What is leadership?

leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal 1. INTRODUCTION A person who didnt ruled any army, Who didnt had any political power, Who didnt belong to any elite family Who was not an industrialist But Had a great influencing power Determination to go with his principles And had a goal of independence AS OUR LEADER. 2. FATHER OF THE NATION Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Gandhi was born in Oct 2, 1869 into a family of royalty He was called by the people MAHATMA which means great soul. The people also called him BAPPU the father. 3. At the age of 13, Gandhi was married through his parents arrangements to Kasturba Makhanji. THEY had four sons harilal, manilal, ramdas and devdas At the age of 18, Gandhi went to University College London to train as an attorney. 4. Life in south Africa He went to South Africa to pratice Law in 1893 South Africa changed Gandhi dramatically, as he faced the discrimination commonly directed at blacks and Indians. He founded the Natal Indian Congress in 1894 to improve conditions of Indians there. He was refused admission to hotels, beaten up when he refused to give up his seat to a white man on a stage coach.. He was also thrown off a train when he refused to move to a third class compartment, although he had paid for a first class ticket. 5. This led him into politics as he fought for the rights of the Indians in South Africa. He used his tactics of massive civil disobedience and in the end, he forced the South African General to come to a compromise with him. 6. In 1915, Gandhi returned from South Africa to live in India. Upon his return to India, he organized poor farmers and laborers to protest against oppressive taxation and widespread discrimination. Non-cooperation and peaceful resistance were Gandhi's "weapons" in the fight against injustice.

7. Gandhi started many movements while fighting from freedom - Quit india movement - Salt Satyagraha movement - Non co-operation movement Salt satyagraha was a famous among them, Dandi march - Gandhi launched a new satyagraha against the tax on salt in March 1930, marching 400 kilometres from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself. This campaign was one of his most successful at upsetting British rule; Britain responded by imprisoning over 60,000 people. The effect of salt march were felt across. By leading the salt march he showed qualities of a determined leader who led from the front by taking salt as an metaphor. He also sent a message to Britisher that he wont tolerate injustice.

8. LEADERSHIP LESSONS BY GANDHI Lesson # 1 : Continuous learning and improvement Gandhi always told his followers that if two of his sentences contradict each other and if they thought he was sane at that time (!), please ignore the first one and accept the second one. This reflects his learning and growth mindset, as well as anticipation of his followers needs. As an added corollary, rigid consistency was not one of his traits! Lesson # 2 : Looking at each person just as a human being Be quick, be brief, be gone! Personal meetings with Gandhi were very short, generally lasting a couple of minutes. However, in those minutes people felt that Gandhi made them feel as if they were the only person in the world that Gandhi would have liked to talk at that time. Lesson # 3 : Being an excellent listener Gandhi was not a very skilled public speaker; generally he was believed to be quite average. On the other hand, he was an exceptional listener of both the articulated and the unsaid. He seemed to be practicing seeing with your ears. Lesson # 4 : Balancing value-driven vision and execution efficiency A leader with vision has a clear, vivid picture of where to go, as well as a firm grasp on what success looks like and how to achieve it. But its not enough to have a vision; leaders must also share it and act upon it.A leader must be able to communicate his or her vision in terms that

cause followers to buy into it. He or she must communicate clearly and passionately, as passion is contagious. Lesson # 5 : Being the conscience keeper Non-cooperation was one of the key political movements that Gandhi initiated and led. Gandhi aborted the movement saying a key tenet of the movement, non-violence, was violated, and that in his opinion we are not ready for self-rule. A related trait for Gandhi was his belief that the end did not justify the means. He was insistent about purity of path in order to achieve desired goal. Lesson # 6 : Heavy emphasis on self-awareness and discipline As you grow in self awareness, you will better understand why you feel what you feel and why you behave as you behave. Self discipline is the training of your mind to control, perceived harmful, urges, and to continue to control these urges until a satisfactory resolution has been sought. Self discipline is a skill and once you get to grips with it, it can alter your life. Lesson # 7 : Emphasis on path and result Mahatma Gandhi was the great leader. He had chosen a path of non-voilence for himself and his followers. All his life he fought against the imperial powers only with the weapon of nonvoilence. This gave us straight to fight without weapons. And due to this we are here and ready to face any problem. Its also necessary to be clear as to what are the outcomes of effective leadership. Lesson # 8 : Be open-minded Always keep things in perspective. Do not dismiss others or anything big or small without giving a try. We never know where the next cool or useful idea may come from. 9. Four Cornerstones of the Foundation of Ethical Leadership : -Truth Telling All men recognize the right to revolution that is the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government when its tyranny and efficiency are great and unendurable. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is forever. But we love better to talk about it Millions had read Ruskin and Thoreau and agreed with them. But Ghandi took words and ideas seriously, and when he accepted an idea in principle he felt that not to practice it was dishonest. How can you believe in a moral or religious precept and not live it? -Promise Keeping -Fairness ahimsa, karma yoga, satyagraha

-Respect for the individuals Ahismsa meant that the British the oppressors were to be throught of as human beings. Granted they were adversaries, opponents. But that did not give license to hate.

10. EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP BY GANDHI

Truth v/s Humanity BY VEER ALAM

Intrepidity Jagirdar: Gandhi is always surrounded by dozens of people otherwise I will kill him if I find him alone. Gandhiji heard it by someone and didnt say anything except asking the address of that Jagirdar. At 5 O clock in the next morning, Gandhiji reached at his house. Jagirdar got surprised by looking Gandhiji

11. FAILURES OF GANDHIJI -Recruiting Indian soldiers for the British war effort in 1914-18. - Committing the mobilisation potential of the freedom movement to the Khilfat agitation in 1920-22 -His autocratic decision to call off the mass agitation for complete independence in 1931 - Taking a confused and wavering position vis--vis India's involvement in World War 2

-Taking a confused and wavering position vis--vis the Partition plan, including false promises to the Hindus of the designated Pakistani areas to prevent Partition or at least to prevent their violent expulsion -Refusing to acknowledge that Pakistan had become an enemy state after its invasion of Kashmir, by undertaking a fast unto death in order to force the Indian government to pay Pakistan 55 crore rupees from the British-Indian treasury Gandhi ji made several mistakes. He made as many mistakes as we make In our life. HOW TO AVOID MISTAKES? Self-Evaluation Find your Mistake Tell your Mistake Understand your Mistake Feel the pain of your Mistake Do realization Take a Promise not to repeat it again Be rigid on it Move towards the Truth

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conclusion Overall gandhi was an extremely influential and inspirational person . he showed people that if they stand up for themselves ,they can definitely accomplish anything they strive to achieve. Though his acts of satyagraha,he showed that his principles of toleration ,truth,nonviolence ,and perseveverance will trimuph over evil every time.although his assassination was the end life ,it was just the beginning of a legacy