Insights on Leadership for the 21st Century
Becoming Best in the World
Roshan Thiran
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My “Best in the World” Experience
10. Johnson & JohnsonIndustry : HealthcareFunction: HRGlobal Role
9. GE Asia PacificIndustry : MultiFunction: HRAsia Role
7. GE AircraftIndustry : AviationCFO & Biz Leader
8. GE CrotonvilleIndustry : MultiFunction: HRLearning Leader
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?
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Decision-making
GAP
Purpose/Vision
The Essence of Leadership is . . .
Learning/
Execution/
Action
GAP
Dreams energise organisations
Ensures reality
OrganisationalConstraints
Individual Constraints
There are 2 ‘terrible’ constraintsstopping us from becoming best in the world:
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
Personal ConstraintsWhat are these constraints stopping you from becoming the best?
Do you BELIEVE you can?
Are you willing to go through the pain of LEARNING?
“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
This model is based on the
research of Roshan Thiran
and Leaderonomics.
Learning is contextual too!
• 70% of learning is through EXPERIENCE:
- Seek new experiences and always accumulate new experiences
- Volunteer for special projects that will stretch you and force you to learn and gain new perspectives
• 20% of learning is through 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 learning is through NEW SKILL DEVELOPMENT:
- Find time to practice whatever you learn. Attend training to grow
- Take time to learn online or through reading new material.
- Always look for ways to improve yourself – be better tomorrow than you are today -
The 70-20-10 way to keep Learning & Growing:
In Summary: Becoming the Best in the World
Organisational
constraints
• Business Model
• Leadership
• Process/Structure
• Culture
Personal
constraints
• Belief
• Pain of Learning
What is constraining us from succeeding?
How do we overcome?New experiences
Continuous Feedback
New Skill Development