Ubuntu and Leadership
Creating a Humane Work Environment
Presented by:
Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Ph.D.
President
Leadership Success International, LLC
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Bring Ubuntu into the work place.
 Finding keys to your team.
 Increase your understanding of your team.
 Strengthen your relationships with your team
members.
 Increase your personal power with your team.
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“ I can’t imagine anyone
being effective in business
without having insight into
people.”
Mark McCormick
Author
“What They Don’t Teach You at
Harvard School of Business”
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“A group of highly
Communicative Individuals
from Different
Backgrounds, Ideas, Talents and Skills
Committed to Working Together
for a Common Goal.”
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What is Ubuntu?
It comes from the Zulu word that connotes
“humanity”.
(Ubuntu and the Corporate World)
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“You might have much of the
world’s riches and you might hold
a position of authority, but if you
have no Ubuntu, you do not
amount to much.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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 Humane
 Humble
 Warm
 Hospitable
 Caring
 Giving
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H – Head
H – Heart
H – Hand
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Supportiveness
Cooperation
Solidarity
Communications
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Ubuntu
stresses “WE”
instead of “I”
(We are who we are because of others.)
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What does Ubuntu
have to do with
the corporate
world?
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(Centered on Western Institutions)
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Authoritative.
Individual victories.
Concerned about bottom line profits.
Atmosphere is formal.
Management is unapproachable.
Management is perceived as aloof and detached.
Power is withholding information.
Based on us and them.
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(Centered on African Structures)
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Consensus driven.
Team victories.
Concerned about people.
Atmosphere is informal.
Hierarchy, chief is approachable.
Management is empathetic.
Power is sharing information.
Collaborative relationships.
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Great Leaders Read People
Before They Lead People
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Directors
(The let’s get it done type people)
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Mediator Types
(The let’s get along type people)
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Communicator Types
(The let’s get the big picture type people)
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Monitor Types
(The let’s get it right type people)
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Directors & Monitors are
project focused.
Communicators & Mediators
are people focused.
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Mediator
Monitor
The Peaceful Dove
The Wise Owl
Director
Communicator
The Daring Eagle The Creative Peacock
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Directors
Realist
Daring Eagle
“Get It Done People”
Solution Seeker.
 Love to make decisions.
 Love to take action.
 Love to start and complete projects.
 Doers.
 Energized by change.
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Value: Progress and productivity.
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Mediators
Loyalist
Peaceful Dove
“Get Along People”
Peacemaker.
 Good Teachers and Counselors.
 Focus is on benefit to people.
 Great listeners and great team players.
 Like expressing feelings.
 Slow to change. Likes stability.
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Value: Relationships and cooperation.
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Communicators
Populist
Creative Peacock
“Get the Big Picture People”
Great communicators.
 Sociable, outgoing and flamboyant.
 Optimistic and energetic.
 Like to be center of things.
 Have great ideas, innovative.
 See change as a good challenge.
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Value: Innovation and creativity.
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Monitors
Analyst
Wise Owl
“Get It Right People”
Love to be right and hate to be wrong.
 Like to take time to get things done.
 Wise and analytical.
 Rely on logic to solve problems.
 Cautious about change.
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Value: Problem solving, accuracy and quality.
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“To lead people, walk behind
them. When the best leader’s
work is done, the people say,
‘We did it ourselves’.”
Chinese Philosopher
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