Elite Leadership Development Magazine Issue 5

September 2015

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LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE SPORTS WORLD

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR LEADERS

WHAT MAKES LIONEL MESSI SO SUCCESSFUL?

MUHAMMAD ALI

LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF JOSE MOURINHO

CHRIS WEIDMAN: MAKING OF A UFC CHAMPION BUSINESS LESSONS FROM THE ALL BLACKS

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM: MUHAMMAD ALI VINCE LOMBARDI

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CONTENTS 3 WHAT MAKES LIONEL MESSI SO SUCCESSFUL

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Every generation has that one special footballer who out of the millions of footballers around the world, stands out as something special. In this generation, the greatest player in the world is Lionel Messi.

6 CHRIS WEIDMAN: MAKING OF A UFC CHAMPION

On July 6th 2013 Chris Weidman entered the Octagon in front of 12,399 fans at UFC162. His opponent was the reigning Middleweight Champion of the world, Anderson Silva, a fighter who was riding an unprecedented seventeen fight winning streak and widely regarded as the greatest fighter of all time.

10 INSPIRATIONAL

QUOTES: MUHAMMAD ALI Muhammad Ali became more than a boxer, he turned into an inspirational legend.

Here are a few of his most memorable and inspirational quotes.

12 QUOTES OF THE MONTH

13 BUSINESS LESSONS

FROM THE ALL BLACKS The All Blacks are statistically the most successful sports team in history with a winning percentage of 76.4% over 526 test matches dating back to 1903.

17 LEADERSHIP

SECRETS OF JOSE MOURINHO To put Jose Mourinho's achievements into context he has now won the league in four different countries. So what does he do that the others don't? In this article we explore what makes Jose Mourinho such a good leader.

19 HOW LEADERSHIP WILL DECIDE THE WORLD CUP

The most important Rugby tournament in the world is about to begin. There are teams coming from all around the world to compete against each other for the Webb Ellis Trophy and the honour of calling themselves "world champions".

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Hi Everyone, It's an exciting time of the year for sports fans. For football fans the English Premier League has just started. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has just had two big PPVs with Connor McGregor and Ronda Rousey and for rugby fans ,the long wait is over and this month starts the Rugby World Cup. Sports, like no other field creates analogies that all of us can relate to. Success is never more clear than in the field of sports where there is a fine line that separates winners and losers is clearly demonstrated.

Lessons can be learnt wherever you find excellence and excellence in sports provides lessons like no other. By studying people who are at the top of their chosen field, we see commonalities, certain traits and behaviours that all successful people share. In this months edition we look at a range of sports and discover lessons that will help anyone who wants to achieve success.

Thanks, Mark Wager Leadership Coach mark@eliteld.co.nz

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What Makes Lionel Messi So Successful?

By Mark Wager

Every generation has that one special footballer who out of the millions of footballers around the world, stands out as something special. For this generation, the greatest player in the world is Lionel Messi. Currently playing for F.C. Barcelona in Spain and as Captain for the Argentinian national side, Lionel Messi has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or four consecutive years and is the only player to do so. Whenever we find excellence we can find lessons that can be useful in our own lives, so let's explore the excellence that is Lionel Messi.

When I coach people in business, Ive seen many people who have chosen assignments or even careers based on practical reasons such as money but it's rarely for enjoyment and it's in this decision that many mistakes occur. If you want to succeed at a high level you will have to work harder than you imagined and overcome obstacles that will stop many people. The chances of doing this increases dramatically if what you are doing gives you joy. The best advice I've ever heard was to find what makes you happy and find a way to make a career out of it.

"The only thing that matters is playing.

I have enjoyed it since I was a little boy and still I try to do that every time I go out on the pitch. I always say when I no longer enjoy it or it's no longer fun to do it, Then I won't do it anymore. I do it because I love it and that's all I care about."

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"I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina.

Then if people want to say nice things about me when I have retired, great.

Right now I need to concentrate on being part of a team - not just on me" Lionel Messi With success comes adulation which in itself can lead you to have a false impression of your strengths and more concerning your weaknesses. I see this a lot when I coach leaders. They start believing the perception that people have of them and stop listening to advice that they would have cared about until that stage. A little success can be a dangerous thing for the ego. What Lionel Messi does is that he never seems to let success get to him and appears to remain humble in circumstances that the majority of people can not imagine.

