Management Education For Youths + Lessons In Business Growth & Economic Development

2. Management Education For Youths + Lessons In Business Growth & Economic Development KehindeLekan-Salami Ideas house 19th September 2009

3. Education • The most invaluable legacy any parent can give their child • Education empowers, gives you competitive advantage and a ray of hope. • A dependable platform to fall back on when everything else fails • It is your differentiator.

4. Management • Management on the other hand is seldom taught. It is earned through various types of experiences from conflicts, cultural diversity, successes and even failures. • Our educational framework leans heavily on theoretical knowledge and not practical / management expertise.

5. 99% • GRADUATES This Perhaps Explains Why… • 1% • MANAGERS / LEADERS

6. Management Education • Responsibility • Accountability • Role model to others • Leadership • With leadership comes the 4 P’s • People, Plan, Process, Possibilities

7. Basic Characteristics Of Managers / Leaders • Pro Active • Visionary • Motivators • Believers • Resilient • Responsible • Responsibilityis really about responding to your ability

8. How Do You Start? • Start from within. Change your mindset and take up a challenge by deciding to be the BEST at what you do everyday. Ensure that you remain responsible and accountable at all times. • Take up a management role in • School • Home • Office • Your place of worship • Community

9. Business Growth and Key Lessons • Lesson 1 • Be Highly Disciplined. Don’t be complacent. • It takes many years to build a successful business BUT only one day to ruin it. • Remember, when you’re on Top, you become the Topic • Lesson 2 • Be Focused • The person facing forward cannot see what’s behind him or her. • Lesson 3 • Have a specific goal in mind and a timeframe to make it happen • If you do not know where you’re going, then any road will soon lead you there

10. Business Growth and Key Lessons • Lesson 4 • Set Standards • Do not compromise your standards, stick to your principles and strive for success at all times • Lesson 5 • High energy and Passion • Have enough energy and passion in your armoury to weather the storm and conquer the forest. • Lesson 6 • Be Innovative. Create Opportunities • Always be the first with new thoughts, deeds and action. The pace setter and never the follower.

11. The Jara on top

12. The Next Generation • 50s – 60s ..........Agricultural Revolution • 60s – 70s ………Industrial Revolution • 70s-80s ……….Manufacturing Companies • 80s-00 ………Technology & Service • The Next Generation • ANY GUESSES???

13. THE IDEA

14. Youths…how do we start? • Think like a ‘mad’ man • Inspirational Quotes • What always made me different was my ability to ask the most child like questions. Einstein • For an Idea which at first does not seem absurd, there is no hope. Einstein

15. Let me task your brain cells What is this?… A leaf (Joe Public) Compost (Gardener) Rubbish (Street cleaner) A meal (Insect) National symbol (Canadian) Adam’s loin-cloth (Eve) A cell system (Biologist) A Still life (Photographer)

16. In otherwords, thinking like a ‘mad’ man is really about the process of looking at the same thing as everyone else BUT thinking something different.

17. List out three things you dislike around you • Lets take for example • A) The Environment • B) The Government • C) Community • D) School

18. Issue Analysis Considering the Environment Traffic Okada Pollution Key Issue Fumes Stress Hygiene

19. OK…now, lets turn the – into + • Pollution and fumes • Fume emission by 30% through the usage of special fume filters • Traffic and stress • Interactive radio program or in car game • Okada and hygiene • Disposable hygiene caps The greatest opportunities lie in the most disorganized / disadvantaged nations

20. To recap • Education = stage 1 • Mgt Education = stage 2 • Level 1…knowledge acquisition • Level 2…knowledge transfer • Level 3…wealth creation • Our educational system has failed us. Prepares graduates and not leaders. In other words, those who want to be led and seldom those who lead • Six key lessons in business growth • And finally, basic characteristics of effective managers / leaders. Oops there’s one last thing.

21. A SMALL TRUTH TO MAKE LIFE100%

22. If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is equal to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

23. Hard Work H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% Knowledge K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

24. Love L+O+V+E 12+15+22+5 = 54% Luck L+U+C+K 12+21+3+11 = 47% ( don't most of us think this is the most important ??? )

25. Then what makes100% ? Is it Money? ... NO ! ! ! M+O+N+E+Y 13+15+14+5+25 = 72% Leadership? ... NO ! ! ! L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P 12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16 =89%

26. Every problem has a solution, only if we perhaps change our attitude. To go to the top, to that 100%, what we really need to go further... a bit more...

27. So what then makes 100% ???

28. ATTITUDE A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 =100% It is OUR ATTITUDEtowards Life and Work that makes OUR Life 100% ! ! !

29. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Change Your Attitude … And You Change Your Life ! ! !

30. Now that you know the answer… WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT ? THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS TO GET YOUR TEAM TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT CHANGE

31. Ladies & GentlemenI Thank YouKehindeLekan-SalamiManaging Director Ideas House0803 555 1968kenny@ideashouseng.com