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Level 5 Leadership

Level 5 leadership is characterized by three key traits: humility, resolve, and ambition for the company rather than oneself. Level 5 leaders attribute success externally and failures internally, focusing on long-term success of the company over personal gains. Examples include Abraham Lincoln and leaders who built lasting great companies from within rather than through external celebrity hires.

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Level 5 Leadership

Level 5 leadership is characterized by three key traits: humility, resolve, and ambition for the company rather than oneself. Level 5 leaders attribute success externally and failures internally, focusing on long-term success of the company over personal gains. Examples include Abraham Lincoln and leaders who built lasting great companies from within rather than through external celebrity hires.

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Level 5 Leadership

Written by: Jim Collins


Presented by: Laura Cooper

You can accomplish anything in


life, provided that you do not mind
who gets the credit.
Harry S. Truman

Key Points
What
What

is Level 5 leadership?

are the Characteristics of Level 5


leaders?

Faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of


Business
Served as senior executive at CNN International
Founded a management laboratory in Boulder,
Colorado conducts multi year research projects
Student and teacher of lasting great companies
Business consultant, author, lecturer on business
growth and sustainability

Books:

How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies


Never Give In
Good to Great
Built to Last
Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Beyond Entrepreneurship

Level 5 Hierarchy

Examples of Level 5 Executives


Abraham
Darwin

Lincoln

Smith Kimberly Clark

Colman

Mockler - Gillette

Examples of Level 4 Effective Leader

Stanley Gault (CEO Rubbermaid)

Bob Nardelli (CEO The Home Depot)

Ambition- Level 5 VS. Comparison

Level 5 leaders have ambition for the company and


its success
Level 5 leaders set up company for success in the
future
Comparison leaders have ambition for themselves
Comparison leaders set up company for failure in the
future

Modesty Level 5 VS. Comparison


Level

5 leaders do not promote themselves


Level 5 leaders are not interested in
credit/recognition
Comparison

leaders are very I-centric


Comparison leaders want credit/recognition
in magazines, interviews, photographs

Level 5 Unwavering Resolve


Level

5 is not only about humility and


self-less ness
Level 5 always does whatever it takes to
make the company great

Fire Relatives
End Lasting Traditions
Fight off corporate raiders

The Window and Mirror Effect


Level

5 leaders look out the window to give


credit outside themselves in good situations

Level

5 leaders look in the mirror to take


responsibility in bad situations

Level 5 leaders tend to attribute luck for success


rather than their own efforts

Common Mistakes Companies Make


Select

over-the-top dazzling celebrity leaders


and over look quiet modest Level 5 leaders

Thinking

a high-profile outside leader can


come in and shake up the place

10 of 11 Level 5 CEOs came from inside the


company

Can You Learn to be a Level 5 Leader?


Two

types of people: those who do not have


the seed of Level 5 and those who do

Without Seed: Work will always be about what


they get fame, money, power

With Seed: These can evolve under the right


circumstances to be Level 5 self-reflection,
personal development, a mentor

Related Articles

Leadership Style Orientations of Senior Executives


in Australia

Leadership: Hubbard, Gattung and Tindall

Autocratic, democratic, Inspirational, and laissez-faire

Mix of warm-hearted, cool-headed and hard-nosed

The impact of Leadership Styles on Four Variables of


Executives Workforce

Commitment, satisfaction, communication, and


effectiveness

Personal Experience
Personally

I do not know any level 5 leaders,


nor do I work for any level 5 leaders

In

my experience most executives/managers


are just looking for the next big thing or
check

Resources

Collins, Jim. "Level 5 Leadership." The Organizational Behavior Reader. 8th ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 474-92. Print.
Jim Collins - About Jim. (n.d.). Jim Collins - Home. Retrieved March 22, 2011,
from http://www.jimcollins.com/about-jim.html
Ekaterini, G. (2010). The impact of leadership styles on four variables of
executives workforce. International Journal of Business and Management, 5(6),
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url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/821544514?accountid=4886
Frykberg, K. (2004). LeadershipHubbard, gattung and tindall on warm-hearted,
cool-headed and hard-nosed leadership; New Zealand Management, , 37.
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Hunt, J. B. (2010). Leadership style orientations of senior executives in
australia: Senior executive leadership profiles: An analysis of 54 australian top
managers. Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 16(1), 207.
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