Whenever Lionel Messi is reminded about achieving a new record or milestone he always refers back to the contribution of his teammates and that all records are secondary to the team's objectives. No one achieves greatness on their own and whether we realise it or not we are always part of a team. Success is achieved and maintained when you are able to identify your contribution to that team and understand how your role interacts with the roles of others in order to achieve glory. This will not only give you more success but also keep your ego under control so you will never forget that the team is more important than yourself.

"You have to fight to reach your dream.

You have to sacrifice and work hard for it." - Lionel Messi Just being talented isn't enough. You have to possess the will and determination to overcome any obstacle that comes your way. At the age of eleven, Lionel Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency which led to him being signed

by Barcelona as his club at the time because River Plate were unwilling to pay for his treatment. At an early age he had to leave his home and country behind to pursue his dream in a foreign country, all this at the age of eleven.

"When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary." - Lionel Messi

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"Goals are only important if they win games" - Lionel Messi

"I always want more. Whether it's a goal or winning a game, I'm never satisfied" - Lionel Messi

One of the many things that separates Lionel Messi from his counterparts is his mental focus on the pitch. He is able to apply his whole mental focus towards the present and what he needs to do in order to succeed now, not tomorrow or yesterday but now. Having this mental focus is vital for success. All too easily we can get sidetracked by thinking about what could be and what could have been.

The past and future tempt our thoughts away from where they need to be and that is the only place that matters, the present.

Despite all the trophies and awards Lionel Messi is still hungry for more. It's this hunger that successful people share, the realisation that your journey doesn't end when you reach the top of the mountain because there are no heights to reach.

When we achieve success we should celebrate our achievement but never forget that the celebration is for the one journey that has ended and for the new journey that is about to start.

Lionel Messi is the best player in the world and of his generation. The scary thing is that he's still only twenty seven, an age which traditionally sees the start of a player entering his prime. Theres a good chance that Lionel Messi shares a quality with the rest of us that is there still untapped. This potential means that the world has only seen the best we have offered and not the best that we have the potential to become.

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Chris Weidman: Making Of A UFC Champion

By Mark Wager

On July 6th 2013, Chris Weidman entered the Octagon in front of 12,399 fans at UFC162. His opponent was the reigning Middleweight Champion of the world, Anderson Silva, a fighter who was riding an unprecedented seventeen fight winning streak and widely regarded as the greatest fighter of all time. The betting odds has Weidman as a 2-1 underdog, yet early in the second round Chris Weidman knocked out Anderson silva, the first man to ever do so and became the new Middleweight Champion of the world. A title he has ever since retained with a repeat victory over Silva and a defeat of former Light Heavyweight Champion Liyoto Machida.

What is it that goes beyond athleticism and talent that has made Chris Weidman achieve what others deemed impossible. Let's have a look at these qualities and in doing so learn some lessons that can make us successful in our own areas of life.

"Believing in yourself at this stage of the game is 99% of everything." - Chris Weidman

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Approaching the championship fight, the one thing that separated Chris Weidman from the majority of Anderson Silva's previous opponents, was his obvious self belief and confidence in his ability to succeed. We had seen other fighters talk trash to hype the fight but the talk from Chris wasn't trash, it was an articulated argument as to why he was the man who claimed to be the one to end the winning steak of the greatest fighter ever to have graced the Octagon.

What Chris Weidman had realised was that despite his natural level of self belief it was an area of his life that can be trained and improved just like every other aspect of his game. What the note represented was what is called a performance statement.

In the weeks prior to the championship fight with Chris Weidman, the UFC ran some programmes showing some behind the scene action as to how the fighters were preparing. In one scene you can see a note that was hanging in the gym where Chris Weidman was preparing for the fight of his life.

People are aware of affirmations, a positive, personal present tense statement that aims to boost the self confidence of the reader. These are very popular but are generally ineffective especially when compared to performance statements and here's why.

The note had a picture of Chris Weidman and underneath the picture was written.

"Chris Weidman will defeat Anderson Silva on July 6th 2013 and become UFC MW Champion of the world.

Work hard everyday Get healthy No excuses Refuse to lose Physical, Mental, Spiritual!"

