LEADERSHIP

BY
LT COL SARFRAZ HUSSAIN (Retired)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
0332-5148200
0333-5225009
 INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
 Capacity for Success !
Who IS Leader?
 Head; Manager; Person in charge
Boss; Principal; Organizer; Chief
Director
 Each human
 SCHEME OF PRESENTATION

1. BASICS
2. TYPES
3. ESSENTIALS
4. TRAINING
5. SHOULD AND MUST NOT
6. IN ADVERSITY
7. TWELVE POINTS GUIDE
 LEADERSHIP BASICS
 INSTRUCTIONAL (verbal)
 PROPAGATION (deeds)
 MOBILIZATION (resources)
 MOVEMENT TO GOAL (action)
 GUIDANCE (both verbal and physical)
 INITIATIVE (Taking and allowing)
 TYPES OF LEADERS
 CHOSEN, TRAINED, GROOMED AND
GUIDED BY ALLAH ALMIGHTY
 IMPOSED BY OTHERS THAN ALLAH
 INVITING TO FIRE
 LEADERS OF UNFAITH
 LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS
1. TRUST OF CREATOR AND CREATION
2. KNOWLEDGE
3. WISDOM AND SOUND REASONING
4. BODILY SKILL AND STATURE
5. SPLENDID GENEROUSITY
6. GRACIOUS FORGIVENESS AND MERCY BUT
NOT AT THE COST OF JUSTICE
7. AUTHORITY (moral, legal and constitutional)
 TRAINING A LEADER
 PICK WITH CARE
 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
 BASICS ALL ROUND
 EXPOSURE TO SPECILIZED FIELDS
 PHYSICAL
 SOCIAL
 MORAL
 A LEADER SHOULD BE
1. Just, powerful.
2. Courageous and bold.
3. Taking nobles as advisors.
4. Prone to patience with constancy.
5. Honest.
6. Trusting and remembering Allah and
accepting Him as protector.
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7. Having supreme character
8. Conducting with dignity.
9. Gentle and kind hearted.
10. Consulting followers in order to make
them feel important.
11. Mindful of hypocrites.
12. Given to offering and establishing
prayers.
 LEADER MUST NOT

1. CHEAT HIS FOLLOWERS.

2. FOLLOW THE FOLLOWERS.
3. BE PROUD.
4. YIELD TO THE SINNERS.
5. FORGET THE LAST DAY.
6. DISOBEY HIS CREATOR.
 LEADER IN ADVERSITY

1. CONTINUE EXERTING IN THE RIGHT CAUSE.

2. KEEP INSISTING FOLLOWERS TO REMAIN
AND JOIN.
3. KNOW AND ENSURE THAT EACH ONE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR OWN ACTIONS.
4. ENDEAVOUR TO STRENGTHEN HIS OUTFIT.
5. BE CAPABLE OF ENFORCING JUSTICE.
 TWELVE POINTS GUIDE
1.KNOW YOUR PURPOSE
a. UNDERSTAND unique purpose of life.
b. DO NOT settle for what life brings in routine.
c. CREATE the life of YOUR dreams.
d. DESIGN life around the purpose building
from where you are.
2. COMMIT TO GOALS
a. ESTABLISH goals.
b. PROVIDE the road map.
c. MAKE and execute plans to accomplish.
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3. MANAGE YOUR REPUTATION
a. REPUTATION the most valuable asset.
c. Building, managing, maintaining and enhancing.
d. SET example to follow that contributes to reputation.
e. USE your reputation wisely.
4. OPEN-MINDED
a. Success depends on group effort.
b. Be open to suggestions.
c. Display humility.
d. Be open to all possibilities.
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5. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT/
INNOVATION
a. FOLLOW never-ending cycle of improving.
b. READ the latest material in your field.
c. KEEP expanding your territory.
d. PROVIDE a wealth of information as a
resource for others.
e. SEEK innovative ways to expand horizons
OF YOUR GROUP.
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6. DEMONSTRATE COLLABORATIVE
PROBLEM-SOLVING
a. The master-mind experience can be very
powerful.
b. TWO heads are better than one.
c. EMPLOY ideas of people outside YOUR
familiar decision-making track,
d. INNOVATION should become commonplace.
e. Collaboration can be applied in every area of
life.
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7. GROW OTHER LEADERS
a. Teach others to be leaders.
b. Routine activities inhibit growth.
c. Developing leaders brings change in thought
process.
d. Get the job done right knowing consequences.
8. BE DECISIVE
a. Learn to Take decision.
b. Mistaken decisions are errors in judgment.
c. No decision viz a viz mistaken decision.
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9. LEARN FROM MISTAKES
a. Leader takes responsibility for mistakes.
b. Mistakes - Investment of resources; Be
taken seriously;
c. Determine root cause that created
opportunity for the mistake.
d. Turn costly mistake into a potential gold
mine.
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10. REALIZE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
a. Individual’s untapped resources.
b. Locate “sweet spot” where lines
between work and play merge.
c. Design life to spend increasing
amounts of time in excellence.
d. Accept nothing less than the best
from self and others.
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11. BELIEVE IN CREATOR
a. Faith
b. Obedience
c. Trust
d. Action
12. OBEY SO THAT YOU ARE OBEYED
a. Your Creator
b. Your self
c. Your leader
d. Your followers
 ANY QUESTIONS

“RECOIL FROM DESPAIR

AND MOVE FORWARD
TAKING OTHERS ALONG”