Leadership

Alright, it has been a while that I blogged. Few people told me that they read my blog; great! It inspired me to come back and write more!

As a child or even as a teenager I used to wonder why do leaders get the importance that they do get. Nitish Kumar for example, is a simple man - I could be the chief minister of Bihar as well! What is the difference? I could be a leader as well.... in fact I did - I was a student leader all along my life. The real leadership role that made me realize the leadership importance was at my Engineering College. Let us talk about it some other day.

Next leadership role I was with was at Entelligentia - I was not so good as a leader. I lacked communicating; I lacked leading the team to a successful venture. I was extremely fortunate to have 5 excellent partners - Boni, Mahesh, Jagadeesh, Raveesh and Sunu, who are also excellent leaders. I am fortunate because they accepted a sacrifice at the end of the venture.

Leaders are unique in their own way. I always want to learn what makes a person a good leader. Influence is probably one of the most characterizing qualities of a leader. Be it influence through hard work, or influence through speech, writing, demonstrated work, thoughts, charisma - what not.

Somebody once said - the power of faith and love are unbeatable. Leaders may be those who generate enormous amount faith in something and stand by it. Be it a country or an issue. Look at Advani and Ram Mandir. No leader other than Advani could so easily be associated with Ram Mandir. Leaders may be somebody who stand by their beliefs. Look at George Bush. No leader other than George Bush could be associated with war on terrorism. Look at Narayana Murthy with Indian IT industry. Look at Manamohan Singh with liberalization. Look at Mahatma Gandhi with non-violent war. Look at Budha with Nirvana. Look at Romeo with love. John Doer with Venture Capital. Everyone had one faith and they stood by it to become leaders.

Well.... my learning continues. May be somebody will standby for entrepreneurship in India and transform.