What is Leadership and Leaders?

 Leadership
The ability to inspire confidence and support among
the people who are needed to achieve
organizational goals

 Leaders
Anyone who is influencing the activities of others
towards the achievement of a goal
Mahatma
Gandhi
 Introduction

 Born: 2 October 1869

 Died: 30 January 1948(78 years), New Delhi of India
 Born Place: Probandar, Kathiawar Agency, British
India
 Cause of death: Assassination
 Education: university college London
Major works

 Mohandas karamchand ghandhi poularly known

as mahatma gandhi was a major political and
spiritual leader of india
 He led his country in the non cooperation
movement in 1922 ,the salt march in 1930 1942
in the Quit India movement during the struggle
,and later in e for independence,also known for
advocating philosophy of ahimsa and satyagraha
.
SOUTH AFRICA

 Gandhi first experienced racial discrimination

and prejudice directed at indians and the
injustice imposed on them
 This encouraged him to work for the indian
people there
 His idea of non violence and truth developed
and became known as satyagraha
INDIA

To fight famine and poverty Gandhi:

 Made a detailed survey and study based upon
which he began leading the cleaning of
villages
 Encouraged villagers to condemn and
combat many socialevils
 He organised movements which could the
whole country together like Dandi march
,non cooperation , non violence strikes etc
 The jallianwala bagh massacre and the violence
that followed triggered Gandhi’s idea of a self
controlled government
 In 1957 he finally achieved what he wished for
indians independence from the british rule
Leadership style of Gandhi

 He is prominently seen as a transformational

leader
 Transformational leadership enhances the
motivation, morale, and job performance of
followers through a variety of mechanisms

 Gandhi led his followers greatly by example,

and being humble: by living in poor
conditions, just like millions of people in India
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INFLUENCE
 Famous leaders who were
inspired by Gandhi
 President Barak Obama
 Martin Luther King
 Steve Jobs
 Albert Einstein
 Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese leader)
 Dalai Lama (Buddhist Leader)
 Nelson Medela
 Al Gore (vise president of US)
Conclusion

 Mahatma Gandhi was a good leader

 He was called as the father of the nation
 His birthday would be declared the
“International Day of Non-Violence”
 The day of his death would be declared “Martyr’s
Day” in India
 He was followed by thousands of followers and
worshiped him as a god
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