This is a Story of a Successful Leader

A small town boy from Ranchi, Jharkhand made his way the biggest stage of cricket...

Making the biggest dream come true for 1.20 billon cricket fans

And took India on a top of CRICKET World…..

Over one billion shareholders watch him deliver annual result with heady expectations of record breaking profits and revenue. Each shareholders thinks he can run the company better.

The Captain of Indian cricket Team delivered a dream result for his shareholders, the joys of which surpassed the benefits of any dividend or bonus.

Dealing with different team members….

LegendExperienced

DestructiveAggressive

One must keep in mind that when dhoni took over, Dravid and Tendulkar were Stars

“I am the Captain but you are far better and senior than me”.

M.S.D.

Sachin T.

Dealing with different team members….

“

K Ramkumar

Executive Director

ICICI

This is something to be cherished. A statement like this makes senior secure. It’s an important quality from a great leader to recognise the extremely capable in the team, rather than feeling insecure about their presence.

”

Dealing with different team members….

Positive Manipulation – Support with a stick

When Dhoni comes out and tells the media that Zaheer Khan is a great bowler and he will deliver, he is being positively demanding.

Zaheer Khan

Dealing with different team members….

The confidence expressed in public puts positive pressure.Some leaders do this by invoking fears.

“Team building is just a part of the Job”

In context to corporate world

V.Sehwag

Dealing with different team members….

Dhoni never ask sehwag to change his batting style though he played some risky shot in the start of his Inning.

He always push him as a GAME changer.

And Records says that he is only Indian to Score 300+ consecutive occasions.

Shreesant

Dealing with different team members….

“When you are representing your country, you try your best to win games... but you always have to be on the right side of that line,” Dhoni

Dhoni always calmed Sreesant, the message was clear Irritate opposition, not your own team. And utilises his aggression for the benefit of the team.

Dealing with the competitors and handling volatile

situations

Top marks for innovatingg and experimenting Nehra for Ashwin | Raina in for Pathan

“ Getting the best of your team doesn’t mean you don’t face tough situation yourself .

Dhoni isn’t afraid to put himself on the firing line even at the risk of personal failure – as he proved in the final.

”

In context to corporate world

• Leading by being part of your TEAM.

• Building the Team & Acceptance as the trusted Leader.

• Strategizing smartly using the resources available.

• Have enormous self belief and self confidence.

• Humility is at the hallmark of his leadership style.

What are the main

traits

that Dhoni has in

his

leadership style ?

• Operates unflappably to ensure that all are grounded.

• Keep cool, focused & determined.• Always ready to lead from the front

specially when in crisis.• Be In present and not in past.• Gives straight feedback without

any malice.

What are the main

traits

that Dhoni has in

his

leadership style ?

Dhoni understands the pulse of each player in team India.

He leads players Sachin Tendulkar, Murali Vijay only by being part of the team.

Gave opportunity to Yuvraj Singh to play world cup when his competency was questioned.

Leading by being part of your TEAM

Building the Team & Acceptance as the trusted Leader

Dhoni has build a image and charisma of the trusted leader with his down to earth, simplistic approach, personal standards of excellence and natural motivational ability.

People know there is no hidden agenda or politics behinds his actions or thinking. What you see is what you get.

Building the Team & Acceptance as the trusted Leader

Dhoni utilizes every team member at his disposal and brings out the best performance whether he is a senior or junior player.

He provides opportunity for every team member to prove themselves and contribute to the best of their abilities whether it is Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Nehra, Ashwin,etc

Another learning from Dhoni is about, optimal utilization of resources, which is vital for any business.

Instead of giving excuses for lack of best resources, especially with the current scenario economic crisis, it is better to perform in whatever resources a leader has to his disposal.

Strategizing smartly using the resources available

MSD has used his resources brilliantly whether it is using the weak bowling attack, the vast experience of Sachin, the picking the sharp brains of Sehwag, Zaheer Khan or the coach and support staff.

He also trusts his gut instinct to visualize the end result and achieve it even if it meant going against the conventional or traditional methods.

Strategizing smartly using the resources available

MSD has enormous self belief on himself and his team members to take the risk and shock the competition.

This results in team members having great self-confidence and giving their best. Also this helps in admitting the mistakes and moving on to make amends.

MSD has enormous self belief on himself and his team members to take the risk and shock the competition.

This results in team members having great self-confidence and giving their best. Also this helps in admitting the mistakes and moving on to make amends.

