Leadership Portfolio

Davinder Blagan

B.S. Pharmacy 2nd Year

South SEED-LPDH College

KATRINA KAIF (ACTRESS/MODEL)

1.Entertainment

Birthday: 16th July, 1984

Nationality : British(Is half English and

half Indian.)

Occupation : Actress, model

Katrina was born in Hong Kong to a

Indian Kashmiri Father, Mohammed

Kaif and English mother, Suzanne

Turquotte. Her parents got divorced

when she was very young. She is

having seven siblings.

She was voted the sexiest Asian

women in the world by Eastern Eye in

year 2008, 2009 and 2010. Being a

British citizen, she works in India on

an employment visa.

HobbiesModelling, Traveling and

Partying

She was voted at the No. 1 spot in

FHM India’s 100 Sexiest Women in the

World poll.

Success Story

• Inspirations come in all shapes and sizes. One of them is Katrin Kaif, she began her career in 2003 in a super disaster film with Boom ,. And for three years after that she did not dub any dialogues in her movies, be it Sarkar or Maine PyarKyon Kiya simply because she could not emote in Hindi, a language alien to her because of her British upbringing. Despite her linguistic shortcoming within a short span of 5-7 years she has become one of the most successful actresses in the Hindi film industry. Many amongst us try /start something that we have no knowledge of. Worse we wouldn’t even understand the nitty gritties. But if we are willing to work hard and smart like Katrina, there is no reason why we can’t become a successful manager/leader.

Leadership Lesson

• Background and past do not matter; what matters is what you do with your present.

• Don�t be discouraged by failures, instead learn from them.

• Find yourself a mentor and be willing to learn.

• Only �attitude�matters; rest is just a matter of details.

Failure

She could not emote in Hindi(Indian language), a language alien to her because of her British upbringing.

She is yet to adjust to the expectations of Bollywood. Heroines here are expected to be self-sacrificing goddesses of virtue. While new age cinema directors have started to experiment with roles, the traditional conditions set for heroines still largely influence the way they behave on screen.

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU(1ST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA)

2. Politics

Famous as: First PM of India & Freedom FighterNationality: Indianreligion: Hindupolitical ideology: Indian National CongressBorn on: 14 November 1889Born in: AllahabadDied on: 27 May 1964 ADplace of death: New Delhifather: Motilal Nehrumother: Swaruprani Thussu (1868–1938)siblings: Vijaya Lakshmi, Krishna HutheesingSpouse: Kamala Nehruchildren: Indira Gandhieducation: Trinity College, Cambridge (1907 – 1910), Harrow School, Inns of Court School of Lawawards: 1955 - Bharat Ratna

Leadership Lesson

• Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

• Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

• A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Success Story• In 1919, while traveling on a train, Nehru overheard British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer

gloating over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The massacre, also known as the Massacre of Amritsar, was an incident in which 379 people were killed and at least 1,200 wounded when the British military stationed there continuously fired for ten minutes on a crowd of unarmed Indians. Upon hearing Dyer’s words, Nehru vowed to fight the British. The incident changed the course of his life.

• Nehru joined the Indian National Congress, one of India's two major political parties.. It was Gandhi's insistence on action to bring about change and greater autonomy from the British that sparked Nehru's interest the most.

• The British didn't give in easily to Indian demands for freedom, and in late 1921, the Congress Party's central leaders and workers were banned from operating in some provinces. Nehru went to prison for the first time as the ban took effect; over the next 24 years he was to serve a total of nine sentences, adding up to more than nine years in jail.

• In 1928, after years of struggle on behalf of Indian emancipation, Jawaharlal Nehru was named president of the Indian National Congress. (In fact, hoping that Nehru would attract India's youth to the party, Mahatma Gandhi had engineered Nehru's rise.) The next year, Nehru led the historic session at Lahore that proclaimed complete independence as India's political goal. November 1930 saw the start of the Round Table Conferences, which convened in London and hosted British and Indian officials working toward a plan of eventual independence.

Failure• Nehru had a total impractical approach to integrating Kashmir with rest

of India. He didn't allow Sardar Patel to deal with Kashmir issue. Patel was quite successful in integrating other troubled regions such as Hyderabad Nizam's province with India.

• Nehru took India as a socialistic nation, in the path of USSR. Patel was firmly capitalistic and Mahatma wanted more rural development. Either of the latter paths could have been beneficial for India. With Nehru's lopsided projects - going for big industries and dams without any rural development, meant people were forced to move to cities, without having enough infrastructure.

• Nehru's works were related to China war of 1962. He was totally unpragmatical. While, Nehru's cronies have virutally silenced his failures in China war, the rest of the world made us into a mocking stock. As Nevile Maxwell put it:hopelessly ill-prepared Indian Army that provoked China on orders emanating from Delhi … paid the price for its misadventure in men, money and national humiliation

MARISSA MAYER(CEO OF YAHOO)

3. Business

•BornMarissa Ann MayerMay 30, 1975 (age 39)

•Wausau, Wisconsin U.S.

•ResidenceSan Francisco CaliforniaPalo Alto, California

•NationalityAmerican

•Alma materStanford

•University(B.S.& M.S.

