In the final of the 12 Tests that every Exceptional leader must pass, we look at the Test of Excellence. What stops getting better stops getting good enough. When leaders keep getting better, then they keep deserving their office. In this podcast, let’s look at the tests and build the traits of exceptional leadership in our organization.
The specie that survives are not the strongest neither the most intelligent but the most adaptable. In life and leadership, adaptability plays a crucial role in the success of leaders. In the 11th of our 12 tests we look at ten test of Adaptability.
A great follower is essential to becoming a great leader. All great leaders like Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King were all great followers rising to become generational leaders. In this podcast, we talk about the 10th of the twelve test exceptional leaders must pass.
One of the most important test that exceptional leaders must pass is the test of relationships. Everything about wins and objectives rises or falls on the capacity of the relationship available. In todays podcast we continue the 12 tests that exceptional Leadere must pass and hence improve their leadership capacities.
The Test of Discretion. Like the famed author William said Discretuon is the better part of valor. One of the great lessons exceptional leaders must imbibe is the art of discretion. Don’t fight every battle. Don’t engage every opposition. Don’t seek every war. Be clear about your aims and also your rewards. Build multidimensional thinking to have amswers to what you can see.
The test of Pursuit is one of the tests that exceptional leaders must passed. What you pursue is what determines the outcomes of your life, hence no pursuit no victories. In this podcast we would talk about the test of pursuit.
Exceptional Leaders know that for people to abandon themselves to follow the leader, they must have both implicit and explicit trust in the leader. In this podcast Kayode Oguta speaks about the need for leaders to pass the Trust Test
In todays ever-changing environment, one thing has become clear. We need leaders who can get results not excuses. Anyone can make excuses, but exceptional leaders get results. In todays podcast you would see one of the tests exceptional people must get to pass.
The Test of Resilience Change is constant and nothing ever goes as planned. In a world of tumultuous challenges, the ability to bounce back and keep going in the light of mission actually differentiates great leaders. In the Test of Resilience you would see the stuff great leaders are made up of.
Have you ever wondered why someone with same trainings and capacity is chosen for leadership, while others may not be? It is called difference. Exceptional leaders are different. If you want to make a difference, then you must be different. In this podcast, I am going to explain to you the difference that matters - If you are not different then you can not be exceptional
Today, we bring the second of the 12 tests that Exceptional Leaders must pass. It’s called The Irrelevance Test. Does an organization stop doing well after you leave? If it does, then you didn’t pass the Irrelevance test. Listen so as you get to know how to pass this test.
Power is the ultimate motivator for leaders. Leaders can’t cause the change the require without power. In Business of Power we are studying how leaders should understand power and make the best use of it.
Business of performance, one of the most important job roles for a leader is to get results and also get the organisation to perform at a high level. Good is not good enough and hence leaders must seek to make their organisations a performance machine. In business of performance, we are highlighting this roles specifically for organisations and her leaders.
Have you ever wondered the best way to develop leaders in your organization? I factored that it is not just learning about leadership styles and stories. It’s making people pass the tests. I have collated some of the tests that leaders need to pass to do well. It’s the 12 test of leadership
Leadership is in the people business. No matter what you do, how you do it, your vision, aims, actions and aspirations, you need people. People are the instrument through which results are gotten. In this age of convergence, generational shift and rise globalization, one thing is clear, people are the means. In the business of people, we are dealing with how to put people first and develop your people.
Leadership is a determinant of our future and the hopes we have for a better tomorrow. Leadership must understand what business they are in to ensure it can derive the maximum benefits from its endeavor What business we are in is a difficult question because it makes us to have a process of hard thinking and studying. The right answer is anything but obvious An inability to determine what business we are in would ensure that we can’t do the following a. Maximize opportunities b. Minimize threats...
The Power of Reframing, we are looking at one of the most powerful tools leaders use to ensure resilience and come back in the organization. Here leaders can reframe failures as learning so instead of becoming a stop it becomes a reset in the organization.
The future makes most people afraid but not you. Though that would include you if you refuse to listen to this mind blowing podcast on building Anticipatory skills
Conflicts arise in organizations but it trips many leaders but not the Exceptional leader. In Navigating conflicts we give the two ways that an organizational leader can interpret conflicts and help them navigating the challenge
If you don't understand the business you are in, you won't be able to maximize the opportunities and reduce threats. In business of leadership we intent to give you all the areas that one needs to study to be able to advance ones Leadership Potentials.
The importance of productivity cannot be overemphasized without productivity, an organisation cannot fulfill its role to her stakeholders and hence even the country. Improving productivity is then an important role for leaders. How do leaders improve the productivity of people, organisation and resources. In Business of Productivity Kayode Oguta teaches just that.... Listen, Share and Download
The power that liberates us to become every thing that we need to win own the result
One simple question that is difficult to answer especially in an hyper competitive environment is “How can I be Different." This is a strategy question and one that can propel you and your organization.
Have you ever thought about talents not becoming results or potentials not becoming reality? The question of effectiveness is one that would ably resolve that. What Matters Most Now?
There is one question that all exceptional achievers have always asked themselves. This question separates those who live and those who glide in life. And untill you ask this question, life might just be a set of routine. Join Kayode Oguta to ask this question and see where it would take you to.
Thinking of having fewer regrets from the myriads of decisions you are having? In this podcast, we would learn one of the best ways to minimize the regrets in life using a framework that has helped one of the worlds richest men.
Rocket Boosters help space vehicles to go through amazing speeds and defeat the earth gravitational pull. In Life Boosters, you would meet with the 8 Questions that would boost the results of your life and give you amazing conclusions.
Winning doesn't always go the most resourced or advantageous people, firms or countries. In this podcast, Kayode Oguta seeks to bring to our attention the primary role of strategy in determining outcomes. Dont ever complete without listening to this podcast.
What lessons can we get from the impeachable reign of the late British Monarch Queen Elizabeth. In this podcast you would learn how she was able to do two things that you also must do if you want to relevant a long time in leadership
Diligence is that indispensable attribute that all exceptional people in any area of life’s endeavor must possess before they can attain and sustain leadership. On this podcast, Kayode Oguta continues the series on Laws of Leadership.
