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Ubuntu and Leadership
Creating a Humane Work EnvironmentCreating a Humane Work Environment
Presented by:
Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Ph.D.President
Leadership Success International, LLC
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Bring Ubuntu into the work place. Finding keys to your team. Increase your understanding of your team. Strengthen your relationships with your team
members. Increase your personal power with your team.
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“ “ I can’t imagine anyone I can’t imagine anyone being effective in business being effective in business without having insight into without having insight into people.”people.”
Mark McCormickMark McCormickAuthor Author
““What They Don’t Teach You atWhat They Don’t Teach You at
Harvard School of Business”Harvard School of Business”
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““A group of highlyA group of highly
Communicative Individuals Communicative Individuals
from Differentfrom Different
Backgrounds, Ideas, Talents and SkillsBackgrounds, Ideas, Talents and Skills
Committed to Working TogetherCommitted to Working Together
for a Common Goal.”for a Common Goal.”
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What is Ubuntu?What is Ubuntu?It comes from the Zulu word that connotesIt comes from the Zulu word that connotes
““humanity”humanity”..
(Ubuntu and the Corporate World)(Ubuntu and the Corporate World)
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““You might have much of the You might have much of the world’s riches and you might hold world’s riches and you might hold a position of authority, but if you a position of authority, but if you have no Ubuntu, you do not have no Ubuntu, you do not amount to much.”amount to much.”
Archbishop Desmond TutuArchbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize WinnerNobel Peace Prize Winner
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HumaneHumane
HumbleHumble
WarmWarm
HospitableHospitable
CaringCaring
GivingGiving
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SupportivenessSupportivenessCooperationCooperationSolidaritySolidarityCommunicationsCommunications
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UbuntuUbuntustresses stresses “WE”“WE”
instead of instead of “I”“I”(We are who we are because of others.)(We are who we are because of others.)
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What does UbuntuWhat does Ubuntu
have to do with have to do with
the corporate the corporate world? world?
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(Centered on Western Institutions)(Centered on Western Institutions)1.1.Authoritative.Authoritative.
2.2.Individual victories.Individual victories.
3.3.Concerned about bottom line profits.Concerned about bottom line profits.
4.4.Atmosphere is formal.Atmosphere is formal.
5.5.Management is unapproachable.Management is unapproachable.
6.6.Management is perceived as aloof and detached.Management is perceived as aloof and detached.
7.7.Power is withholding information.Power is withholding information.
8.8.Based on us and them.Based on us and them.
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(Centered on African Structures)(Centered on African Structures)1.1.Consensus driven.Consensus driven.
2.2.Team victories.Team victories.
3.3.Concerned about people.Concerned about people.
4.4.Atmosphere is informal.Atmosphere is informal.
5.5.Hierarchy, chief is approachable.Hierarchy, chief is approachable.
6.6.Management is empathetic.Management is empathetic.
7.7.Power is sharing information.Power is sharing information.
8.8.Collaborative relationships.Collaborative relationships.
Great Leaders Great Leaders ReadRead People People
Before They Before They LeadLead People People
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1.1. Directors Directors (The let’s get it done type (The let’s get it done type people)people)
2.2. Mediator TypesMediator Types (The let’s get along type (The let’s get along type people)people)
3.3. Communicator TypesCommunicator Types (The let’s get the big (The let’s get the big picture type people)picture type people)
4.4. Monitor TypesMonitor Types (The let’s get it (The let’s get it right type people)right type people)
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Directors & Monitors are project Directors & Monitors are project focused.focused.
Communicators & Mediators are Communicators & Mediators are people focused.people focused.
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MediatorMediator
The Peaceful DoveThe Peaceful Dove
MonitorMonitor
The Wise OwlThe Wise Owl
DirectorDirector
The Daring EagleThe Daring Eagle
Communicator Communicator
The Creative PeacockThe Creative Peacock
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DirectorsDirectorsRealist Realist
Daring EagleDaring Eagle“Get It Done People”“Get It Done People”
Solution Seeker.Solution Seeker. Love to make decisions.Love to make decisions. Love to take action.Love to take action. Love to start and complete projects.Love to start and complete projects. Doers.Doers. Energized by change.Energized by change.
Value: Progress and productivity.Value: Progress and productivity.www.feliciainc.com
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MediatorsMediatorsLoyalistLoyalist
Peaceful DovePeaceful Dove “Get Along People”“Get Along People”
Peacemaker.Peacemaker. Good Teachers and Counselors.Good Teachers and Counselors. Focus is on benefit to people.Focus is on benefit to people. Great listeners and great team players.Great listeners and great team players. Like expressing feelings.Like expressing feelings. Slow to change. Likes stability.Slow to change. Likes stability.
Value: Relationships and cooperation.Value: Relationships and cooperation.22
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CommunicatorsCommunicatorsPopulistPopulist
Creative PeacockCreative Peacock“Get the Big Picture People”“Get the Big Picture People”
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Great communicators.Great communicators. Sociable, outgoing and flamboyant.Sociable, outgoing and flamboyant. Optimistic and energetic.Optimistic and energetic. Like to be center of things.Like to be center of things. Have great ideas, innovative.Have great ideas, innovative. See change as a good challenge.See change as a good challenge.
Value: Innovation and creativity.Value: Innovation and creativity.
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MonitorsAnalyst
Wise Owl“Get It Right People”
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Love to be right and hate to be wrong.Love to be right and hate to be wrong. Like to take time to get things done.Like to take time to get things done. Wise and analytical.Wise and analytical. Rely on logic to solve problems.Rely on logic to solve problems. Cautious about change.Cautious about change.
Value: Problem solving, accuracy and quality.Value: Problem solving, accuracy and quality.
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““To lead people, walk behind To lead people, walk behind them. When the best leader’s them. When the best leader’s work is done, the people say,work is done, the people say,‘We did it ourselves’.”‘We did it ourselves’.”
Chinese Philosopher
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