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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell By: Oren Harari

The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell By: Oren Harari. Brett Bryant. History of Colin Powell. Born April 5, 1937 in Harlem, New York Married in 1962 and has 3 children 1962 – military advisor in Vietnam 1971 – MBA from George Washington University

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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell By: Oren Harari

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  1. The Leadership Secrets of Colin PowellBy: Oren Harari Brett Bryant

  2. History of Colin Powell • Born April 5, 1937 in Harlem, New York • Married in 1962 and has 3 children • 1962 – military advisor in Vietnam • 1971 – MBA from George Washington University • 1987 – National Security Advisor under Reagan • 1989 – Appointed as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H. W. Bush

  3. History cont’d • Retired from military in 1993 • 1993-2000 – Chairman of America’s Promise foundation • 2001 – sworn in unanimously by the U.S. Senate to be Secretary of State under President George W. Bush

  4. Leadership • “Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.” • Major Points of Powell Leadership • Promote a Clash of Ideas • People Over Plans • The Powell Way

  5. Promote A Clash of Ideas • “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.” • Foster a noisy system • Use every means to encourage communication, and never let rank or hierarchy get in the way. • Use technology to improve communication. • Treat turf wars as the enemy of communication. • Maintain a real, no b.s. open-door policy.

  6. People Over Plans • “Plans don’t accomplish work. Goal charts on walls don’t accomplish work…It is people who get things done.” • Count on people more than plans or structures. • Assume that people are competent, and that every job counts, until proven otherwise. • Spend at least 50% of your time on people.

  7. People over plans cont’d • View people as partners, regardless of their place in the hierarchy. • Become a servant leader. Work for your people.

  8. The Powell Way • “The leader sets an example. Whether in the Army or in civilian life, the other people in the organization take their cue from the leader – not from what the leader says, but what the leader does.” • Answers the question of “How do you get people to accept you as leader?” • Don’t be overreliant upon organizational charts or unduly impressed job titles.

  9. Powell Way cont’d • Curiosity is key. • Walk the talk. • Always work on building your “trust factor.” • Trait approach • Competence, character, courage, loyalty, confidence, selflessness, sacrifice, and empathy.

  10. Theory Based Beliefs • Contingent thinker • Leader-Member Exchange Theory • In-group: reward the best employees and make hero’s out of them • Out-group: punish those who instigate negativity and subvert the ideal structure • Transformational Leadership • Vision, charisma, hero-making, empowerment, intellectual stimulation, integrity

  11. THE END !

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