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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Editorial
What makes productive leader?
What makes a leader?
Importance of leadership
Leadership crisis
Leaders for the future
Leadership Book
Know your leader
Gentle antennae of leadership
Women leadership
Bits & Pieces
A tribute to bureaucratic leadership
Emotional strength and leadership
Leaders and Managers
Leadership lesson from Bharat Petroleum
Leadership and competitiveness
About Organisation Dynamics
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Leaders for the future
Future is going to be much different from the present. The e-com boom, globalisation, computer technology with human genes, new demand patterns and ever rising competition would need leaders and thinkers at every level in the organisations. In India, do we have many such people who can act like
- Sir Collin Marshall (Ex CEO) of British Airways who transformed the culture of British Airways, from pleasing the boss to pleasing the customer.
- Jack Welch (CEO of GE) who dared to ask "Can you change a punctured tyre while the car is in motion?", he really changed it.
- Alfred Sloan (Ex-CEO of General Motors) who balanced substance with form and used to talk to 10/12 dealers in a day and take corrective measures.
- BarNabe (the CEO of Eni Oil Company of Italy) refused company's house and car, so that he can take stern measures.
- Herb Kelleher (CEO of South West Airlines) who ran the organisation with such love and kindness, that, even, when he dismissed an employee the said employee named his newly born child, "Kelleher".
- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam who thought impossible and made it possible.
- Bill Gates who reduced the number of forms in Microsoft, from 1000 to 60 to improve speed of business processes and administration. He still reads one book every week.
- Sam Walton (founder chairman of WalMart) who saved every single dollar to keep prices low in Wal Mart stores. The company was rated 4th in fortune 500 in 1999, in the list of most admired companies of USA..
- William Mc Knight (Ex CEO of 3M) who taught the lesson of innovation and 3M became the most innovative company in the world.
- Walter Wriston (Ex CEO of Citi Bank) who challenged 'status quo' from the day one, he joined Citi Bank and throughout his career, proved to be a deep listener.
- Lee Ia Cocca (Ex President - Ford & Chairman of Chrysler) who risked to appoint 250 quality executives, even when Chrysler was sinking.
- Gordon Bethune (CEO of Continental Airlines-USA) who turned around the airline from worst to first by using motivational techniques.
In the above list, other than Bill Gates & Sam Walton, all have joined their respective organisation as trainees / first level officers and made a name for their organisation in the world. The future leaders will have to be trained on all these aspects of leadership. Can the Indian organisations develop leadership in their executives / trainees also? Yes, an organised effort can really improve things. We really have only two choices- either develop leadership and grow or continue as it is and perish.
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