Professor M. S. Rao’s Message to Indians on India’s Republic Day 2015 - India of my Dreams

Dear brothers and sisters of India,

Today we celebrate India’s 65th Republic Day. As a citizen of this great country, it is a great honor to share my thoughts to fellow citizens. Today is the day we must take stock of what we have achieved and yet to achieve to take India forward aggressively as an economic super power in the world.

There are innumerable challenges ahead for our country. There is an urgent need for the Indian youth to build skills and abilities to enhance their employability skills. Globally the baby boomers are retiring and there is an urgent need to build the Indian youth as leaders to fill the gap arising out of their retirement. It enables the Indian youth to undertake leadership roles and responsibilities to lead our nation. It also helps build next generation leaders. There is growing urbanization and there is an urgent need to build homes to the homeless in India. There is also an urgent need to check corruption which has become a cancer to our society. Some of the people are not ethical and most of the money goes into the private coffers of politicians.

India is a land of unity in diversity. To succeed as a nation, we must support secularism. Let us not get carried away by narrow politicians who divide our society in the name of region, religion, language, caste and community. Let us promote fraternity to bring oneness in all of us. Let us be proud that we are Indians first and Indians last.

We need reforms in infrastructure to have a strong infrastructure to enable us to have a strong superstructure. We must understand the fact that whatever has been tried and tested and was successful in the past might not be successful in the future. Hence, we must explore innovative technological tools and techniques to build a strong India.  Additionally, it is essential for us to have good neighborly relations to ensure peace and prosperity.

Indian intellectuals must not be part of the problem. In contrast, they must be part of the solution to overcome the leadership challenges. All stakeholders including intellectuals, educators, government, NGOs and industry must collaborate and work hard earnestly to build a strong India. We must enhance employability skills in Indian students and encourage entrepreneurship in Indian youth. More entrepreneurs mean more opportunities resulting in rapid economic growth. 

India has the potential for consumer consumption and has the ability to deliver the services and products at low cost effectively without compromising the quality. For instance, we have sent the low cost Mangalyan to Mars and demonstrated to the world about our capability and ability to spend the amount less than producing a Hollywood film.

India is blessed with several strategic advantages and strengths. India is gifted with both natural resources and human resources. It is time we realized the importance of human resources dominated by young population and utilized them for nation building. Here are some more strengths of India which no other nation in the world has presently:

• We are proud to say that India is the largest democracy in the world.
• We are proud to say that India has the largest speaking English population in the world.
• We are proud to say that India is a hope for billions of people in the world.  There are a number of people who came to India and made India as their home.  It is the melting pot. India is noted for cultural richness and diversity. 
• We are proud to say that India has the oldest civilization and with the youngest population in the world.

We are strong in mathematics. We are strong in Information Technology. We invented zero. Albert Einstein once remarked, “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”  We teach yoga to the world. We are proud to say that the only nation in the world which is widely watched presently is India. Therefore, we must be proud of being Indians. Without your support, our nation would not have come to this level. Therefore, I speak with conviction that we are going to lead this world.

We have achieved independence with lots of struggles and sacrifices by our forefathers. We must work hard to preserve our hard won freedom to ensure that we take India in a right direction at a fast pace. Let us present India in a positive perspective. Let us work hard to elevate India’s image globally. The world is changing rapidly with changes in technology. We must work hard to keep pace with the world to avail the existing global opportunities to lead India as a global super power.

India is a nation of hopes! India is a nation of aspirations! India is a nation of expectations! Remember, 21st century belongs to India and Indians. India will grow as a power and Indians will grow globally in all spheres spreading India’s greatness. We are blessed with several inherent strengths. We must explore and utilize our strengths to build a strong and vibrant India. Let us look at the door that is opened. Be responsible. Be accountable. Be duty-oriented. Make a difference in the lives of others. Lead India. Lead the world! God bless India.  Jai Hind!

“If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.”  -  Romain Rolland, Roman Scholar

“India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” - Mark Twain

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Professor M.S.Rao’s Message to Indians on Republic Day 2015

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Dear Students, Grow as Global Leaders to Encounter Leadership Challenges and Bridge the Global Leadership Deficit – Professor M.S.Rao

“The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.” – Albert Einstein.

Recently I was interviewed by an eminent newspaper about my Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html  I was asked how I got the idea to create this vision and the need to train only students as global leaders by 2030.

I served in Indian Air Force due to love towards my nation and passion for uniform. I served for some years and acquired several qualifications including DME, BSc, MA, PGDCLL, PGDBM, and MBA. After I left Indian Air Force, I pursued research and earned my PhD in Soft Skills in 2011.  I led a painful life both in defence and civil as I was born into a poor family and encountered innumerable challenges in my personal, professional and social life. While serving in Indian Air Force I acquired knowledge on leadership as military makes the best leaders due to the kind of tough training soldiers receive and the kind of unique challenges they encounter both during war and peace. Hence, I developed passion for leadership. While in Indian Air Force, I did not like the way things were happening in India where we find unscrupulous politicians dividing society in the name of region, religion, caste, and communities. Additionally, lots of money goes into the private coffers of politicians rather than reaching to the poor people in India. I was very much disturbed with the conditions in the Indian society. In fact, corruption has become a cancer to the Indian society. Hence, I thought of training leaders with a global mindset so that they can develop the nation, promote fraternity and work for global peace and prosperity.

