The Anatomy of a Future Leader
Brief
<p>“Two things are going to matter at the end of your life, who did you become, and how many people you helped.” </p> <p>Robin Sharma, author of “The Leader Who had no Title” and leadership expert, addressed the need to practice and specialize in leadership and discussed the features of a successful leader, through a combination of anecdotes and key inspirational figures of leaders.</p> <p>Sharma started the session by defining the scope of leadership in three core concepts. Firstly, he stated that leadership is to serve the people, secondly, a leader should assert himself by assessing the number of people he influences, and finally, he emphasized that leadership is apparent in any context, regardless of the specific title associated with leadership, such as “manager” or “president”. He stressed that, “Leadership is not in a title but an approach and a way of being”, in contrast to fake leadership represented by high social status and materialism which he deems illegitimate.</p> <p>He summarized the key concepts in the “Five Rules of Leadership”, namely, to be so effective that things cannot function in your absence, to leave people better off than they were without you, to remain humble in success, to detach from addiction to distractions, and to take failure as an opportunity to grow. To conclude, Sharma focused that the role of a leader is to build strong and genuine relationships with others, coupled with maintaining constant dialogue with team members. He also pointed out that the most innovative leaders are likely to be subjected to contestation and contradiction. However, the necessity in innovation is persistence and the leader’s ability to surround himself with the support of those he inspires, for “failure is a greatness waiting to happen.”</p> <p> </p>
Speakers
Dubai Municipality Hall
February 12, 2017 -
13:50 - 15:10