"I think one of the biggest parts of having a winners mindset is to be able to deal with those doubts. Erase them out of your mind." - Chris Weidman

Your mind is incredibly powerful to such a degree that your chances of success in whatever field you enter will largely be determined by your mental state more than any other factor. Yet despite this power there are weaknesses in the mind which can be exploited. Your mind believes there is only one state of reality so it either believes something is true or it isn't and when the reality is in place then the mind will do whatever it can to reinforce that reality. This means that if you believe you will succeed and you have convinced your mind that this is reality then your mind will remove all self doubt in order to ensure it is the one true reality.

Yet if there's any self doubt then the mind will do the opposite and ensure that self sabotage is on the table.

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Chris Weidman had a very precise performance statement and most likely other mental techniques that weren't shown to the camera. I apply similar techniques when coaching leaders by creating a precise statement which will convince the mind to work towards the desired reality that you want in life. The preparation of a performance statement is a very personal process which will most likely result in a series of different statements but here is a brief breakdown of the components.

It needs to start with your goal translated into a clear precise fact including a date and the desired result in words that leaves no room for misinterpretation. Then it needs to be followed up by the arguments as to why this will happen in short sharp bullet points. You are in fact having a conversation with yourself and you are trying to convince yourself that you will succeed and the summary of that conversation results in these points.

These points will then become phrases that you will repeat to yourself in order to reestablish to your mind the convincing arguments as to why you will succeed.

Let's be clear, while your mental state is the primarily factor for success, you still need talent, planning and preparation but be assured without a high level of self belief and that winning mindset, you will never reach the heights that you are capable of achieving.

“"I refuse to lose...I'm going to have that mindset when we get in the cage" - Chris Weidman

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Inspirational Quotes: Muhammad Ali One of the most inspirational sporting events happened forty years ago, the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" event was held in Kinshasa, Zaire, May 1974. At the event the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world George Foreman put his title on the line against the underdog Muhammad Ali. It's strange to think now that Muhammad Ali was an underdog but at the time George Forman was not only the younger champion but was also undefeated. Foreman had also beaten the only men at the time who had defeated Ali, Joe Fraizer and Ken Norton, both in a dominating fashion. Muhammad Ali beat Foreman and regained the Heavyweight title in what many people call the fight of the century.

It was around this time that Ali became more than a boxer, he turned into an inspirational legend.

Here are a few of his most memorable and inspirational quotes.

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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."

"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."

"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

"It's not bragging if you can back it up."

"I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people

who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life." "A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing."

"At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far."

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion" "My only fault is that I don't realise how great I really am"

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen"

"What keeps me going is goals."

"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are"

"There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win."

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

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Business Lessons From The All Blacks

By Mark Wager

The All Blacks are statistically the most successful sports team in history with a winning percentage of 76.4% over 526 test matches dating back to 1903.

Success is difficult to achieve but ongoing success is almost impossible.

The All Blacks have accomplished year after year, an achievement that any team would be envious of.

I've delivered team building workshops for teams in different countries and industries for many years and I've seen clear similarities in what makes a team successful regardless of where the team is based or whether it is a rugby team or a team of architects. If you look into what has made the All Blacks so successful you will find valuable lessons that can help your team achieve ongoing success.

Establish a higher purpose Psychologist Martin Seligman articulated that one of the foundations of positive psychology was the belief that a person was contributing to part of something greater than themselves. In the All Blacks it's common to hear players talking about the legacy of the black jersey and how they are just custodians.

This fits within the All Black's motto of "leave the jersey in a better place". For your team to succeed you need to find and articulate the core reason why your team exists and by this I don't mean what you do but why you do it. If you can find this then you will be able to establish the higher purpose for your team.

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Create a team of leaders Never stop improving Teams in businesses very rarely empower leadership outside of their managerial positions. Instead they delegate tasks which create a lack of ownership and connection within the team and hinders their effectiveness.

The All Blacks have a wider leadership group of players which has meant that leadership is not coming from one individual but from the team itself. In business once you have established the higher purpose then each member of the team needs to know how they will contribute to that purpose and in doing so give them the autonomy and the tools to do the job. If you have hired the right people they will respond with responsibility and innovation and they will be a leader regardless of their position.

