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