‘He Ram’, the old man gasped, as his life ebbed from his body. A dull silence settled in the room, as the old man’s spirit fled, his life taken by an assassins’ bullet. ‘He Ram’ translated from the Hindu language, meant ‘Oh God’. Thus, Mahatma Gandhi, who had watched his nation unfold, had become a martyr, for the freedom of his people.
To his followers; he remained immortal in their hearts. His life, a testament to the power of influence, while showing respect for his fellow man.
Gandhi was a leader, who …

Mark is a sales manager of a housing company. As the company prepares to launch a large scale state of the art residential apartment, plans have been made to carry out an ambitious 72 hours sales initiative, where the sales agent of Mark’s team will take turns and take positions at various locations in the city which enjoys high traffic and aggressively promote the upcoming launch of the apartment, with the goal to achieve sales of eighty percent of the units available.
On the day of the launch, however, Mark was …

“Leadership by Example” is a phrase that can often be found on the creeds and pledges of many military organisations all around the world, and for a very good reason. Due to the unlimited liability of military leaders, the responsibilities for not just the careers and development of the soldiers under them but the very lives of their subordinate, they are placed in a position where their leadership skills and abilities are of utmost importance, and leading by example may well make a difference between a successful mission and a …

Countless articles have been written on the topic of “Leadership by Example”. This just goes to show that leadership by example is not just the more desired form of leadership (though not necessarily the most practiced) but also a more productive style of leadership. However, while these articles address the sheer necessity of leading by example, only a handful of these actually show us how we can take action to lead by example. In this leadership lesson on leading by example, we shall examine five areas of our workplace where …

Among the numerous leadership qualities that are desirable in a leader is leadership by example.
I believe that some time in our life, we may come across two leaders who hold the same intent of, say, enforcing a particular standard. The first goes about doing this by an ‘imperial edict’ style, announcing publicly that everyone would henceforth have to comply with the mentioned standard. All well and good, but soon everyone was taken aback when they realize that the leader completely ignores his own words and undermine his own standards. This …