High-5 , Q& A on leadership with Lionel lee

An apt article on leadership in todays time .

Leaders of Tomorrow

Interesting article on Leadership by Ancy Austin in Times of India dated 13th October 2009 . Simple facts but worth emulating .

One Person- one Tree

Simple Motto- each person has to plant a tree and take care of it . He takes additional care of his neighboring tree when the planter is away on vacation . Won't this place be a greener place to Live ?

Olympics 2020- Can India win 20 Gold Medals?

One of the most irritating thing is to see that such a big and talented country like India cannot win gold medals in Olympics ..even the few medals that we have won seems to purely based on individual sacrifices rather than through promotion and support system for sports in the country .
Why such an apathy towards sports?

If we pick up 10000 talents across the country in the age-group 10-15 and train them in some of the sports which can go well with the physique structure of the country , would we be able to at least get 20 winners from them in another 12 years - I am referring to 20 golds in 2020 olympics ?

Surely doable- i feel so ..

Leading like Gandhi-Practice wht you preach .

Subject line might indicate that I am stauch supporter of Mahatma Gandhi . I am not - rather I respect his self-belief and practice of peace . A leader should be able to strongly believe in his principles and demonstrate it . Gandhi advocated Peace . Many of us also believe in peace - but how many times will we not feel like giving back if someone slaps us - Will we show our other cheek ? Very unlikely because instinctively we will feel like hitting back . Gandhi did that because he was a true leader advocating peace .

Thats why i feel Leaders should practice what they preach without any iota of blemish .

Collective Leadership

Some thoughts on collective leadership:

While the concept of HBDI or whole brain thinking is worth emulating for every individual , it is also to be accepted and understood that one cannot exhibit all the necessary qualities required for success as a leader in whole-especially when you look at organizational success.

The concept of collective leadership becomes very relevant here . Each individual of a group takes a leadership position in area of strength and takes a back seat or plays a supporting role otherwise . This helps evolve a winning leadership team . Ofcourse formation of the team is very important . Wrongly formed team or identical pattern of leadersship behaviour in the team will not help . Also uppermost in to-do once the team is formed is the acceptance by each individual to step back at the right time .Mind you - this is not easy since very few human brains of leaders are programmed to accept non-leadership status .
If the leadership team is able to practice this to perfection then Success is guarenteed .

More thoughts in coming days .