2. The Ultimate aim of human life
and activity is the development of
character, according to Aristotle
The most important goal you could hope to
accomplish in the course of your life is to
become an excellent person, in every respect.
Your purpose should be to develop the kind
of personality and character that earns you
the respect, esteem, and affection of the
important people in your world.
3. Men and women of great character are
those who have developed the habits of
thinking and behaving that are consistent
with the fine qualities they wish to be known
for.
They discipline themselves to do the right
thing in every situation.
By working on themselves and by steady
effort, great people in our out, living and dead,
have behaved in certain ways whether they felt
like or not.
4. Aristotle wrote about the great virtues
possessed by the leading men and women of
age. He concluded that each virtue is a “golden
mean” between the extremes of that quality on
either side. For example, he concluded that
courage was the golden mean between
cowardliness on the one extreme and
impetuosity on the other
5. The Education of the Young
Aristotle also wrote, “All improvement in
society begins with the education of a
young.”
One of the primary responsibilities of
those in charge of educating young people is
to instill in them the importance of virtue,
character, and good behavior.
6. Well, fortunately all virtues and values are
merely habits of thinking and acting.
You can learn any habit you consider to be
either desirable or necessary. You can learn a
virtue or value of character and leadership the
same way you develop a physical skill or habit
by practice and repetition.
7. Develop Your Own Character
If you wish to develop the quality of courage,
act courageously even when you feel afraid.”
1. Imagine Your Ideal Self
The starting point of character development is
for you develop the habit of long-term thinking
in your work and in your personal life.
8. 2. Acting as if You Were Already That
Person
As you develop greater clarity about how
you want to be remembered in the hearts and
minds of other people, you will become clearer
about those values and qualities most important
to you.
You can then set those qualities as goals for
yourself and make plans for their
accomplishment.
9. ASPIRES TO LEADERSHIP
It is not easy to rise to a position of
leadership in any organization or in any society.
The competition for leadership is fierce. Only
the people who are the very best equipped to
acquire leadership position and then to hold on
to those positions rise to the top in any areas.
10. Whatever It takes
What is necessary for success in a leadership
position is determined by many factors
including the people to be led; the objectives to
be accomplished; the competition for resources;
the social, cultural, political, and economic
environment; and the situation that the leader
finds at the moment.
Changing any one of these factors will
change the qualities of leadership necessary for
success. Leaders have vision; ordinary people
do not.
11. Develop a Vision.
First, habit you must develop is the habit of
vision. What you want to accomplish in the
future.
Dare to Go Forward
Second, Leader’s habit is the habit of
courage. Willingness to launch, to take action
in the direction of your goals and dreams, with
no guarantee of success. Requiring you to take
risks with time, money, emotion, and other
resources.
12. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
Once you have developed a clear vision for
your ideal future and resolved to develop
unshakable courage by doing the things you
fear, you must develop the habit of accepting
complete responsibility for yourself and every
aspect of your life
13. Take Charge of Your Emotions
Make it a habit to continually repeat to your
self the words, I am responsible!
Whenever you feel angry or frustrated about
some person or situation, immediately cancel
this thought and feeling by saying, I am
responsible!
14. Tell the Truth
The most important quality of leadership is
the habit of integrity. You develop integrity and
become a completely honest person by
practicing telling the truth to yourself and
others in every situation
15. Decide What You Stand For
Living in truth means that you live
consistent with the highest values that you
know. This requires you develop the habit of
thinking through who you are and what you
believe in.
16. BE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER
Adam Smith, in his important book, The
Theory, of Moral Sentiments, wrote that
excellent people have three primary
virtues: Prudence, Justice, and
Benevolence. Each of them is essential to
the others and to the living of a full life in
society.
17. Prudence
The virtue of prudence refers to your
developing the habit of providing well for
yourself, your family, your friends, your
workers and your company.
This requires that you think intelligently and
honestly about the very best course of action to
maximize your opportunities and minimize
possible danger and threats.
18. Justice Is Blind
The second, habit for you to develop is the
habit of justice. This refers to your commitment
to the establishment and maintenance of laws in
society that protect the person and property of
every individual.
19. Benevolence
The third, quality you must develop is the habit
of benevolence. This is one of the hallmark
characteristics of the truly superior person.
Aristotle referred to it as one of the eight
essential virtues, that of “generosity”
20. Believe in Something Greater
One of the most important habits you can
develop is the habit of faith. Regardless of your
religious or spiritual beliefs, it seems that most
great men and women are men and women of
faith to a high degree.
21. Seek the Valuable Lesson
When you have faith, you believe that every
setback contains a lesson that has been sent to
you to help you.
Norman Vincent Peale used to say “when God
wants to send you a gift, He wraps it up in a
problem. The bigger the problem He wraps it
up in, the bigger the gift that it contains.
22. Loyalty Is Essential
The habit of loyalty seems to be a quality of
the very best people in our society.
Disloyalty is a major reason for failure in
business and the world of work.
