5 Reasons to be an Irrelevant leader in 2016

Agenda Overview The challenge of leadership What does it mean to be Irrelevant? 5 Reasons to be irrelevant? Five idea to make you irrelevant as a leader Commit to doing one thing differently to become

irrelevant Wrap up

Overview

The power of becoming irrelevant as a leader is the most profound concept misconstrue. Becoming irrelevant does not make you lose influence but rather provides a geometric and multiplying impact on your influence and help in replicating leadership.

We will learn some profound reasons to be irrelevant as a leader and the benefits.

The challenge of leadershipEffective Management:Strategic ThinkingPrioritizationTime managementDecision making

Inspiring others:Organization goals firstOthers need nextYour need lastly

Developing others:CoachingMentoring

Leading a Team:Team-building, Team development and team managementInspire Team Pride Turning a team to own the business

Guiding Change: The challenge of managing, mobilizing, understanding and leading changeChallenge of managing a teamMobilizing a teamMaking team adjust to changeUnderstanding and leading change

What does it mean to be Irrelevant?

Doing the right thing when its not convenient

Show vision and lead from behind Empower others and belief Power of prioritization and elimination of

waste Having Self worth

5 Reasons to be an Irrelevant leader in 2016

Succession plan ripple effectEmpowers the organization to duplicate leadersFree up time to provide visionProlong your relevance by been IrrelevantShow vision and lead from behind

5 ideas to make you irrelevant as a leader1. Identify 1-3 protégé and invest time in them. (It always takes time

to replicate your self , so invest the time)

2. Include as part of leadership performance review a measurable goals to show there is replication of self as a leader

3. Provide certain high visible task to protégé when on vacation and trust them to do it (Give time to develop to their full potential)

4. Use the power of delegation to earn trust (Nobody as all the answers, trust and delegate on purpose)

5. Constantly have an effective vision communication plan (Make the vision visible throughout organization)

Commit to doing one thing differently to become irrelevant

Identify one thing you can do differently on a daily basis:

Start by assigning a minor task to a protégé and see the feelingMake effort to coach or mentor someone todaySend an article on leadership to someone today (You can begin with sharing this coaching deck)

5 Leadership quotes

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”…John Quincy Adams

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”…Alexander the Great

“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”...Nelson Mandela

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”…Lao Tzu

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”…George Washington Carver

Wrap up

Write down one thing you can begin implementing today

Write the impact the change will make in yourself, business, family or organization

Decide who can help achieve this goals (Work buddy, family, friends, professional network, meetup groups)

Decide your monitoring and accountability mechanism for your self.

Honored to meet you…. Leadership trainer Akingbade(Akin) co-founder of largest

professional database of African professionals “PANLinked.com”

Partner with African Union on Capacity Building

Mentor to many start-ups Mentor and professional in Content

management strategy Served over 70+ “Fortune 500” as a

Manager with Big 4 “Ernst & Young” Co-Author many articles Author of Poetry book

“Lord, I have a question” Author of “Think it Build it” (In

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