Sebastian Perrier

1. PROACTIVITY: a leader takes ownership and responsibility of his destiny and life; his behaviour is dependant on his decisions, not on external conditions. He exercises free will decisions based on his values, a leader does not blame others for his situation, he is not controlled by the external circumstances.
2. VISION: a leader knows where he is going, has a goal in mind which is related with his values. Goals or vision is applied to different aspects of his life: family, professional, friends and social. However, a leader’s definition of success is not to reach those goals, is to work hard to try to achieve them while enjoying the journey. A leader provides direction, has the big-picture in mind. Is not tight to his history, he is only constraint by his values, beliefs and philosophy (and he is 100% committed to them).
3. MANAGEMENT SKILLS:  a leader has the skills to organize and coordinate the way to achieve the vision stated. A good leader is able to prioritize and decide what things to do first and how to do them; he manages himself, not the time (because it is impossible to manage ‘the time’). See time management matrix: pay attention to not urgent + important issues (quadrant 2). To do this, he has to be proactive to avoid urgent and important things to happen (prevent them) and he says no to the other quadrants. Quadrant 2 things to do include: planning, doing exercise, building relationships and reading.
4. OTHER: other attributes of leaders is to be emotionally inteligent and try to find solutions that benefit all parties; this is not easy and it does not imply to let your interests go: you must be brave to defent your interests, to take hard and necessary decisions and to listen and understand others. Finally, leaders must be creative in order to find new solutions and synergies.

When defining a business, there are 3 things to consider: i) what are the customer’s needs and wants, what problem is our business solving; ii) who are those customers, who are we specifically helping and; iii) what technology are we using to solve those issues.

The Mission & Vision are the foundations for the company’s strategy; are the guidelines, the framework, the ground rules established to achieve the company’s goals.

MISSION (why are we here for?)

Is the main ideology of the organization, is the bedrock containing the purpose (reason for being) and the values (ideas, atitudes, thoughts, beliefs etc).

VISION (what do you want to achieve?)

The vision is a challenging aspiration of what you want to be when you grow up. It’s objective is to inspire the organization to work towards a goal in the long-term which is currently beyond their expectations. What are you really passionate about? What can you be best in the world?

OBJECTIVES

Set your vision into objectives. There are eight  objectives that every organization should have:

1. Market Standing
2. Innovation
3. Productivity
4. Financial Resources
5. Profitability
6. Management performance and development
7. Employees performance and attitudes
8. Public Responsability