23. LOYALTY IS ESSENTIAL
The habit of loyalty seems to be a quality of the
very best people in our society.
Support Your Family, Friends and
company
The habit of loyalty requires that you be
absolutely loyal to your company. You never
criticize your boss or the people you work with
especially outside the company.
24. Learn From Experience
This young experience taught me something
that has been priceless in my own personal life.
From birth of my first child, I have developed
myself to practicing 100 percent unconditional
loyalty to my children, no matter what mistakes
they made or what trouble they got into (all
children get into things when they are growing
up)
25. NEVER GIVE UP
Habit of persistence and determination.
Napoleon Hill wrote, “Persistence is to the
character of man as carbon is to steel. You
always act in a manner consistent with the way
you believe inside, your self-concept.
26. ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
The final habit for you to develop in becoming
a truly excellent person is the habit of
practicing an “attitude of gratitude” in every
part of your life.
Napoleon Hill wrote, “Persistence is to the
character of man as carbon is to steel. You
always act in a manner consistent with the way
you believe inside, your self-concept.
27. Thankful for Everything
Even in the midst of the greatest difficulties you
will experience, you can find things which you
are truly grateful. In fact, if you take a piece of
paper and begin to write down the part of your
life for which you should be grateful, you will
be amazed at how many items appear on you
list.
28. Your Great Good Fortune
The most successful people I have met,
including millionaires, multimillionaires and
even billionaires always seem to describe their
successes in life by saying “Life has been very
good to me, I have been so fortune, I have so
many things to be grateful for”
29. Thankful for Everything
The discovery that all of us are where we are,
and what we are because of ourselves. We are
where we are and what we are because of our
habitual thoughts and actions. Men and women
of great character, competence, and leadership
abilities are those who have worked on
themselves, usually for many years, to become
the kind of people that others look up to
respect, and admire.
31. Leadership is situational.
Different situations call for
different styles of leadership.
It is the art of getting or inspiring
people to do something with the
focus on people.
32.
33. A leader is expected to act as a
liason between an individual and the
organization.
The behavior must be appropriate
for the situation.
One style of leadership is not
necessarily better than another.
34. Leaders integrate the needs of
followers with the goals of the
organization by integrating people
with tasks.
They transform potential into
reality.
35.
36. Types of Leadership Style
Autocratic:
Leader makes decisions without reference to
anyone else
High degree of dependency on the leader
Can create de-motivation and alienation
of staff
May be valuable in some types of business where
decisions need to be made quickly and decisively
37. Democratic:
Encourages decision making from different perspectives –leadership
may be emphasised throughout
the organisation
Consultative: process of consultation before
decisions are taken
Persuasive: Leader takes decision and seeks to
persuade others that the decision
is correct
38. Democratic:
May help motivation and involvement
Workers feel ownership of the firm and its
ideas
Improves the sharing of ideas
and experiences within the business
Can delay decision making
39. Laissez-Faire:
‘Let it be’ – the leadership responsibilities
are shared by all
Can be very useful in businesses
where creative ideas are important
Can be highly motivational,
as people have control over their working life
Can make coordination and decision making
time-consuming and lacking in overall direction
Relies on good team work
Relies on good interpersonal relations
40. Paternalistic:
Leader acts as a ‘father figure’
Paternalistic leader makes decision but
may consult
Believes in the need to support staff
41. Types of Leaders
Leader by the position achieved
Leader by personality, charisma
Leader by moral example
Leader by power held
Intellectual leader
Leader because of ability to
accomplish things
42. A Leader’s agenda - 8 steps to good performance
PLAN
1.Create a vision
2.Develop clear work plans
DEVELOP ORGANISE
7. Review the strategic 3. Review structures & work
framework processes
8. Diagnose the situation 4. Lead & support staff
MONITOR
5. Monitor performance & progress
6. Reflect & Learn
43. Managers vs.
Leaders
Managers Leaders
Focus on things Focus on people
Do things right Do the right things
Plan Inspire
Organize Influence
Direct Motivate
Control Build
Follows the Shape entities
rules
46. Organizing
Manager Leader
Creates Gets people on
structure board for strategy
Job descriptions Communication
Staffing Networks
Hierarchy
Delegates
Training
47. Directing Work
Manager Leader
Solves Empowers
problems people
Negotiates Cheerleader
Brings to
consensus
48. Controlling
Manager Leader
Implements Motivate
control systems Inspire
Performance Gives sense of
measures accomplishment
Identifies
variances
Fixes variances
49. Leadership Traits
Intelligence Personality
More intelligent Verbal facility
than non- Honesty
leaders Initiative
Scholarship Aggressive
Knowledge Self-confident
Being able to Ambitious
get things done
Originality
Physical Sociability
Doesn’t see to
Adaptability
50. My experience of developments
in Asia has led me to conclude
that we need good men to have
good government. However good
the system of government, bad
leaders will bring harm to their
people.
Senior Minister Lee
Kuan Yew, 2000:735