Make good people better The All Blacks have a philosophy that better people make better players and they spend time on working on the character of the players to ensure they develop the necessary personal characteristics which enable them to interact with and contribute to the team spirit. This is so important that the character of the player is a vital ingredient of selection. There have been many good players who never had a career with the All Blacks because they never had the necessary character to be a team player. In business this is an area that, with the exception of the very high performing teams, is sadly underestimated. In business the motto should be better people make better business yet I've seen many team dynamics fall apart because of poor character.

If you want your team to succeed then a philosophy of continuous improvement is essential . You may be the best today but tomorrow is a different day and your competition is continuously looking for ways to improve and so should you. The All Blacks dissect each victory in order to look at any possible area of improvement regardless of how small.

They embrace the idea of marginal gains because they know that the difference between success and failure is often found in what they call "the top two inches" In rugby very little separates the top teams so any small difference can be the defining factor. In business I've seen teams become overly focussed on what they call the "big ticket items" the killer idea that will make short term gains while continued long term success may be better achieved by looking at a hundred ways of improving by 1% rather than one way of 100%.

The All Blacks have provided their fans including myself many reasons to celebrate but they have also demonstrated that success can be maintained through different personnel both players and coaches. It's in this success that lessons can be learnt, lessons that businesses can use to improve their own teams.

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LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF JOSE MOURINHO

By Mark Wager

Chelsea are the reigning English Premier League Champions and at the head is their Manager Jose Mourinho. He is now widely regarded as the best football manager in the world and one of the all time greatest. To put Jose Mourinho's achievements into context, he has now won the league in four different countries.

Twice in his native country, Portugal with FC Porto, twice in his first spell with Chelsea in England, twice with Inter Milan in Italy and once in Spain with Real Madrid before coming back to Chelsea to win the championship again. It's his eighth

national championship and his third in England and all at an age of 52, the same age that Alex Ferguson won his first title with Manchester United. All this and two European Champions League winners medals. So what does he do that the others don't? In this article we explore what makes Jose Mourinho such a good leader.

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Belief: The foundation of success "Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European Champion and I think I'm a special one" - Jose Mourinho If you what to be a successful leader then you need to believe in your ability to lead.

It is essential that your team has enough faith in your ability in order to follow you and this will never occur if they see you have self-doubt. Belief is the foundation of all success so don't be shy about reminding yourself of your achievements that have convinced people to give you an opportunity to lead. Never allow self doubt to take that opportunity away.

Focus on the present: tomorrow's success is defined by what you do today.

"My medals are somewhere at home. I don't know where they are. The most important game of my career is the next one" - Jose Mourinho Your past is important as it has defined who you are today but your past will never be as important as your future. Jose Mourinho knows that success is not faithful to any one person and in order to continue to be successful you need to focus on what you need to do today in order to succeed tomorrow. Living in the past means the only glories you will experience are past ones.

The team comes first: no individual is more important than the team's mission.

"I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies" - Jose Mourinho This may seem obvious but what separates Jose Mourinho is how much this thinking and philosophy is engrained into his leadership style. Whenever he starts at a new club he writes to all the players

informing them that football is a collective effort and he expects every player to align their personal ambition to the teams mission and every decision he makes will be in the best interest of the team. No player will ever be more important than the team, there was no better example than when Jose sold Juan Mata to Manchester United, a player who had been voted player of the year for the previous two seasons. The team mission came first and Juan Mata didn't fit within the philosophy that was in place for the mission to succeed, so he was sold.

Don't care what people think: success is its own reward "Envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows do to the man. Our situation is good. It's better than anybody else's.

Everyone would love to be in our position."

One of the records that Jose Mourinho achieved when he won the most recent English Premier League, was that it was only the second time in the history of the Premier League that he won the championship without winning a single Manager of the month award. The only other time this happened was when Jose Mourinho had his first spell with Chelsea.

Winners will never be universally popular because when people look at winners they see qualities in those people that they don't see in themselves and that can be difficult to come to terms with.

Jose Mourinho is the best football manager in the world, someone who's been successful at the highest level in four different countries. It's his philosophy of success that translates across borders cultures and nationalities. It's also a philosophy that can be translated into different industries and we can take these lessons and like Jose,become a "special one".

