This week’s lecture is about Level 5 Leadership. Level 5 Leadership is a leadership style that is introduced by Jim Collins. Its goal is to achieve good to great. The first level leader is highly capable individual. To move on to second level, leader contribute to team member. On level three, the leader will become a competent manager. The level 4 is effective leader. But the best leader is level 5 which is executive. In level 5 leadership, the leader is not only high rank but he is also thinking about others. It is a combination of personal humility and professional will, create legacy and produce more leader, humble and produce sustainable future. Level 5 leadership is not show-off but participate in the work. They give credit to others and take responsibility to the poor decision. Level 5 leader don't take credit for good while avoid responsibility of bad. The ideology of level 5 leadership is like Yin-Yang. There are first side and second side of Level 5 leadership, first professional will which the leader creates good result, demonstrate unwavering resolve, having sets the standard and always look out the window. The second side of Level 5 leadership is personal humility which the leader demonstrates compelling modesty, be calm and quiet, channel ambition into company instead of himself and look inside the window. The truth even though it's brutal, has to be told to follower. Hedgehog concept is a concept where one focus on what he does best. To decide the thing to do, it has to match passion, economic engine and if you being best at it. Next culture of discipline is also vital to move from good to great. The though, action and people have to be relevant. Next, do not use technology to follow the trend but be the pioneer of selected technology to enhance the performance.

In this week, I learn about another level of leadership. With concept of level 5 leadership, I learn that being an effective leader is only on the 4th level. To be a great leader, one has to achieve the 5th level which is a high rank leader but also thinking of other, respect other, take responsibility of his own mistake and have a low-ego.