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Insights on Leadership for the 21st Century
Becoming Best in the World
Roshan Thiran
www.facebook.com/roshanthiran.leaderonomics
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My “Growth” Experiences
10. Johnson & JohnsonIndustry : HealthcareFunction: HRGlobal Role
9. GE Asia PacificIndustry : MultiFunction: HRAsia Role
7. GE AircraftIndustry : AviationFunction: FinanceCFO & ED 8. GE Crotonville
Industry : MultiFunction: HRLearning Role
6. GE CIGIndustry : MultiFunction: ITProject Mgmt Global
5. GE CapitalIndustry : Financial ServiceFunction: Finance/SourcingEurope Leader
4. NBC UniversalIndustry : MediaFunction: FinanceProduct Leader
1. GE InvestmentsIndustry : Investment BankingFunction: Business DevIndividual Contributor
3. GE GCSIndustry : Oil & GasFunction: FinanceInventory Mgmt
2. GE InternationalIndustry : MultiFunction: FinanceAnalyst Global
12. LeaderonomicsIndustry : MultiFunction: CEOBusiness leader
11. Star Media GroupIndustry : MediaFunction: CEOBusiness leader
Leadership is . . .AttentivenessAssertivenessResponsibilityDiligence Dependability
Obedience
Loyalty ThoroughnessTruthfulness InitiativeHospitality
Humility
Forgiveness Tolerance
CompassionSincerity
CReativity
Having followersPersuasiveness Virtue
VisionDeference
DiscretionBOLDNESS
Determination Gratefulness Self-ControlSensitivity
ThriftinessGenerosity Punctuality
Proactiviness
Purpose
Enthusiasm
Availability
OrderlinessResourcefulness
Flexibility
WisdompedInnovation
Execution
If we invested in people and
taught every single skill listed on
the previous slide, would we be
able to “create” leaders?
Question
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Current Reality – Self AwarenessAb
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Decision-making
GAP
Purpose/Vision
The Essence of Leadership is . . .
Learning/
Execution/
Action
GAP
Fuels our energy
Ensures reality
Shell Company Sim
2 key customer requirements:
1. Quality – No defects
2. Speed – Get it to us NOW
Let’s Make this Practical
70% of all Change or Transformation programs
Our research on Change has the following findings on transformation projects:
• 100% of all “Successful” projects had a good technical solution/approach to it
• 98% of all “Unsuccessful” projects had a good technical solution/approach to it
My Research on Organisational ConstraintsTHE 4 CONSTRAINTS SUFFOCATING MOST ORGANISATIONS
Note: The 4 constraints model is based on the work of
Roshan Thiran who spent more than 20 years studying
various successful and failed organisations. The model is
copyrighted to him and has been used in many successful
organisational growth, transformation and scaling projects
Principle
Talent needs to be MANAGED & DEVELOPED. This includes enabling talents to maximize
potential and grow
Process and Tools
Succession Planning
Performance Mgmt
Career Paths
Talent Pools
Leadership Development Programmes
Learning Curriculum
Talent Acceleration Programmes
Feedback & Reflection
Principle
Identify & select leaders that have the passion, desire and ability to make a difference
in your organisation
Process and Tools
Entry Level Leadership Program
Competency Model/Values
Enterprise Assessment System
Interviews & Assessments
On-boarding
Cultural Assimilation
Principle
To retain talent, 2 key factors:
1. Internal motivations (comp/ben, engagement
2. External factors (company brand & mktg perception)
Process and Tools
External Branding initiatives
Mentoring Programmes
Engagement Programmes
Total Rewards Structure (Comp & Ben)
External Perception of the Organisation & Leadership
Culture of Organisation
Organisational Responsibility – The Talent Process
Talent Acquisition
Talent Development
Talent Retention
An Infrastructure to Enable Leadership Development
Companies work hard to
remove the constraints and
build the proper processes,
culture, leadership and biz
model for your success
What does this mean?
Are we building processes so that
every single manager in your
organisation is a people developer?
Or do we just prefer to send people
for training randomly?
Question
“For performance to go any higher, the limitation is not competency,
…it is culture.”
Joseph TanCEO, Leaderonomics Good Monday
Who creates culture at your organisation?
Each & everyone of you
2. Individual Aspirations & Motivations
Does your talent WANT to be a leader?
Is your talent WILLING to go through the pain of leadership
development?
Potential
Determining the potential of your talent
A measure of
demonstrated
desire to take on additional
responsibility and
motivation for progression
and growth
A measure of
skills and
capabilities to
learn and
grow in the
future
Future
Aspiration
Ability to
Learn
Potential
Demonstrates
ability &
aspiration to take
on tasks beyond
peers of same
level and track
record
“Learning… the process by which change in
knowledge or skills is acquired through
learning or experience”
Key Questions:1. Change?
2. Learning
3. Experience
Learning….
1. What percentage of people reach their target weight ?
2. What percentage of people maintain their target weight?
3. What percentage of people quit smoking and never start again?
4. What percentage of people quit smoking after a physical crisis?
5. What percentage of re-engineering efforts are successful?
6. What percent of companies on the 1955 Fortune 100 list are still
around today?
7. What percent of Fortune 500 companies on the 1970 list had vanished
by 1985?
8. What percent of executives in Fortune 500 companies who had
financial losses in 1993-1994 attributed it to poor leadership and lack of change?
4%
1%
16%
43%
30%
32%
41%
>50%
Change Quiz
Learning is painful….
“I listen, and I forget; I see, and I understand; I do, and I can” – Confucius
Source: Pesquisa IBM; Whitmore, “Coaching for Desempenho”
Information/ Knowledge
Awareness
Skill
Advanced Skill
Expertise
Context Content
Composition of Delivery:
90% Content, 10% Context
Composition of Delivery:
10% Content, 90% Context
But learning is contextual
• 70% of skills are learned from EXPERIENCE:
- Ask for challenging projects to complement your current role
- Volunteer for special projects that will stretch you and force you to learn and gain new experiences
• 20% of skills are learned from FEEDBACK:
- Ask for feedback from your bosses, peers and subordinates.
- Take 360 degrees feedback and schedule weekly/monthly feedback sessions
- Give feedback to others when it is appropriate and needed
• 10% of skills are learned from TRAINING/PRACTICE:
- Find time to practice whatever you learn
- Take time to learn online or through reading
- Always look for ways to improve yourself – be better tomorrow than you are today
What I need to do to keep Learning & Growing
Time
Current Reality – Self AwarenessAb
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y/A
ch
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me
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Decision-making
GAP
Purpose/Vision
The Essence of Leadership is . . .
Learning/
Execution/
Action
GAP
Fuels our energy
Ensures reality