This was the presentation at the recent Digital Learning Launch at Ranhill, where i shared some quick insights on leadership and learning. Ranhill launched a powerful Learning Management System (LMS) preloaded with amazing content developed by @Eva and her team

1. Learning & Leadership For
the 21st Century
How you can become the Best global
leader
Ranhill
Roshan Thiran
roshan.thiran@leaderonomics.com
www.facebook.com/roshanthiran.leaderonomics

2. Are the “world’s best” leaders born
or developed? Is leadership genetic
or learned?
Question

3. Growth
Time
My “Hard” Experiences
10. Johnson & Johnson
Industry : Healthcare
Function: HR
Global Role
9. GE Asia Pacific
Industry : Multi
Function: HR
Asia Role
7. GE Aircraft
Industry : Aviation
Function: Finance
CFO & ED 8. GE Crotonville
Industry : Multi
Function: HR
Learning Role
6. GE CIG
Industry : Multi
Function: IT
Project Mgmt Global
5. GE Capital
Industry : Financial Service
Function: Finance/Sourcing
Europe Leader
4. NBC Universal
Industry : Media
Function: Finance
Product Leader
1. GE Investments
Industry : Investment Banking
Function: Business Dev
Individual Contributor
3. GE GCS
Industry : Oil & Gas
Function: Finance
Inventory Mgmt
2. GE International
Industry : Multi
Function: Finance
Analyst Global
12. Leaderonomics
Industry : Multi
Function: CEO
Business leader
11. Star Media Group
Industry : Media
Function: CEO
Business leader

4. Key question: How did they become best?

5. Clearly,
because of high performance leadership

6. Question:
What is Leadership?

7. Leadership is . . .
Attentiveness
Assertiveness
Responsibility
Diligence
Dependability
Obedience
Loyalty
Thoroughness
Truthfulness
Initiative
Hospitality
Humility
Forgiveness
Tolerance
Compassion
Sincerity
CReativity
Having followers
Persuasiveness
Virtue
Vision
Deference
Discretion
BOLDNESS
Determination
Gratefulness
Self-Control
Sensitivity
Thriftiness
Generosity
Punctuality
Proactiviness
Purpose
Enthusiasm
Availability
Orderliness
Resourcefulness
Flexibility
Wisdomped
Innovation
Execution

8. If we invested in people and taught every
single skill listed on the previous slide,
would we be able to “create” leaders?
Question

9. motherteresa
Her story in India

10. Time
Current Reality – Self Awareness
Ability/Achievement
Decision-making
GAP
Purpose/Vision
The Essence of Leadership is . . .
Learning/
Execution/
Action
GAP
Fuels our energy
Ensures reality

12. Individual Aspirations & Motivations
Do you WANT to be a
leader?
Are you WILLING to go through
the pain of leadership
development?

13. HUMBLE
enough to learn
from
anyone?
Are you

14. How many of you like
to learn?
Question to the class

15. “Learning… the process by which change in
knowledge or skills is acquired through
learning or experience”
Key Questions:
1. Change?
2. Learning
3. Experience
Learning….

16. Why is learning so
hard?
Question to the class

17. LEARNING
= CHANGE
What is learning?

18. 1. What percentage of people reach their target weight ?
2. What percentage of people maintain their target weight?
3. What percentage of people quit smoking and never start again?
4. What percentage of people quit smoking after a physical crisis?
5. What percentage of re-engineering efforts are successful?
6. What percent of companies on the 1955 Fortune 100 list are still
around today?
7. What percent of Fortune 500 companies on the 1970 list had vanished
by 1985?
8. What percent of executives in Fortune 500 companies who had
financial losses in 1993-1994 attributed it to poor leadership and lack of change?
4%
1%
16%
43%
30%
32%
41%
>50%
Change Quiz

19. Learning is painful….
“I listen, and I forget; I see, and I understand; I do, and I can” – Confucius
Source: Pesquisa IBM; Whitmore, “Coaching for Desempenho”

20. Information/
Knowledge
Awareness
Skill
Advanced
Skill
Expertise
Context Content
Composition of Delivery:
90% Content, 10% Context
Composition of Delivery:
10% Content, 90% Context
But learning is contextual

21. If learning is so hard (and
nobody likes it), how do we
develop our talent?
Question to the class

22. • 70% of skills are learned from EXPERIENCE:
- challenging job-based development tasks
- special job-based assignments, including Talent Acceleration Programmes
(TAP) and other experienced based learning progs.
• 20% of skills are learned from FEEDBACK:
- 360 degree feedback, learning from others, observation based learning
programmes
- supervisors, coaches, mentoring programmes etc
• 10% of skills are learned from TRAINING:
- self-development, training programmes, classroom-based learning
- Coursework
“True” development combines all of the above
Development: What 70-20-10 really means

23. The Coach
Video Case Study

25. Time
Current Reality – Self Awareness
Ability/Achievement
Decision-making
GAP
Purpose/Vision
The Essence of Leadership is . . .
Learning/
Execution/
Action
GAP
Fuels our energy
Ensures reality

26. www.leaderonomics.com
www.facebook.com/roshanthiran.leaderonomics
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