Deepal returns with his ‘Leadership Code’ sessions
View(s):“What makes a great leader?” Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, and Kate Sweetman set out to answer this question- to crack the code of leadership, says local people’s development guru Deepal Sooriyaarachchi
He said the authors, drawing on decades of research experience, conducted extensive interviews with the thought leaders in this field- and heard the same five essentials repeated again and again. These five rules became the ‘Leadership Code’.
Now Mr. Sooriyaarachchi, a sought after people-developer and business professional, a consulting partner of RBL Group USA, harnessing the Asian Wisdom and the Cutting Edge Thinking of the Leadership Code, is delivering a unique Leadership Development Programme in association with Inspireone on June 22-23 and July 6-7 .
In a media release, he said this is the third public presentation of the Leadership Academy.
The five rules of the Leadership Code:
(1) Leaders must invest in themselves to be personally proficient. Effective leaders manage their physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual selves well. They learn constantly. They are capable of quick, bold actions as well as great patience. They constantly deepen their insight about themselves. This is especially true in tough economic times when people look to their leaders for hope.
(2) Good leaders know how to be strategists and are able to answer the question “Where are we going?”. They test their big ideas pragmatically, and they work with others to find the path, from the present to the desired future; (3) Effective leaders are executors. They ask: “How will we ensure that we reach our goal?” They understand how to make change happen, assign accountability, delegate appropriately, and make sure that teams work well together; (4) These leaders are talent managers and engage people to get things done now and in a manner that generates intense personal, professional, and organisational loyalty. They help people bring their best to the job at hand; (5) Finally, they are human capital developers who build the next generation. They make sure that the organization has the longer-term skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes for future strategic success.
The programme ,Mr. Sooriyaarachchi, a former Managing Director of AVIVANDB Insurance (AIA) and currently serving on a number of boards, will deliver is based on the above five core attributes of leadership.