Level 5 Leadership

You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman

Faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of BusinessServed as senior executive at CNN InternationalFounded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado conducts multi year research projectsStudent and teacher of lasting great companiesBusiness consultant, author, lecturer on business growth and sustainabilityJim Collins

Books:How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give InGood to GreatBuilt to LastGood to Great and the Social SectorsBeyond EntrepreneurshipJim Collins

LEVEL 5 - Level 5 ExecutiveLEVEL 4 - Effective LeaderLEVEL 3 - Competent ManagerLEVEL 2 - Contributing Team MemberLEVEL 1 - Highly capable individualLevel 5 Hierarchy

Humility + Will = Level 5 leadership

Abraham Lincoln

Darwin Smith Kimberly Clark

Colman Mockler - Gillette

Examples of Level 5 Executives

CEO of Kimberly ClarkKC before Darwin Smith was a mediocre player Middling Paper industryReturn fell 36% below General stock marketDarwin E Smith

Level 5 leaders have ambition for the company and its successLevel 5 leaders set up company for success in the future

Comparison leaders have ambition for themselvesComparison leaders set up company for failure in the futureAmbition- Level 5 VS. Comparison

Level 5 leaders do not promote themselvesLevel 5 leaders are not interested in credit/recognition

Comparison leaders are very I-centricComparison leaders want credit/recognition in magazines, interviews, photographsModesty Level 5 VS. Comparison

Level 5 is not only about humility and self-less nessLevel 5 always does whatever it takes to make the company greatFire RelativesEnd Lasting TraditionsFight off corporate raiders

Level 5 Unwavering Resolve

Window- Credit outside themselves in good situations

Mirror- To take responsibility in bad situations

Level 5 leaders tend to attribute luck for success rather than their own effortsThe Window and Mirror Effect

Select over-the-top dazzling celebrity leaders and over look quiet modest Level 5 leaders

Thinking a high-profile outside leader can come in and shake up the place10 of 11 Level 5 CEOs came from inside the companyCommon Mistakes Companies Make

Two types of people: those who do not have the seed of Level 5 and those who doWithout Seed: Work will always be about what they get fame, money, power

With Seed: These can evolve under the right circumstances to be Level 5 self-reflection, personal development, a mentorCan You Learn to be a Level 5 Leader?