The art of The art of supportive leadershipsupportive leadership
Leadership leads peopleLeadership leads people
Never drive them Never drive them
People much more People much more important than anythingimportant than anything
Your conviction make people Your conviction make people persuade youpersuade you
Your vision should Your vision should inspire theminspire them
Not your angry commandsNot your angry commands
Leadership means Leadership means involving othersinvolving others
Vision is primaryVision is primary
Action is secondaryAction is secondary
Leadership is an ArtLeadership is an Art
Should be learned and applied Should be learned and applied sensitively…it is not to be confused sensitively…it is not to be confused
with mere positionwith mere position
Leadership is not a Leadership is not a ego gameego game
Leadership means Leadership means cultivating peoplecultivating people
Not abstractionsNot abstractions
Self importance in a Self importance in a leader is self-defeatingleader is self-defeating
The spirit of a group reflects The spirit of a group reflects the spirit of its leadershipthe spirit of its leadership
The ego is an aidThe ego is an aid
If its energy-flow is toward the job to If its energy-flow is toward the job to be done rather than inward upon itselfbe done rather than inward upon itself
Genuine leadership Genuine leadership demands a resposibilitydemands a resposibility
Not of glamourNot of glamour
Responsibility means Responsibility means thinking in termsthinking in terms
Not of credit or blame, nor of how Not of credit or blame, nor of how one might feel, personally in any one might feel, personally in any
given situationgiven situation
Accepting responsibility Accepting responsibility
Means accepting the duty to find Means accepting the duty to find creative answerscreative answers
Be ready to accept Be ready to accept responsibilityresponsibility
For failure as for successFor failure as for success
Concentrate on the longer Concentrate on the longer rhythms in any projectrhythms in any project
Not on temporary ups and downsNot on temporary ups and downs
Be not so much concerned Be not so much concerned with opinions of others as with opinions of others as
with the truthwith the truth
Be concerned with Be concerned with action with getting action with getting
job donejob doneNot with praise or blame, nor with Not with praise or blame, nor with
your personal reactions..your personal reactions..
Set aside personal Set aside personal desiresdesires
Consider the feelings of othersConsider the feelings of others
Leadership needs openness Leadership needs openness to the feelings of othersto the feelings of others
After all The welfare is the job of After all The welfare is the job of leader..leader..
Leadership means serviceLeadership means service
Don’t give too much attention to the Don’t give too much attention to the position rather than function of position rather than function of
leadershipleadership
Gain the respect from Gain the respect from your followersyour followers
By your skills By your skills
Humility is more important Humility is more important in a leaderin a leader
Than any medal for achievementThan any medal for achievement
Humility is self-honestyHumility is self-honesty
Mahatma gandhi used to travel in 3Mahatma gandhi used to travel in 3 rdrd class during his train travelclass during his train travel
Give your credit to godGive your credit to god
As well as your blamesAs well as your blames
Work with people as they Work with people as they areare
Not as you would like them to beNot as you would like them to be
Be patientBe patient
Understand that it takes time to bring Understand that it takes time to bring people to new points of viewpeople to new points of view
To win loyalty, be loyal To win loyalty, be loyal yourselfyourself
If you want to win guru…you have to If you want to win guru…you have to become guru…become guru…
To win love, first give To win love, first give love yourselflove yourself
In correcting someone first In correcting someone first consider his readinessconsider his readiness
To hear what you have to sayTo hear what you have to say
Common sense is willingness Common sense is willingness to learn from experienceto learn from experience
So use your common senseSo use your common sense
Perfection in human Perfection in human behaviour is not a thing, but behaviour is not a thing, but
a directiona direction
Be willing to admit your Be willing to admit your mistakesmistakes
Be open to other points of Be open to other points of viewview
They can prove better than your ownThey can prove better than your own
Leadership means actionLeadership means action
Not only giving ideasNot only giving ideas
Action generates Action generates creativitycreativity
Also common senseAlso common sense
Encourage to strengthen Encourage to strengthen their creativity and their creativity and
leadershipleadership
Allow them to learn from Allow them to learn from their mistakestheir mistakes
Best to way to learnBest to way to learn
Be willing to compromiseBe willing to compromise
Don’t ask more of people than they Don’t ask more of people than they are able to deliver.. if u want stretch are able to deliver.. if u want stretch
their horizon graduallytheir horizon gradually
Never assign any job that Never assign any job that you wouldn’t be willing to do you wouldn’t be willing to do
yourselfyourself
Invite others supportInvite others support
To become more powerfulTo become more powerful
Work with people’s Work with people’s strengthsstrengths
Don’t think about their weaknessDon’t think about their weakness
Never speak from your own Never speak from your own emotions or private emotions or private
prejudicesprejudicesBut always from sense of justice , But always from sense of justice ,
fairness, and truthfairness, and truth
True success True success
Dreams can be destroyed ,,but never Dreams can be destroyed ,,but never energy itselfenergy itself
Work as much as possible Work as much as possible through othersthrough others
Not directly yourselfNot directly yourself