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A Kaleidoscope of Perspectives onOur Future, Leadership and Change

October 4, 2012

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Source: World Business Forum, NYC October 3 – 4th 2012

Table of Content

• Our Future

• Leadership

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Predicting the future

Don Tapscott • Future is not to be predicted but to be achieved• Industrial age will end• Old societal / business model is based on nation states, we are going into

age of networked intelligence which is the age of collaboration

Fareed Zakaria• Political stability is the bedrock• There is never a straightline projection • Be prepared to downsize and build resilience• Don’t fight change, be open to it

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Future of Work

Lynda Gratton - 1. Serial mastery – be an expert and build expertise in certain discipline, as middle

management jobs are disappearing2. Collaborating across boundaries – e.g. Unilever’s chocolate deodorant http

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJE-AVV7cU3. Nowhere to hide – authenticity4. Meaningful network – with 3 groups of people

– One that possess some skills as you and run at the same speed– Big ideas crowd – someone that inspires you– Regenerative loving relationship (emotional support)

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• Lost legitimacy – people don’t think corporations are what they say they are• Building resilience going in the future is key – with lots of environmental and social

challenges – company needs to help people build: 1) intellectual, social and emotional capital

Table of Content

• Our Future

• Leadership

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Humility + Will = Level 5 Leadership

• Jack Welch – what he looks for in a leader– Great leader is a generous coach– Leadership quality

• Energy• Energize others• Edge (can say yes and no

definitively)• Execute• Generosity gene (promote good

people, like to see people win)– Love your job but ready to leave: you

can’t be afraid– For change to happen effective:

people need to care, take time to communicate and the benefits to the people need to be explained

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Good to Great

Fanatic Discipline

Productive paranoia

Level 5 Ambition

Empirical creativity

Jim Collins• 20 mile mark – fanatic discipline• Fire bullets, then cannon – empirical

creativity• Blend creativity with discipline is

powerful• Plan for “when”, it is not about Not If

but When – build buffers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/south_approaches_01.shtml

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Great tips – building leaders, we are all leaders

Mark King – TaylorMade – Adidas Golf• Incrementalism is not the way to compete• Lead the way for change is to obsolete what you have accomplished

Barbara Corcoran - Real Estate Entrepreneur• Great at failure• 2 types of people – expanders and containers (work well together)

Robert Gates – Former US Secretary of Defense• Act as a guide and show the way• Transparency in decision making• Candor – don’t say one thing and do another• Courage• Never get imprisoned by the advice of others• Responsibility of leaders is to fight short-term pressure• If you get voted out, get voted out!

Richard Branson• Love new challenges, don’t waste a minute of time• Let your hair down• Be a good listener

Most leadership development is formulaic – but you should play to your strengths

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• You are a practical, concrete thinker who is at your most powerful when reacting to and solving other people's problems.1 ADVISOR

• You are a catalyst. Your power lies in your craving to put two things together to make something bigger than it is now.2 CONNECTOR

• You make sense of the world, pulling it apart, seeing a better configuration, and creating it.3 CREATOR

• You are a level-headed person whose power comes from keeping the world in balance, ethically and practically.4 EQUALIZER

• You engage people directly and convince them to act. Your power is your persuasion.5 INFLUENCER

• You see the world as a friendly place where, around every corner, good things will happen. Your distinctive power starts with your optimism in the face of uncertainty.6 PIONEER

• You sense other people's feelings, and you feel compelled to recognize these feelings, give them a voice and act on them.7 PROVIDER

• You are the host of other people's emotions. You feel responsible for them, for turning them around, for elevating them.8 STIMULATOR

• You are thrilled by the potential you see in each person. Your power comes from learning how to unleash it.9 TEACHER

Source: http://standout.tmbc.com/gui/soIndividual

Self aware

Perceptive

Authentic

The value of brand can be measured

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http://www.interbrand.com/en/best-global-brands/2012/Best-Global-Brands-2012.aspx• http://www.interbrand.com/Libraries/Articles/Brand_Valuation_Final.sflb.ashx

• Brand strength measures the ability of the brand to secure the delivery of expected future earnings.

Brand Strength

• Financial performance measures an organization's raw financial return to the investors. For this reason, it is analyzed as economic profit, a concept akin to Economic Value Added (EVA).

Financial Performance

• Role of brand measures the portion of the decision to purchase that is attributable to brand—this is exclusive of other aspects of the offer like price or feature.

Role of Brand

Global Brands

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2 Apple+129%$76,568M

4 Google+26%$69,726M

-2%$57,853M

7 McDonald+13%$40,062M

+12%$39,385M

http://www.interbrand.com/en/best-global-brands/2012/Best-Global-Brands-2012.aspx• http://www.interbrand.com/Libraries/Articles/Brand_Valuation_Final.sflb.ashx

Top Canadian Brands

• TD $9,643M +45%• Thomson Reuters $9,548M +1%• RBC $7,929M +28%• Blackberry $6,446M +7%• Scotiabank $3,965M +84%• Tim Hortons $3,441M +30%• Lululemon $3,245M +292%• Shoppers Drug Mart$3,179M -7%• Bell $3,059 +25%• Rogers $2,998 +32%

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