LEADERSHIP & BY:

DR. KOFI OSEI-KUSI

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESIDENT, PAN-AFRICAN LEAFERSHIP INSTITUTE
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CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMING THIS FAR !

Brief Profile of Kofi Osei-Kusi
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• My life’s mission is to inspire, encourage, educate, and challenge people to maximize
their potentials and become effective leaders for the wellbeing of humanity.
• 25yrs+ of work in corporate, diplomatic, philanthropic, education, and faith-based
organizations.
• Been in leadership development since 1996 (right after Presec, Legon).
• UG Alumni: Psychology and Management (2000); EMBA in Human Resource
Management; Doctorate in Transformational Leadership (BGU, Texas).
• Currently serve as: President of Pan-African Leadership Institute; President of Osei-
Kusi Foundation (OKF); Chancellor of GH Group of Schools (Media, Cosmetology,
Fashion, Catering & Technology Schools).
• Host of TV Show: Wisdom for Transformation on Lifestyle TV, 10:30pm Tuesdays
• It all comes down to passion for SERVICE!
Overview of Presentation
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1• Why is leadership so central to national development?
• Leadership: what is it?
• Types of leaders
• Leadership that accelerates national development
• Challenges of senior leaders
• Qualities of effective leaders
• How to prepare yourself / grow yourself for leadership
• Conclusion
What Do You Think About this Quote?
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“Leadership is cause, everything else is effect”.

Prof. Stephen Adei
Why be a Leader?
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•1 It’s better to be at the top!
• Regardless of choice of career, leadership (soft skill) will take you to
the top!
• Critical skill employers look for.
• Leadership is probably the most powerful force on earth!
• Nothing significant happens without the initiative or action of a
leader.
• Leadership unleashes the fullness of your potential.
• Smart people develop and position themselves for future
leadership.
• Everyone is a leader, but few are effective leaders.
Why is Leadership So Crucial to National Devepm’t?
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1• We are all at the mercy of our leaders.
• Leadership by and large controls the peace and security of a nation.
• Nearly every nation, family, community, organization, school,
religious group is crying for an effective leader to take them to their
desired future.
• Singapore, Malaysia, & Ghana where they are as a result of
Leadership.
• Nothing significant happens without the initiative or action of a
leader.
• The principle of the leadership lid.
• Great leadership is the security of the next generation.
Can you think of a country that has/had an
effective leader in place and is doing very
well now?

Why do you think this leader is/was so

effective?
My favorite definition of Leadership
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1• Over 600 definitions of leadership. My favorite, and
perhaps, the most comprehensive one is:

Leadership is the capacity to influence others

through inspiration motivated by passion
generated by vision produced by a
conviction, ignited by a purpose.
(Dr. Myles Munroe).
Capacity: an ability that comes through knowledge, training and
experience.
Vision: A clear picture of the better future the leader sees.
Purpose: The reason behind your vision.
Conviction: Unshakable believe/faith in something (vision).
Passion: Inner drive to achieve a certain goal (or vision).
Inspiration: As opposed to force.
Influence: The capacity to have an effect on the character,
development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect
itself.
STYLES OR TYPES OF LEADERS
• Autocratic Leaders (dictatorial & close supervision)

• Transactional Leaders (rewards and punishment)

• Quiet Leaders (no force, leading by example)

• Participative or Democratic Leaders (act like facilitators)

• Charismatic Leadership (interpersonal)

• Servant Leaders (serving followers)

• Transformational Leaders (motivating towards ideals)

• Inclusive Leaders
• Etc.
What style of leadership STANDS OUT in its
ability to accelerate national development?
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Servant Leadership
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• Many styles or approaches to leadership. Servant leadership
is one of them (a more recent leadership approach in terms
of leadership theory, but not in practice).

• In terms of academic & mainstream business leadership,

servant leadership was introduced by Greenleaf (1970). He
coined the phrase servant leadership in his foundational
essay The Servant as Leader.
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Servant Leadership Cont.
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• Greenleaf summarized his meaning of servant leadership by
stating that the great leader is seen as “servant first” and
that simple fact is the key to his greatness.
• To Greenleaf, “Leadership was bestowed on a man who was
by nature a servant” (Spears & Lawrence, 2002, p. 20).
• According to him, the difference between a servant-first
kind of leadership and a leader-first kind of leadership is in
the level of care taken by the servant-first leader to make
sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being
served.
Levels of Leadership
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1 • Self
• Family
• Community
• Organization
• Industry / Profession
• National
• International
• Global
• Etc.
Some Major Social Sectors of Leadership
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•1 Family, Youth, Women Leadership
• Political Leadership
• Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Corporate Leadership
• Traditional Leadership
• Religious Leadership
• Non-profit / Leadership
• Creative Arts Leadership
• Educational Leadership
• Healthcare Leadership
• IT / Technology Leadership
Leadership starts with
knowing who you are.
• Your purpose / personal mission / passion & convictions
• Gifts, talents, resources
• Knowing your strengths & weaknesses
• Self awareness
• Self-goal setting
• Self-motivation
• Positive self talk
• Assertive communication
• Ability to receive and act on feedback
Ways to expand your Leadership
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Capacity and Lift Your Leadership Lid

