LEADERSHIP

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What is leadership? How this leader lead? Why followers followed?

What is Leadership?
Ability to persuade Unify groups of

people Cast visions of goals Motivate and direct Trustworthy and diligent Raise the bar of expectations
Gandhi with followers

Contd.
Leadership is a process where by an

individual influence a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Generally people think that the leadership is a characteristics but as we can see in the above Definition its not a characteristics or a trait that reside within a person while its a process in there are three elements are most important these are influence, group, and goal attainment.

How this Leader Lead?

Strong opponent of

violence Organized non-violent civil resistance Refusal to comply with unjust laws Provoked significant legislative change Guided Bardoili protest and Salt March Won freedom for India from British Empire

The Salt March, 1930

Leadership Style of Mahatma Gandhi

The Father of the Nation is now being held up as the

master strategist, an exemplary leader, and someone whose ideas and tactics corporate India can emulate. Gandhiji reinvented the rules of the game to deal with a situation where all the available existing methods had failed. He broke tradition. He understood that you cannot fight the British with force. So he decided to change the game in a fundamentally different way. He unleashed the power of ordinary people, inspired women and men in the country to fight under a unifying goal. Resource constraint did not bother him. He aimed at a common agenda: Poorna Swaraj. That was the motivation.

Contd..
Gandhi's leadership style is being termed as 'follower-centric' and one that took into account

existing conditions before determining the strategy. Gandhiji advocated having leadership styles that were dependent on the circumstances. When Gandhi was in South Africa, he launched his protests in a suit and a tie. But when he came back to India, he thought of khadi and launched non-violent protests on a greater scale, It shows that Gandhijis leadership style was Situational leadership style.

Contd
look at the Dandi march. If Gandhi had gone there quietly, it would just not have made an impact. He

knew he had to create an event to make an impact and so he took his followers on a march that stirred popular imagination of the time. He had a total understanding of the human psychology and used it along with his public relation skills. In business, empowerment is all about making sure everyone is connected to the organization's goals. Gandhi has a way of doing that making sure that everyone in the cause is connected to the goal.

Contd..
there is a thinking that capitalism is not

just about creating wealth, but you have to take care of the shareholders and stakeholders, too. Many years ago, this emphasis on the interests of the stakeholders was labeled socialism. So, Gandhi's ideas and the lessons learnt from him are not totally different from what corporate India would.

Contd
It is very important that leadership is about the

follower not the leaders The leader should make his/her followers feel proud to be part of the team and to make them feel that they are an essential part of the team. Good leaders make people feel that they are at very heart of things , not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization, when that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.

Why Followers Followed?

Love, truth, and

forgiveness Eliminated unjust hierarchies Built bridges between communities Promoted religious harmony Identified with poor masses Lead by example Worldwide influence

Gandhi With Charakha