After leaving the service, I entered into teaching profession as educational institutions are the ideal places to shape students and equip them with leadership skills and abilities. Second, I focused on students as they are in teenage and they can be molded easily as leaders the way military takes the young people and grooms them as soldiers and leaders. I started getting overwhelming support from students as they were inspired during my teaching and training programs in educational institutions. Students loved me and crowned me with a title, ‘Professor M.S.Rao is Born for the Students’ URL: http://professormsrao.blogspot.com.

As a leadership researcher, I do a lot of research on various leadership styles and how leadership can be used for the benefit of global society. I coined a new leadership perspective ‘Soft Leadership’ which is drawing international attention URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17087126. This new perspective can be applied both to companies and countries to bring prosperity.  During my research I came to know that there is a looming leadership challenge globally due the retirement of Baby Boomers (old people) and the Gen Y (young people) are not geared up with global leadership challenges due to lack of effective leadership development training programs. That means when the experienced aged leaders exit from service there is an alarming leadership vacuum globally as the young inexperienced people are not ready in the leadership pipeline to take up the leadership roles and responsibilities. Although it is a threat globally, I viewed it as an opportunity. I decided to train students as global leaders to enable them to grow with leadership skills and abilities. So far, I have taught and trained more than 25,000 people. I started taking the support of social media to articulate my vision and I regularly post articles and videos URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/profmsr7 in my social media accounts to share my knowledge. Since I belong to Gen X (middle age) I can become the link between the Baby Boomers (old people) and the Gen Y (young people) to bridge this global leadership deficit. I considered my age and experience in military and academia, and above all, my interest in leadership and my passion for students an opportunity to serve students to groom them as global leaders.  Hence, I pray to God to give me health, knowledge, wisdom, strength and lifespan to build one million students as global leaders by 2030.

The interviewer asked me another question whether it is possible for a one man like me to accomplish my vision. I replied that Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela started as an individual but they made a huge difference to the society. Remember, one man can make the difference to the world. That is YOU.

“What the future holds for us depends on what we hold for the future.” –William E. Holler

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If Content is the Hard Skill, Communication is the Soft Skill – Blend them to Achieve Your Leadership Success – Professor M.S.Rao

“If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?” ― Tiffany Madison, Black and White

In one of my leadership development training programs a senior leader asked me whether content is more important than communication. I explained to him as follows:

It is a debatable topic with different views and opinions. It is always the type of topic we take matters a lot in life. What we convey matters more. People are wise to assess whether the person has the content or communication. They may often get attracted by communication initially but ultimately they look at the content. If there is no substance, people won’t take the person seriously. Some people persuade through their communication skills but they must appreciate the fact that it is the content that survives and lasts forever. People fall flat on the ground with communication and without content. It is like style over substance. Ultimately, substance matters more than style. It is true that actions speak louder than words.

There are many leaders in the world who rose due to communication but vanished as they lacked in content. In contrast, there are leaders who lasted for a long time due to their content despite having initial hiccups due to dearth of communication.  Remember, both ‘what’ you speak and ‘how’ you speak are important but at the end of the day what you speak is more important than how you speak.  When you market goods people often look at the external appearance and buy them. If the goods don’t deliver promised results, they lose relevance as there will be no repeat orders. There are authors who write books and market aggressively. Readers may buy once due to marketing strategy but finally they will recommend to others only when the book has the content. They will also read the other titles of the same author if the book has the desired content.

I am an author and wrote 30 books on leadership with two of my award-winning books are the bestselling globally - 21 Success Sutras for Leaders URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI that has been ranked as one of the Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year – 2013 by San Diego University, USA URL: http://www.sandiego.edu/soles/departments/leadership-studies/thought-leadership/book-award.php and  Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be a Learner, Leader, and Ladder URL: http://www.amazon.in/SUCCESS-COAHES-LEARNER-LEADER-LADDER/dp/9351102491  is the Community Award Winner for 2014 by Small Business Trends, USA URL: http://bookawards.smallbiztrends.com/management-2014/success-tools-for-ceo-coaches-8/.  As an author, I create ideas and insights and send the manuscript to my publisher. My publisher gets my manuscripts edited by experts who convey my content effectively through right written communication skills. As an author, I create the best possible content and as an editor, the content gets better communicated to the readers. As a result, my books are sold and I could grow internationally as an award-winning author.  

When we look at American President Abraham Lincoln, he had both content and communication. Communication is essential to reach out to people with a promise. It gives visibility. But it is the content that gives credibility. Both credibility and visibility are essential to achieve professional success in this world. If content is infrastructure, communication is the superstructure. And both are essential to ensure durability and longevity. If content is the hard skill, communication is the soft skill. A judicious blend of both hard and soft skills is essential to achieve your professional success. Hence, both content and communication are two sides of the same coin and one without another doesn’t have any meaning. To conclude, if content is the king, communication is the queen. Both king and queen are essential to rule the world.  

“The 'difference' = What you say you'll do - what you actually do” ― George Akomas Jr

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