Level 5 LeadershipTeam 4

Andrew McDonaldKaty NeelyMatt Tevis

Hunter PondShelly Brown

Level 5 LeadershipAn individual who

blends extreme personal humility with intense professional will.

Channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company.

Role boards play (CH. 9)

Darwin SmithTurned Kimberly-

Clark into the leading paper based consumer products company.

Outperformed Proctor Gamble, Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard, GE

Setting up Successors for SuccessDavid MaxwellKey trait of level 5 leaders: ambition first and

foremost for the company and concern for its success rather than one’s own riches and personal renown.

In over 75% of the comparison companies, Collins found executives who set up their successor for failure or chose weak successors.

“Biggest Dog” syndrome

Colman MocklerHumility + Will =

Level 5CEO of GilletteFought against

takeover threats for short term profit.

The Window and the MirrorLevel 5 leaders look out the window to

apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well. At the same time, they look in the mirror to apportion responsibility , never blaming bad luck when things go poorly

Leaders of comparison companies did just the opposite.

A Compelling ModestyGood-to-great leaders are often described as quiet,

humble, modest, shy, gracious and mild-mannered The 11 good-to-great CEO’s are some of the

greatest of our century, however, rarely talked about, including:George Cain, Alan Aurtzel, David Maxwell,

Colman Mockler, Darwin Smith, Jim Herring, Lyle Everingham, Joe Cullman, Fred Allen, Cork Walgreen and Carl Reichardt

“Seemingly ordinary people quietly producing extraordinary results” p.28

The Two Sides of Level 5 Leadership

Cultivating Level 5Some of the leaders in Collin’s study had

significant life experiences that sparked their maturation. I.E.

Darwin Smith- CancerJoe Cullman- WWII experiencesColman Mockler- Found Christianity Collin states “Level 5 leaders exist all around

us, if we just know what to look for. Look for situations where extraordinary results exist but where no individual steps forth to claim excess credit.” (p. 37)

New Generation of Executives vs. Celebrity CEO’s“Shattering the Myth of Celebrity CEOs” by

Richard Lepsinger“The Quiet CEOs” by Karen Miller