Level 5 leaders are great visionary leaders who have the ability to transform good organizations to great organizations, as mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great
The following snapshot , adopted from Good to Great, in a very lucid manner illustrates the same..
Great Organizations led by Level 5 leaders , identify breakthrough then build transformation using the following Flywheel Effect based framework
The framework has been illustrated below
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good To Great
The below plot of Ethic of Entrepreneurship vs Culture of Discipline which is part of the creative discipline matrix, suggests that Great Organizations inculcate the spirit of Entrepreneurship while at the same time remain with the framework of Discipline to create a long lasting impact year on year.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great
The above image shows the subtle difference in approach between Level 5 and comparison Egocentric leaders
The approach adopted by Level 5 leaders lead to long lasting results
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good To Great
The image shows the journey from a Level 1 leader to a visionary Level 5 leader
Needless to say the journey is a gruelling one and only the best of the best can dare to reach the top
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good To Great
Jim Collins in his book Good to Great mentions that for people who are inherently CHARISMATIC it is worthwhile to consider that CHARISMA is as much a LIABILITY as an ASSET.
The strength of charismatic personality can sow the seeds of problems when people start hiding brutal facts..
The liabilities of CHARISMA can be OVERCOME but this would require continuous and conscious ATTENTION..
Great organizations led by Level 5 leaders always use the following three principles when it comes to People related decisions..
The same has been adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great
Jim Collins in his book Good to Great observes a bipolar pattern with respect to people in great organizations led by Level 5 leaders..
People either STAYED in the BUS of the organization for a LONG time or GOT off the BUS in a HURRY..
Hence these organizations churned better..
Level 5 leaders are iconic high performing leaders who are driven by “Internal Locus of Control”.
Level 5 leaders look out of the window to attribute success to factors other than themselves..
When things go poorly , however they look in the mirror and blame themselves and take full responsibility..
The finite minded short term oriented leaders do exactly the opposite – i.e. exhibit EXTERNAL LOCUS of CONTROL.. i.e. take credit for success and blame others for failure
Level 5 Leaders are iconic leaders who have taken their organizations from Good to Great as mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great.
These are leaders who embody a paradoxical mix of Personal Humility and Professional Will.
They are ambitious for sure but ambitious first and foremost for the company and not for themselves..