Indian Leadership Philosophy and the Leader

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Indian Leadership Philosophyand the Leader

Satya Chaitanya


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Indian Leadership Philosophy

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The garbhini as the highest role model

Integrity: sheelam pradhanam purushe

Integrity and Shree

Integrity and Duryodhana

At the same time: Dont let your morals stand in the

way of your doing good Krishna. Satyad jyeyoanritam vachah.


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Nyasa leadership as the path of the heroic

Veerabhogya vasundhara

Dynamism: charaiveti charaiveti


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Self-mastery and leadership: shama, dama, manasam,

tapas

The tree as the metaphor for shama and dama.


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Serenity and the awakening of intell igence.

Ordered flexibili ty. The Book of Five Rings. Tao. The

MB story of Ganga and Sagar. Krishna as an example:his goal is fixed [dharma]; but he is not rigid in his

path. Like a river.


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Speaking of such a leader, the Mahabharata says:


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Kim tasya tapasa rajnah kim cha satyaadhvarairapi;

supali taprajo yah syat sarvadharmavideva sah. [MB

Shanti 69.73] What shall that leader do with tapas, or with vows or

with sacrif icial ri tuals. The one who has looked after

his subjects well, he has already achieved the results

of all sacrifices and rituals. Also, raja kalasya karanam.


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Chanakya on such leadership


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Prajasukhe sukham rajnah, prajanam cha hite hitam;

natmapriyam hitam rajnah, prajanam tu priyam hitam.

In the happiness of his subjects lies the happiness ofthe king; in their good, his good. What he likes is not

what he should do; instead what his subjects like is

his what he should do.


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Rajno hi vratam utthanam, yajnah karyanushasanam;

dakshina vrittisamyam tu, deeksha tasya

abhishechanam. To a king, readiness to action is his religious vow ;

satisfactory discharge of duties is his performance of

sacrifice; equal attention to all is the offer of fees and

ablution towards consecration. [the metaphor ofleadership as a Vedic sacri fice]


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According to Indian perceptions, leadership should

help the leaders and the led grow to their highest

potentials; help the organization maximize itspotentials; do good to all the stakeholders in its widest

sense lokasangraha.

The butterfly effect. What you do has implications you

cannot even imagine.

The carpenters last house


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Thank You!Satya Chaitanya

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