Lecture Art of Leadership and Motivation - Lecture 4

Art of Leadership & Motivation
HRM – 760
Lecture ­ 4

FACILITATOR
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood


Why
We
Fail?


1. Lack of Persistence
More people fail not because they lack
knowledge or talent but because they quit.
The total secret of success lies in two words,
persistence and resistance.
resistance Persist in what
must be done and resist what ought not to be
done.


When problems seem
insurmountable, quitting seems to
be the easiest way out……


2. Lack of Conviction
People who lack conviction take

the middle of the road; and
guess what happens in the
middle of the road?
You get run over.


3. Excuses
Losers always have a book full of excuses
to tell you why they could not.


We hear
excuses
like……


• I'm unlucky
• I'm born under the wrong stars
• I'm not good looking
• I don't have contacts
• I don't have enough money
• The economy is bad

The list can go on and on…….


4. Not Learning from
Past Mistakes

Some people live and learn, and some only live.
Wise people learn from their mistakes.


5. Lack of Discipline
Anyone who has
accomplished anything
worthwhile has never done
so without discipline.


Poor self-esteem is a lack
of self-respect and selfworth. It leads to abuse of
one's self and others.

6. Poor Self-Esteem


People with low self-esteem are
constantly looking for identity. They
are trying to find themselves. One's
self is not to be found but to be
created.


7. Fatalistic
Attitude
A fatalistic attitude prevents
people from accepting
responsibility for their

position in life. They attribute
success and failure to luck.
They resign themselves to
their fate.




It is kind of hard things to say whether a leader is 

born naturally or the other way around.  
First  there  are  more  than  17,000  words  in 
English Language that describes personality and 
characters.  
Second, it is not fair to say that leaders are born 
naturally. 
Leadership is a skill that everyone can learn and 
develop


DO WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO 
BECOME A LEADER???

The   a ns we r  is   YES ,  YOU  HAVE  IT,  it  lie s   in 
e ve ryone ’s   s oul.  But  it  doe s   not  come   out 
a utoma tica lly.  You  ha ve   to  le a rn  it  to  de ve lop  your 
s kills .
So in this short presentation, we would like to
develop that gift from God that we did not realize for
years.

Know the way
Show the way
Go the way


Complete not Compete

•

THE Law of the Chain
- train and develop people

It is not about ME,
ME but about WE.
WE


 Everything

begins with a thought…
 What you think determines who you are…
 Who you are determines what you do…
 What you do often, becomes a habit…
 Habits determine your lifestyle…
 Lifestyle determines your destiny…
 Your destiny determines your legacy.
Take it one step at a time!

 “You

are today where your thoughts have
brought you. You will be tomorrow where
your thoughts take you.” – James Allen

 If

you can change your thinking… you can
change your life.




The Management Myth
 Leaders may manage, but managers aren’t leaders.



The Pioneer Myth
 Leaders may be pioneers, but pioneers often are not

leaders.


The Knowledge Myth
 Leaders are knowledgeable, but knowledge doesn’t

make a leader.



The Position Myth
 Leaders may hold important positions, but a position

doesn’t make a leader.


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