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Dear friends & listeners of #navigatewithidy, we trust you are keeping well & ready to join us for today's conversation on 91.3FM @LagosTalks913. Before today's edition, here are some excerpts from last week Thursday's program.

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Leadership is a baffling subject, one that people will always grope to understand its nature. It is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena.

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“You never know how far you can go until you ask.” - Colin Powell

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Here are some questions you need to ask yourself:
Question 1: Have I moved closer to my mission and as a matter of fact do I have a mission? Has it been clearly articulated & accepted?
Do I really live my mission?

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Question 2: how good a leader have you been? What specific improvements have been seen in the people for whom you are responsible for and how has this been manifested in the past year or few years?

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In what ways have you elevated your organization or business unit or family or community? How is it better because of you?

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Question 3: What standards of measurement have you set for yourself & what really constitutes improvement? What are you shooting for as a leader?

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What does a good leader do & what separates him/her from the ordinary? Are you just an ordinary leader or an extraordinary leader? What is that little that you are putting on the table that is making your ecosystem better because of you?

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Question 4: Have you thought deeply and in an organized way about the jobs of your subordinates i.e. what must they do and how to be successful to grow, and how can you help them?

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Question 5: Do you know each of your subordinates & how well they are performing? Where each needs guidance, inspiration or technical assistance?

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Do you understand the essence of their enterprise & how they are living the mission? Do they know what you want & how you will judge/appraise them? Do you understand how to manage or monitor performance & do you understand what to do?

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Question 6: How are you perceived by your subordinates & to what extent are you being followed? If you do not have the badge of that office, to what extent will you be looked upon as a natural leader?

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Question 7: How well have you ordered your priorities? Where and how can you make the most difference? Are you staying & are you in the right place doing the right activities & recruiting the right people?

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Question 8: Who has truly grown under you & what role did you play in their growth?

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You must learn to think deeply about your own role as a leader, the quality of your leadership & how you can improve. Critical in this process is the reflection of how well or poorly you have led in the past.

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One must understand & learn from one’s own past in order to improve future performance or expectations.

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Managerial leadership is a huge task. It is the kernel of management in our society today & it is becoming increasingly complex & difficult.

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A highly stressed deregulated & highly competitive business environment places a premium on quality management and leadership more so than at any time in the past and...

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...more importantly in this stage of globalization where you can actually talk about globalization of world markets.

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This has intensified competition & raised demands for success.

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The demand for good & quality managers is never-ending, never stops but who is going to fill the roles? The demand is unsearchable so we must never stop developing new leaders.

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People perceive different things and when they perceive those things they always have significant shortcomings

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1. When they look at a new leader, the sense is this leader isn’t accessible to his people. He is too remote & executives have to either wait too long for his review & decisions or else go ahead & act.

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2. People don’t believe you practice what you preach.

3. They don’t believe you can or will lead them anywhere.

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Here are three (3) recommendations for consideration:
1. Be accessible: to your sub-leaders & everyone within your organization. Let them feel that you are available to them...

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It is from accessibility that they draw confidence & a greater sense of being a greater part of the team.

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Leaders influence & motivate by their presence especially when there are problems or challenges, it is imperative that the leader needs to show.

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You need to be present in the moment. A leader must bring two (2) things to any crisis or tough situation: a perceived willingness to take the heat & a sense of calmness that he/she can work out with their team an effective solution.

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One cannot lead in absentia.

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2. Be consistent in words & deeds - you must stand for what you are known for & be known for something.

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Be willing to live by principles even at a high personal cost but you must enhance your image as a leader with your team.

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Always set a clear course: the very first task of leadership is to articulate the mission & support efforts to achieve it.

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There has to be a sense of confidence among the followers i.e. the sub-leaders that these leaders themselves know where they are going.

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Leadership has multifaceted dimensions because everyone has a platform. It requires a strong arm at the end, a strong leader.

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Good quality leadership is key. However, the quality of leadership varies significantly from organization to organization.

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Over time, the difference in performance of leaders within any one company or business is likely to be equally wide before you know it.

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Quality leadership which can unleash the power of the people in the organization or in the polity is enduring ingredients that will make & enable one organization or business to out-perform its competitors.

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“It is not enough that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase man's blessings...

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...Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavours; [..] concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and...

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...the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.” - Albert Einstein

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“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” - Chinese proverb

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We trust you will find this educating as always. If you have questions, please send an email to Mr. @IdyEnang using [e-mail]

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