Good to Great

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• "Good to Great"
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• Chapter 2
• Level 5 Leadership

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Todays agenda

• A reliable analysis of leadership
• Context company in transition
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• Ex Darwin Smith
• Level 5 leadership
• The characteristics of this type of leader

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Darwin Smith

• CEO of Kimberly-Clark (paper company)
  1971-1991Was inside the company and not a
  celebrity leader Hard worker, focused on his
  job Knew how to make the right decisions and
  stick to them "I never stopped trying to become
  qualified for the job"

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Leadership Hierarchy

• 1) Highly Capable Individual- Makes productive
  contributions through talent, knowledge, skills,
  and good work.2) Contributing Team Member-
  Contributes individual capabilities to the
  achievement of group objectives and works
  effectively with others in a group.3) Competent
  Manager- Organizes people and resources toward
  the effective and efficient pursuit of
  predetermined objectives.

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Leadership Hierarchy

• 4) Effective Leader- Catalyzes commitment to and
  vigorous pursuit of a clear and compelling
  vision, stimulating higher performance
  standards.5) Level 5 Executive- Builds enduring
  greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal
  humility and professional will.- fully
  developed Level 5 leaders embody all five layers

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Professional Will

• The Transition from Good to Great
• Produce the best long-term results
• Set the standard
• Take credit for your downfalls

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Professional Humility

• Public Interaction
• Organizational Perception
• No Personal Ambitions
• Successors
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Level 5 Characteristics

• Quiet    Humble    Modest    Reserved
  Shy    Gracious    Mild-Mannered
  Self-effacing    Understated
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•  - Described by co-workers
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• "Level 5 leaders are a study in duality modest
  and willful, humble and fearless." - Collins 

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Level 5 Leaders described by Collins

• Smith - "An individual who blends extreme
  personal humility with intense professional
  will."Mockler - "His placid persona hid an
  inner intensity, a dedication to making anything
  he touched the best it could possible be...he
  simply couldn't imagine doing it any other
  way."Maxwell - "Ambition first and foremost for
  the company and concern for its success rather
  than for one's own riches and personal renown."

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What you must remember

• Humility Will level 5 leaderA level 5
  leader is result and company oriented Level 5
  leaders set up their successors for greater
  success Inside the company leaders are better
  than celebrity leaders in a transition
  phaseSome of us have the potential to become
  level 5 leaders we just need to know what to look
  for.