•OccupationPresident & CEO, Yahoo!Computer programming instructor, Stanford University

•EmployerYahoo!

•Salary$117 million over 5 years;$36.6 million for first six months.

•Net worth $300M USD

•Board member of Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum,New York City Ballet, Jawbone, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Walmart

•]ReligionLutheran

•Spouse(s)Zachary Bogue (m. 2009)

Leadership Quotes

• I don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that.

• If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

• When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

Succes Story• Mayer's 14th job offer came from Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin,

who quizzed her on artificial intelligence while sitting at a ping-pong table that the company used for conferences. In 1999, Google wasn't yet an Internet search giant. In fact, the company had only 19 employees. Upon accepting an offer to lead Google's user interface and Web server teams, Mayer became the company's 20th employee and its first female engineer.

• Her tenure at Google involved work on some of the company's most recognizable and successful products, including Google Maps, Google Earth, Street View, Google News and Gmail. Known as a fashionista with an eye for design, Mayer is widely credited for the unique look and feel that has come to characterize the Google experience. For example, she was responsible for approving each "doodle" (the custom logos commemorating holidays and events) appearing on the Google home page.

• Mayer spent more than a decade at Google accumulating accolades for her work ethic, eye for detail and vision. In a 2008 interview, however, she seemed to be looking ahead to her next act. "I helped build Google," Mayer said, "but I don't like to rest on [my] laurels. I think the most interesting thing is what happens next."

• What happened next for Mayer captured tremendous interest both in Silicon Valley and around the world. In July 2012, she was appointed president and CEO of Yahoo, a company besieged by declining stock prices, layoffs and slowing ad revenue.

Failure

• For Yahoo Mail's 16th anniversary, the company surprised its users with a complete inbox and mail redesign implemented on October 8 — and users think it's a disaster.

• Six days later, thousands upon thousands of furious Mail users are telling Yahoo they are enraged at the removal of key functions, and many report serious technical problems.

• an apparent redesign backfire, Yahoo has removed — or misplaced — essential Yahoo Mail functions.

• Users are outraged that they can no longer organize their Inbox by Tabs or Sort by Sender, they can't view their Folders unless they leave the inbox, new emails are no longer bold, and the delete button is turning out to be disastrously placed next to sender name.

4. EDUCATION

Helen Keller

BornHelen Adams KellerJune 27, 1880Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.

DiedJune 1, 1968 (aged 87)Arcan RidgeEaston, Connecticut, U.S.

OccupationAuthor, political activist, lecturer

Best known for: Accomplishing much despite being both deaf and blind.

Lessons

• The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

• Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Success Story• In March 1887, Sullivan went to Keller's home in Alabama and immediately went

to work. She began by teaching Helen finger spelling, starting with the word "doll," to help Keller understand the gift of a doll she had brought along. Other words would follow. At first, Keller was curious, then defiant, refusing to cooperate with Sullivan's instruction. When Keller did cooperate, Sullivan could tell that she wasn't making the connection between the objects and the letters spelled out in her hand. Sullivan kept working at it, forcing Helen to go through the regimen.

• As Keller's frustration grew, the tantrums increased. Finally, Sullivan demanded that she and Keller be isolated from the rest of the family for a time, so that Keller could concentrate only on Sullivan's instruction. They moved to a cottage on the plantation.

• In a dramatic struggle, Sullivan taught Keller the word "water"; she helped her make the connection between the object and the letters by taking Keller out to the water pump, and placing Keller's hand under the spout. While Sullivan moved the lever to flush cool water over Keller's hand, she spelled out the word w-a-t-e-r on Helen's other hand. Keller understood and repeated the word in Sullivan's hand. She then pounded the ground, demanding to know its "letter name." Sullivan followed her, spelling out the word into her hand. Keller moved to other objects with Sullivan in tow. By nightfall, she had learned 30 words.

Failure• In 1882, however, Keller contracted an illness—called "brain fever"

by the family doctor—that produced a high body temperature. The true nature of the illness remains a mystery today, though some experts believe it might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. Within a few days after the fever broke, Keller's mother noticed that her daughter didn't show any reaction when the dinner bell was rung, or when a hand was waved in front of her face. Keller had lost both her sight and hearing. She was just 18 months old.

• As Keller grew into childhood, she developed a limited method of communication with her companion, Martha Washington, the young daughter of the family cook. The two had created a type of sign language, and by the time Keller was 7, they had invented more than 60 signs to communicate with each other. But Keller had become very wild and unruly during this time. She would kick and scream when angry, and giggle uncontrollably when happy. She tormented Martha and inflicted raging tantrums on her parents. Many family relatives felt she should be institutionalized.

5.PharmacyAlexander

Fleming(Penicillin)

Born6 August 1881Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland

Died11 March 1955 (aged 73)London, England

CitizenshipUnited Kingdom

NationalityScottish

FieldsBacteriology, immunology

Alma materRoyal Polytechnic InstitutionSt Mary's Hospital Medical Scho0lImperial College London

Known forDiscovery of penicillin

Notable awardsFRS (1943)

Nobel Prize (1945)

Knight Bachelor(1944)

lesson

• It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

• One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.• I have been trying to point out that in our lives

chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.

