Leadership presentation as presented by Darrel Chong on 17th July, 2008 during the Student Congress in Singapore. less

1. Leadership
- student to young professional
Darrel Chong
2009 Singapore SAC Chair
IEEE MGA SPEA / IEEE MGA N&A Committee
IEEE 125th Anniversary R10 Student Congress
NUS, Singapore

2. "He who thinks he leads
but has no followers, is
only talking a walk."
- Anonymous
Reflection

3. Why develop leadership skills?
- The law of lids -
Success with little leadership Success with stronger leadership
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Leadership Ability
Leadership Ability
Takes practice and time.
Leadership ability is relatively
stable over time Effectiveness
Effectiveness
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Success Dedication Success Dedication
- John C. Maxwell, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

4. Why develop leadership skills?
- The law of magnetism -
If you inspire to lead, you
need to be a teamplayer.
– The strength of the team
determines the success of the
endeavor.

5. Why develop leadership skills?
- The law of magnetism -
Truth: We attract people of our kind.
Your ability to lead determines if you attract
good people.
– Level 6: harder to attract level 8 leaders.
MGA GOLD Committee, 2007

6. "Leadership is the process of
persuasion or example by
which an individual induces a
group to pursue objectives
held by the leader, or shared
by the leader and his or her
followers."
- John Howard

7. 7+1 attributes of a Leader – DC version
1. Integrity  Passion
 A person of Character, and  Believe strongly in the
Inner Strength. cause! So strong that it
 e.g. walk the talk, ethical, influences other to follow
does not compromise his/her
values  Display of energy and
vitality – being
2. Guiding Vision contagious
 Intuition to know the way
and show the way 2. Task Competent
 Purpose driven. Cast vision
that inspires  Need to be strong in the
field of interest if to be a
3. Courage leader in that field.
 To do what is right  i.e. Sportsman,
 To admit mistakes & willing Academic, Scientist, etc.
to take the blame
4. Strong Communicator 3. Servanthood
 Translate ideas, visions into  You work the hardest when
words. Body language, tone, you are really leading
metaphors, choice of words.
 Emphatic listening (& EQ) 4. Consistency

8. Leaders make coffee …

9. Management and Leadership
"Managers do the things right, while leaders do the
right things."
- Richard Pascale
Managers Leaders
Coping with Complexity Coping with Change
Planning and Budgeting Setting a Direction
Organizing and Staffing Aligning People
Controlling and Problem Solving Motivating and Inspiring

10. Leadership and Volunteering
- what’s the relation?
It is challenging to lead as a volunteer (peer-peer)
The volunteering environment prepares you for the real job.
Volunteer life cycle (in part) reflects your leadership ability.

11. DC – case study: project
R10
Student MGA GOLD
Congress Restructure
2002 Exercise
2006 IEEE
Humanitarian
GOLD Workshop /
Online Fellowship
Develop
Seminar 2008
• vision
2005
• communication
• passion (persistence)
• task competence
• courage
• servanthood
• integrity • consistency

12. Leadership skills can
be acquired. It
requires discipline
practice, constant
reflection, and
continuously getting
ready.
Practice rigorously to perfect his strokes

13. “The secret of success in life is for a man to
be ready for his time when it comes.”
- Benjamin Diraeli

14. Inspire, Enable, Empower, Engage