2. What is leadership? Are leaders born? Am I a leader? How should we emerge us as a leader? What are the initial steps to go for long run? What is empowerment? What should a leader follow? What should be our aim as a leader?
3. What is leadership? Holding Power Represent a community One man credit Uncontrollable thought International Revolution Path to new generation leadership is the art of empowering a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal
4. Are the leaders born? Mother Teresa ( The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 ) was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje August 26, 1910. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta. She devoted herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Although she had no funds, she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children. Soon she was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial support was also forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of her work. By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in "The Missionaries of Charity" in more than 40 countries.
5. Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa. Subhas Chandra Bose was the ninth child among fourteen siblings. Subhas Chandra Bose was a brilliant student right from the childhood. He topped the matriculation examination of Calcutta province and graduated with a First Class in Philosophy from the Scottish Churches College in Calcutta. He was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekananda's teachings and was known for his patriotic zeal as a student. To fulfill his parents wishes he went to England in 1919 to compete for Indian Civil Services. In England he appeared for the Indian Civil Service competitive examination in 1920, and came out fourth in order of merit. However, Subhas Chandra Bose was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, and left his Civil Services apprenticeship midway to return to India in 1921
6. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. Though diminutive in physical stature he was a man of great courage and will. He successfully led country during the 1965 war with Pakistan. To mobilize the support of country during the war he coined the slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan". Lal Bahadur Sastri also played a key role in India's freedom struggle. He led his life with great simplicity and honesty and was a great source of inspiration for all the countrymen. There is a very famous incident regarding Lal Bahadur Shastri's childhood which took place when he was six years old. One day, while returning from school, Lal Bahadur and his friends went to an orchard that was on the way to home. Lal Bahadur Shastri was standing below while his friends climbed the trees to pluck mangoes. Meanwhile, the gardener came and caught hold of Lalbahadur Shastri. He scolded Lal Bahadur Shastri and started beating him. Lal Bahadur Shastri pleaded to gardener to leave him as he was orphan. Taking pity on Lal Bahadur, the gardener said, "Because you are an orphan, it is all the more important that you must learn better behavior." These words left a deep imprint on Lal Bahadur Shastri and he swore to behave better in the future.
7. It ain’t as bad as you think, it will look better in the morning Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision Don’t make some one else’s decision Don’t take counsel of your fears Avoid having your ego Get mad, then get it over Perceptual optimism is a force multiplier It can be done Remain calm, Be kind Share credit Have a vision, be demanding Check small things Be careful whom you choose Leadership Basics