Have enormous self belief and self confidence

He has dared to play Nehra in the semi-finals against Pakistan ( much against popular sentiments and naïve logic) and took a chance with the temperamental Sreeshanth in the finals or opening up the bowling with Ashwin.

He was candid enough to admit that in the semi-finals he read the wicket wrong hinting that he did gamble in the team selection

Strategizing smartly using the resources available

When Ganguly was playing his last match, as a gesture of respect, Dhoni asked Ganguly to take charge of the team. Whenever he has an opportunity, he showers his players with praises.

He was candid enough to admit that in the semi-finals he read the wicket wrong hinting that he did gamble in the team selection

Humility is at the hallmark of his leadership style

In most pictures that the press published, of the winning team taken MSD is conspicuously missing or relegated to the background just reinforcing his humility in acknowledging collective team effort.

Humility is at the hallmark of his leadership style

As opposed to the current trend of aggressive, credit snatching, attention grabbing leaders; MSD like the perfect leader lets his team members believe that they achieved it themselves.

Leaders need to be assertive yet humble and must rarely allow their personal egos to be an obstacle for the success of their organization and that’s what M.S. Dhoni showing us through his current leadership style.

In context to corporate world

And the success story continues the new rejuvenated and confident team India is there to conquer every aspect of game.

Indian team was never so confident as it looks now because the way dhoni has tuned team India under his leadership…….

Operates unflappably to ensure that all are grounded

MSD is never animated nor excited no matter what the situation is. This makes him an exceptional leader, for controlling ones emotion under stress and thinking clearly under the crisis is the mark of the excellent leaders.

The calm manner in which he readily agreed to taking the toss a second time when there was a mix up in the toss in the final.

Giving Sreesanth’s 8 overs despite having alternatives, promoting himself in the batting order despite having a poor run with the bat are testimony to his maturity and temperament.

Operates unflappably to ensure that all are grounded

Keep cool, focused & determined

Dhoni always speaks with respect for other teams & criticizes his co players in a nice way only post match instead of on field.

He takes criticism but always converts it into positive energy and lets his performance speak.

Always ready to lead from the front specially when in crisis

Sometimes a leader has to take charge and lead by example. The leader gains respect by walking the talk and showing to the team members that he is ready to face the fire.

By promoting himself in the batting order over Yuvraj Singh in the final inspite of his poor form as it would help the team (having let hand-right hand combination) he took charge out there in the centre and lead by example.

In the post match ceremony mentioning that the coach endorsed his decision to bat higher up in the order, he recognized the contribution of the coach Gary Kirsten and valued his counsel.

Always ready to lead from the front specially when in crisis

Be In present and not in past

 

Lot of the leaders boast about their past achievements or give their own examples when they were of their team members age or experience.

Also, he has mentioned at several forums that he believes to live in the present and not worry about future or past.

 

Be In present and not in pastBe In present and not in past

  

According to him -• “It doesn't matter whether people say we

are the best team or not or whether we have won or lost the previous match. In every match, one has to start from the scratch.

• It is important that we carry the momentum in the game. During the series we had the motivation, we had the plans and most importantly we executed those plans well”

In acknowledging Gambhir’s crucial innings in the finals, he was candid enough to articulate that he would have loved Gambhir to have got a century but that Gambhir had only himself to blame for getting out.

Similarly he intervened to pull up Sreesanth when Graham Smith complaint of Sreesanth passing personal comments to him.

Gives straight feedback without any malice

Gives straight feedback without any malice

A leader should give frank feedback both positive and negative. He should be careful enough to focus on the issues rather than on the person.

In case of failure, encourage him / her to introspect and do it next time with more vigor and better planning.

The inaugural of Twenty20 in 2007 was crowned to India under his lead .

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

Take India to No. 1 Position in Test Ranking.

Raising the Bar

Kapil dev was only world cup winning captain of India Dhoni broke the barrier in 2011.

Raising the Bar

Won 2 IPL finals in four years.

.

IPL WIN

Achieving the Impossible

Test victory in Australia

20-20 WC WIN

Who says Hard Work wouldn’t pays you ?

Dhoni is on the Top of the Richest Cricketers in the World.

Youth Icon of India

SUMMARY

1. Forward Looking

2. Ability to motivate people

3. Ability to stand against critics

4. Cool and Calm

5. Team first

So Any leader must learn these qualities from DHONI, Some of closely observed and appreciated qualities are:

Thank You