Success Story

• Serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was troubled by his inability to care for infections in deep wounds, where bacteria could thrive beyond the reach of the era's antiseptics. After the war he began searching for a better antibacterial agent, and in 1921 he made a significant breakthrough with the discovery of lysozyme, so named because it lyses (dissolves) microbes. Lysozyme occurs in white blood cells, egg whites, milk, pus, saliva, and tears, and engulfs and digests bacteria, forming a key component in the body's defense system. Though this alone would be enough to secure Fleming's place in medical history, he is far more famous for his second significant breakthrough in September 1928 — the accidental discovery of penicillin.

Failure

• In 1940, Florey carried out vital experiments, showing that penicillin could protect mice against infection from deadly Streptococci. Then, on February 12, 1941, a 43-year old policeman, Albert Alexander, became the first recipient of the Oxford penicillin. He had scratched the side of his mouth while pruning roses, and had developed a life-threatening infection with huge abscesses affecting his eyes, face, and lungs. Penicillin was injected and within days he made a remarkable recovery. But supplies of the drug ran out and he died a few days later.

6. CommunityLance Armstrong, Cyclist and Advocate

(Tireless efforts on behalf of cancer survivors like himself.)

Lance ArmstrongFamous as: Road racing cyclist

Nationality: American

religion: Atheist

Born on: 18 September 1971 AD

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Born in: Plano

father: Eddie Charles Gunderson

mother: Linda Armstrong

Spouse: Kristin Richard

children: Luke Armstrong, Olivia Marie Armstrong, Isabelle Armstrong, Grace Armstrong, Max Armstrong

education: Plano East Senior High, Plano, TX, Dallas, TX (1989)

Founder/Co-Founder: Lance Armstrong Foundation

Works & Achievements: Lance Armstrong is a road racing cyclist, who won seven Tour de France titles consecutively and was stripped off these titles, on account of his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Lessons

• Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

• If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

• If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.

Success Story

• Battling Testicular Cancer• In October 1996, however, came the shocking

announcement that Armstrong had been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Well advanced, the tumors had spread to his abdomen, lungs, and lymph nodes. After having a testicle removed, drastically modifying his eating habits, and beginning aggressive chemotherapy, Armstrong was given a 65 to 85 percent chance of survival. When doctors found tumors on his brain, however, his odds of survival dropped to 50-50, and then to 40 percent. Fortunately, a subsequent surgery to remove his brain tumors was declared successful, and after more rounds of chemotherapy, Armstrong was declared cancer-free in February 1997.

Failure

• Armstrong has been under intense speculation that he had used performance-enhancing drugs from 1999 to 2005 (he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times during this period), but in June 2012, the U.S Anti-Doping Agency brought formal charges against him, threatening to strip the famous cyclist of his Tour titles. on August 24, 2012, the USADA announced that Armstrong would be stripped of his seven Tour titles—as well as other honors he received from 1999 to 2005—and banned from cycling for life. The agency concluded in its report that Armstrong had used banned performance-enhancing substances.

7. SpiritualMOTHER TERESA

Nationality: Albanian, Indian

religion: Roman Catholic

Born on: 26 August 1910 AD

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Born in: Skopje

Died on: 05 September 1997 AD

place of death: Kolkata

father: Nikollë

mother: Dranafile Bojaxhiu

siblings: Lazar Bojaxhiu, Aga Bojaxhiu

Married: No

Works & Achievements: A Noble Peace Prize laureate, Mother Teresa helped the poor and destitute people living in the slums of Kolkata. The Roman Catholic Nun established center for AIDS patients in 1985 and founded Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1969. Her selfless service is recognized worldwide today.

awards: 1962 - Padma Shri1969 - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding1962 - Ramon Magsaysay Award

More Awards-1971 - Pope John XXIII Peace Prize1976 - Pacem in Terris Award1978 - Balzan Prize1979 - Nobel Peace Prize

Lessons• Let us always meet each other with smile, for

the smile is the beginning of love.

• We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

• Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Success Story

• Little did she know that the journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling made by Mother Teresa for her yearly retreat, on September 10, 1946 would transform her life completely.She experienced a call within a call - a call from the Almighty to fulfil His heartfelt desire of serving the ‘poorest of the poor’. Mother Teresa explained the experience as an order from Him, which she could not fail on any condition as it would mean breaking the faith.He asked Mother Teresa to establish a new religious community, Missionaries of Charity Sisters, which would be dedicated to serving the ‘poorest of the poor’. The community would work in the slums of Calcutta and help the poorest and sick people.Since Mother Teresa had taken a vow of obedience, leaving the convent without official permission was impossible. For nearly two years, she lobbied for initiating the new religious community, which brought favourable result in the January of 1948 as she received a final approval from the local Archbishop Ferdinand Périer to pursue the new calling.Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/mother-teresa-24.php#ECIOMvhZr3ly44Pg.99

Failure

• She was dissapointed baecause she wasntable to help all the poor and homeless people who were sick and dying.