Dated
6/2/2014
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you
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I
sincerely
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you
found
value
in
it.
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one
of
several
talks
I
recently
delivered
To
a
gathering
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London
of
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Services
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