• Have a passion for leadership & self-development

• Courses & training programs
• Reading personal development/leadership
development books
• Mentoring & Coaching
• Volunteering
• Stand up and do it!
What are the challenges of senior leaders?
Some Major Challenges Senior Leaders Face
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•1 Preparedness for uncertainties
• Lack of Self-confidence
• Self-interest vs the good of all
• Power, Influence, Ego
• Resources Management, Raising Financing, Economic management
• Selecting an effective team
• Pressure/interest groups (eg. Party, economic, political institutions vs vision of
the leader; religious, political, cultural activists
• Dealing / Working with Opponents
• Personal security & Security of your people
• Sustaining your leadership: short-term goals vs long term results
• Geopolitics, Neo-colonization (for developing countries)
Some Major Challenges Leaders Face Cont.
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•1 Endemic corruption
• Strategic visioning
• Democracy
• Ethnicity, Nepotism
• Leading and Managing Diversity
• Pressure from the people
• Mindset of the people
• And more..
Are leaders born or made?
Leadership Capacity is “expandable”
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Areas to expand your leadership

capacity and lift your leadership lid?
Go Over This List & Build Yourself Up:
The GLOBE Will Become Your Playground !
Qualities/Skills of Effective Leaders
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*The weight of skills may be impacted by the sector in which one operates.
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1. Self-leadership & Discipline
2. Servant-first / Selflessness / Leading with Love
3. Shared-Vision & Strategic Thinking
4. Emotional Intelligence
5. Story-telling & Effective Communication Skills
6. Understanding Context
7. Fundraising / Finance / Economics / Resource Mobilization Skills
8. Cross-cultural intelligence (rising above your ethnicity, learning)
9. Courage / Self-confidence / Fortitude
10.Humility / Continuous Learning and expanding capacity / Critical thinking
Qualities/Skills of Effective Leaders
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11. Team work skills
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12. People skills / Networking / Reading People / Managing Internal Politics / Forgiveness Skills
13. Ability to work with Opponents / Building Trust
14. Negotiation Skills / Branding & Marketing Skills
15. Integrity & Character
16. Wisdom
17. Familiarity with History & Global issues, Geopolitics, Security & Intelligence
18. Empowering Others / Delegation Skills / Succession Planning
19. Holistic Health (including managing mental health)
20. Entrepreneurial Mindset
And many others. *It takes time to develop all of these
Go Over This List & Build Yourself Up:
The GLOBE Will Become Your Playground !
MY FINAL WORDS:
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PSYCHOLOGY & NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
If I Could Go Back 26yrs To L200:
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What Would I Do Again?
• I would still study Psychology
(power to understand people)
• I would still work while at the university
(it made me one of the first UG graduates to get a very good job; and it gave me a
great start to my career)
• I would still buy and read all the motivational and personal development books I
bought (around Balme) while on campus.
(they opened me wisdom up to)
• I would still volunteer a lot of my time to organize leadership conferences on and
off campus. Serving others:
(it helped me find my purpose in life).
• I would still be a person of strong faith, believes & values
(It has protected me)
• I would still dream big, belive in and expect a great future.
(dreams do come true!)
What I would NOT do
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if I could go back 26yrs to UG L200
• Buying some expensive things to feel and look good around
my course mates (it was a waste; I’d buy and read a lot of
books & invest heavily in myself)

• Get into a serious relationship in my final year; I was too

young and unprepared to make one of the most important
choices and commitments in life.
(I became depressed and it nearly destroyed by life).
References
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• Covey, S. R (1992). Principle-Centered Leadership. Simon & Schuster. London. UK

• Dei-Tumi, E, and Osei-Kusi, K. (2013). The Young Leader’s Handbook. Wisdom Filla
Publication. Accra. Ghana

• Yew, L. K. (2000). From Third World to First. HaperCollins Publishers, Inc. New
York. USA
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•Kofi Osei-Kusi
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