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How Leadership Will Decide The World Cup

By Mark Wager

The most important Rugby tournament in the world is about to begin. There are teams coming from all around the world to compete against each other for the Webb Ellis Trophy and the honour of calling themselves "world champions". Every team will be preparing to give their everything on the pitch, yet in this high pressure tournament environment, the difference between the two competing teams may not be the size of the players or their technical expertise. The difference may well be their leadership skills.

quality is also important. Knowing when to kick, when to run, and when to pass, can determine the outcome of a match, and when this match is in a tournament situation the pressure level goes higher than usual. Pressure is the enemy of sportsmen and leaders yet pressure if managed correctly can be an asset.

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Pressure environments not only impact performance, they also create biological changes. We are all aware that it is an advantage to play at home rather than away, even if we can't explain why, we all instinctively know we have a better chance of winning at home. This is the same regardless of the sport. If you look at statistics across a range of sports, it's common to see a team's winning percentage higher at home than away.

While some reasons may be due to travel conditions when playing away, the main reason is the nature of the environment which is created in a comfortable and positive situation. In these situations, pressure is raised but the nature of environment enables that pressure to be turned into belief which in turn enhances performance. As I've already mentioned, research has established that biological changes occur during this period.

In 2003 a study by neuroscientists Nick Neave and Sandy Wolfson from the U.K.’s Northumbria University found that salivary testosterone levels in British professional soccer players were significantly higher before a home game than an away game. The effect was more pronounced if the home team players perceived the visitors as an “extreme” rival than merely a “moderate” one that they didn’t feel as strongly about winning against. When we face pressure situations, if we can create an environment that is comfortable and positive, then not only are we sharper mentally but also physically. Elite leaders are experts at creating these situations.

Elite leaders know that motivation comes from a combination of pressure and belief. Our mind reacts in a positive way when there is pressure to perform, I.e there is something significant at stake and that it is accompanied with a belief

that a positive result will occur. When these are in balance then optimum performance is realised. If they are not in balance then there is a recipe for poor performance. So if the pressure is too much lower or higher than the belief level then the chances of the team losing is greatly increased. If you look at the most recent world cups in both football and rugby, you see examples of what happens if pressure matches belief and what happens if it doesn't. In both forms of sport the World Cup was held in countries that are passionate about the sport. The football World Cup was held in Brazil and the Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand. Pressure was high for both teams. The public expected and demanded that their team raised the trophy at the end. In New Zealand the pressure matched the belief so the All Blacks achieved a consistent level of high performances in order to win the World Cup, yet it was no surprise that their worst performance was the final itself against France where the pressure was at its highest. At the FIFA World Cup Brazil, the favourites for the tournament completely collapsed in the semi-final against Germany with a record 7-1 loss.

A perfect example of a highly competent team who were completely unable to get the leadership aspect of performance right. They couldn't match pressure and belief and as a result dismally failed.

So when the Rugby World Cup kicks off on 18th September with Fiji facing its host nation England, the end result won't just be because of who is technically the better team but rather which team has the better leadership skills in order to correctly balance the pressure and the belief that optimum performance requires.

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Inspirational Quotes From Vince Lombardi

By Mark Wager Some of the most inspirational quotes come from sports people and none come more inspirational than the legendary Vince Lombardi. The head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960's where he won five National Football league Championships and two Super Bowl victories. Below is a list of some of his most inspirational quotes.

"Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures," "Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

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"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect" "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

"Success demands singleness of purpose."

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

"If you can accept losing, you can't win."

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual."

"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result."

"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfilment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour."

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Let's be realistic. Each and every year managers in New Zealand achieve great results and their reward is increased targets with less resources. People are expected to do more with less. Resources are limited, financial incentives are limited, in fact the only thing that isn't limited is the potential within the people that work with them.

The ability to motivate and inspire people is no longer a quality that Managers aspire to, it's now an essential quality if you want to succeed in today's market.

Leadership is the new currency of success. Research by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research showed that people reporting to elite leaders are 10% more productive than poor leaders. Businesses are searching for every possible avenue to increase productivity yet there is untapped potential sitting at every desk just waiting to be inspired to act.

It's time to lead.

This two-day leadership is broken down into four key steps: Step 1: Leading yourself Step 2: Leading others Step 3 Achieving results Step 4: Strategic direction

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