Group members: Muganthan, Shahin, Chanuka, Budika, Steve

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What is Leadership and Leaders?

• LeadershipThe ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve

organizational goals(Dublin 2007)• Leaders

Anyone who is influencing the activities of others towards the achievement of a goal

Characteristics of a Leader

There are three categories for a good leader• Personal traits• Task accomplishment traits• Motives • Cognitive factors

• So lets see these categories briefly and what factors include in these categories for a good

leader

Mahatma Gandhi

Introduction

• Born: 2 October 1869• Died: 30 January 1948(78 years), New Delhi of India• Born Place: Probandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India• Cause of death: Assassination• Education: university college London• Known for: Prominent figure of Indian independence

movement, propounding the philosophy of Styagraha and Ahimsa advocating non-violence, pacifism

• Religion: Hinduism • Other names: Mohandas Karamchand

Is Mahatma Gandhi Good leader?

To identify his leadership qualities lets compare him against the leadership theories in

practice……..

Personal Traits

The personal traits which mahatma Gandhi practiced in his life

Effective Leader

Assertiveness

Emotionally stable Enthusiasm Trust worthiness

Self confidence Warmth

Salt March

Continue..Extraversion

Mentoring

Humility

Effective Leader

Traits Examples

Self confidence Salt march- where he marched 388 km to the sea at Dandhi, Gujarat and make salt for himself

Assertiveness Mahatma Gandhi did the all things in a good and a correct way and achieved his goal of, independence for India in 1947

Warmth Mahatma Gandhi was good with all religions people and understand their feelings

Enthusiasm In South Africa’s government came to Gandhi to stop the non-violence and they demanded many benefits to him but he refusedGet the independence from British for India

Emotionally stable From British government many influence can to stop the campaign but he was very stable in his goal

Trust worthiness He always walked his talk and if he give a promise he will do it

Traits Examples

Extraversion He implemented non-violence 1st in South Africa and the Indians followed and adapted it as he toldIn India when he presented his non-violence the people adapted it without fail

Humility Stand for the rights to Indians in South Africa and demanding independence in India from the British emperor.

Mentoring Mahatma Gandhi showed the way to independence for Indians and took the equal rights for South Africans

According to this Mahatma Gandhi had a good and excellent personal traits within him so that is the reason the Indians call him as the

“father of the nation”

Task accomplishment traits

The task oriented traits which mahatma Gandhi practiced in his life

Effective Leader

Courage

Passion

Emotional intelligence Flexibility and adaptability

Internal locus of control

Traits Examples Courage South Africa- Discrimination for black

In the train and Gandhi talked back for his rights, Stagecoach traveling and beaten by the diver because refusing to make room for a European passengerGandhi was jailed many times but he kept going forward

Emotional intelligence Gandhi had many characteristics as self controlled, self confident, inspiration, influence, achievement, developing others and many more.

Passion He had a passion to serve others though he was a lawyer but he gave his heart to public service

Flexibility and adaptability

When British invited Gandhi for the war conference in Delhi he went for it and actively recruited Indians for the war effort

Internal locus of control He never blamed other for the mistakes he took all of them to himself.

Gandhi achieved his task by getting the independence to India and by thinking different

Motives

Motives

Tenacity

Strong work ethic Drive and achievement

Power motive

Motives Examples

Power motive Gandhi had a socialized power motive were he could drive the people towards a goal

Tenacity Gandhi merged the all the people in India as one and spread the message of non-violence among them and he told the “for independence non-violence in the tool”

Strong work ethic Mahatma Gandhi never took weapons to hand although his weapons was the Non-violence Gandhi’s legal background helped him develop great strategies without crossing legal boundaries

Drive and achievements Before Mahatma Gandhi nobody ever thought of resisting the British for the peace but Gandhi had a goal and vision for the dream of independence and he achieved it.

Cognitive factors

The cognitive factors which mahatma Gandhi practiced in his life

Cognitive factors

Insight into people & situations

Knowledge of the task

Farsightedness & conceptual thinking

General mental ability Creativity

Cognitive factors Examples

Farsightedness & conceptual thinking

Gandhi had a broad picture about the future of India and how it will be and how to remake it for a suitable place to get the independence

Knowledge of the task Gandhi had good and a was knowledge about the task of getting the independence this came from this experience in South Africa and in his law knowledge

General mental ability He had a good general knowledge and prohibited his people to see the British as enemies although he told them they are our friends because he knew the power of British through the Zula war

Creativity He was the first person to introduce Satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest

Insight into people & situations

Gandhi had a mind set that he could travel deep into peoples mindExample: huge campaigns, protest, boycott

Leadership style

• Mahatma Gandhi practiced servant leadership

These qualities were within Mahatma Gandhi

Servant leadership qualities

Good Listener

Empathy

Healing

Awareness

Persuasion

Conceptualization

Foresight

Famous leaders who were inspired by Gandhi

• President Barak Obama• Martin Luther King• Steve Jobs• Albert Einstein• Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese leader)• Dalai Lama (Buddhist Leader)• Nelson Medela • Al Gore (vise president of US)• Ceser Chavez (Mexican American farm leader who performed

gandhi style fast for 36 days in 1988)• Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur's, China)

Conclusion

• Mahatma Gandhi was a good leader• He was called as the father of the nation• His birthday would be declared the

“International Day of Non-Violence”• The day of his death would be declared

“Martyr’s Day” in India • He was followed by thousands of followers

and worshiped him as a god

Reference • Leadership with you 2008-2012, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed

date:15/11/2012URL:http://www.leadership-with-you.com/gandhi-leadership.html• Wikipedia, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed date: 09/11/2012 edited date:

07/11/2012URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi • BBC, history figures, viewed date: 08/11/2012URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

gandhi_mohandas.shtml • Gandhi non-violence, viewed date: 10/11/2012URL:http://www.socialchangenow.ca/mypages/gandhi.htm • Garden of praise, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed date: 12/11/2012URL:http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdgandhi.htm

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