Act now to stem the rise of disorder :ET Edits

Must read, act. 

https://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-editorials/act-now-to-stem-the-rise-of-disorder/

Our generation will be judged by the holistic leadership we demonstrate at all levels and manage the chaos. 

We owe it to the country, state, world, ourselves and our future generations. Political leadership is one part of it. We all are leaders, just as we are all followers. 
Let us not allow this to slip further. 

'Act Like a Leader, Think Like a leader'

#Legacy #Leadership 

Does (our) democracy encourage criminal politicians? Knowledge@Wharton Podcast

Does (our) democracy encourage criminal politicians?
- A couple of books are coming out on our political leadership! By Indians in US universities. Thankfully their interests are beyond cricket, movies and 'politics'!!

"In India, the world’s largest democracy, 34% of parliamentary members are involved in criminal cases. Does democracy fuel crooked politicians?"
- And the numbers are only going up!!! In spite of 2003 Supreme Court ruling 
- do we want these modern 'Robinhood', taking care of their self-interests or their little 'vote bank'?
- we are a young democracy, but with a rich heritage
- black money, weak judiciary & institutions are the main problems.

The buck stops with us, every Indian, who vote for these leaders. As educated Indians, we got to strengthen these pillars of democracy & institutions

Check out the podcast : https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/does-democracy-encourage-criminal-politicians/id120724941?i=1000386321018&mt=2

CEOs Just Want To Get Coached - Forbes

Study by Stanford & The Miles Group... It makes a huge difference to hire an external, accredited Coach.

Must read... all CEO's, potential CEO's

CEOs Just Want To Get Coached - Forbes

A related post http://www.ispeaklifecoaching.com/coaching-the-ce/

New Age Transformational Leadership

Interesting write up on Leadership in Indian context:

Drive transformation by abolishing class systems in organisational leadership

Read more: http://forbesindia.com/article/special/drive-transformation-by-abolishing-class-systems-in-organisational-leaderhip/33925/1#ixzz29LYJEcC4

Very true, there is acute shortage of not only 'new age' leadership, but 'all age' leaderships :)
We are still at an early phase of evolution in leadership, I guess. It is still so common to see people address others as 'Sir', in a society where we offer 'Namaste' to the Divinity in others !
We do not appreciate and encourage strong value-system. Rude aggression, lack of empathy, vocal, extrovert etc are the more prominent traits of leadership, across all sectors & levels.
Corporate sector needs to embrace the tenets of new age, transformational leadership. Business leaders & HR department need to play a big role. Business schools and our overall educational system should be receptive to the need for this change. 
A leadership that is essence of our true ethos and values, inspiring & contemporary.
Difficult, but surely achievable.

Next Prez of India

Continuing with thoughts on 'Leadership' from the previous post....

• At work or social group, do we always elect/select/nominate the best candidate ? 
• We always complain about being ignored for obvious promotions! But, when we have an option to select, are we impartial ?
• Do we always rise above our personal prejudices to give the best candidate ? 

       Is that not simple & plain righteousness ??!!

Media is talking about the election of next President of India.

There have been lot of controversies on the current President, sadly :(
Hence, more than usual focus on the election ?

Personally, it has always been more than a passing interest. My dad, a career fauji, would always refer to the then President as his ultimate super-boss. He had some inspiring heads, but few not so inspiring over his 30+ yrs of work-ex!

Pranabda/Nrn Murthy/Meira Kumar/Dr Kalaam/VP, Ansari/Mulayam Singh are the names going around

Interestingly, all the media are 'unanimous' about the most eligible candidate. . . any guess ??
Going through his profile, he surely looks like the best choice.
The obvious choice being discussed... Gopal Krishna Gandhi.

But his name is not prominently discussed in political circles, for 'political' reasons... candidate are considered based on religion/caste/party/et al !!

Can we rise above petty politics and get the best for the job ?? Mr Gandhi or anyone else. But, let us not be unfair to 1.3 billion Indians!

Leadership in Cricket

…. What a difference the change of captain has made. Under Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka looked rudderless and stagnant. Under Mahela Jayawardene, they seem to have found their way again. What's more, Dilshan has rediscovered himself as a batsman too. Jayawardene has said that his appointment is short-term and his immediate goal is to make Sri Lanka win again….

Courtesy : http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/557103.html

Indeed, leadership is so very important in cricket also.

In Indian cricket, Saurav showed exemplary leadership skills. MSD started off very well, but seem to be losing the sheen of late !

Sachin & Dravid were not really successful captains.

Leadership …. Is not easy, surely. But mastering it is the true fun of it !

Happy Leading !