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Professor M. S. Rao’s Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders : “Soft Leadership and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” ―Profe...
Professor M. S. Rao’s Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders : “Soft Leadership and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” ―Profe...: "In the history of the universe, there has been nobody like you and to the infinity of time to come, there will ...
“Soft Leadership and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” ―Professor M.S.Rao
"In the history of the universe,
there has been nobody like you and to the infinity of time to come, there will
be no one like you. You are original. You are rare. You are unique. Celebrate
your Uniqueness." ― Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shanka
We celebrate New Year today. On the
eve of this New Year, we must take a pledge to promote fraternity and universal
brotherhood. To inculcate universal brotherhood, we must create a feeling that
entire world is one family. In India, we call it Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (From
"vasudhā", the earth; "ēva" = indeed is; and
"kutumbakam", family;) is a Sanskrit phrase which means "the
world is one family." Additionally, Indian Vedic literature believes in
universal brotherhood and peace. It
supports strongly in peace and prosperity.
Growing Intolerance Globally
There are a
number of reasons for the current growing intolerance and conflicts globally.
Here are some of them. People are very impatient. They want immediate results.
They lack patience and perseverance. They fail to empathize with others. They
try to prove their point right rather than looking the points from others’
perspective. They want to resort to short cuts leading to conflicts. They want to win their case through win-lose,
not through win-win.
Need for Soft Leadership
The present
global scenario calls for new leadership perspective emphasizing on respect to
all regions, religions, communities, creeds and ethnicities. It calls for a new
leadership perspective involving negotiation and persuasion with an emphasis on
empathy. It calls for partnership, not followership. Hence, this article emphasizes on innovative
leadership “soft leadership” to resolve various conflicts globally through
discussion, dialogue, persuasion and negotiation. This new leadership
perspective can also be adopted to ensure fraternity and universal brotherhood.
What
is Soft Leadership?
Leadership basically depends on three
aspects - how you communicate with others; how you make decisions; and how you
take action. When you can execute these three activities effectively you become
a successful leader. However, to evolve as a soft leader, you must communicate
with an emphasis on soft skills; make decisions by blending your head, heart
and gut; and take action keeping the ground realities and goals in your view
without compromising people-orientation. Hence, soft leadership can be defined
as the process of setting goals; influencing people through persuasion;
building strong teams; negotiating them with a win-win attitude; respecting
their failures; handholding them; motivating them constantly; aligning their
energies and efforts; recognizing and appreciating their contribution in
accomplishing organizational goals and objectives with an emphasis on soft
skills. It is based on the right mindset, skill set, and toolset.
Soft leadership helps unite people of
all religions, races, creeds, and communities into one platform. It helps
greatly to unite people globally into one platform. It helps convert the world
into one family.
When we treat entire world as one
family, all the conflicts in the world will be resolved amicably. When we think that we are the brothers and
sisters of the world, all problems in the world will be resolved. The
differences usually arise when we don’t treat others with respect. The
differences arise when we look at differences, not commonalities.
Conclusion
Hatred doesn’t
have any place in the world. Love is the only way to connect with world. It
breaks all barriers including cultural, racial, religious and community
barriers.
We are all the branches
of one tree. The root is one. The world is our root, branches are the nations
and leaves are the people. Let us appreciate that we all have originated from
one place and we all belong to one family. To summarize, the whole world is one
family. We are separated by regions, nations, and boarders. People remain the
same at the core level. The children are born innocent but the environment
brings them up as per their faiths, regions, religions and nations. Hence, let
us focus on bringing the children with a global mindset with a universal
brotherhood to achieve the ultimate objective of global peace and prosperity.
God bless the world!
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015
“Happy New Year 2016 ― Emphasize on Full Stop, not Comma to Achieve Success in Your Life” ―Professor M.S.Rao
“Leaders think and talk about the
solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” — Brian Tracy
Dear global leaders,
Happy New Year 2016!
You must have achieved both successes
and failures in 2015. It is essential to take feedback to find out what worked
and what didn’t work. First, take feedback about your achievements and improve
your tools and techniques accordingly. Similarly, take feedback about your
failures to change your strategies and styles to do better in the next year. Taking
feedback is essential to achieve excellence and success in life.
Never
Give Up
“Whatever you can do, or dream you
can… begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” — Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
Some people undertake several tasks
but give up in the middle. There are several reasons for this including lack of
focus and the courage to take up their tasks. They may be scared of the
challenges and threats. At times they undertake the tasks and give up in the
middle due to diversions and distractions. They keep a comma to their
activities. When you want to achieve success in your life, you must emphasize
on full stop, not comma. That means you must never give up. You must have the
courage to take your battle to its logical end. Usually when you undertake a
battle, nobody knows when it ends, where it ends and how it ends. But you must
have a broad vision and perseverance to follow your goals and objectives. If
you think that your goals are not just and right, it is better to give up in
the beginning itself rather than taking up wrong causes forward due to ego and
hubris. If you are convinced that your cause is just and right, and persuaded
that you are on the right path, you must take it forward with energy and
enthusiasm.
The road to success is not easy. You
will find lots distractions and diversions to achieve it. You must constantly
align yourself towards your goals and objectives to reach your destination of
success. Whenever you encounter failures, take feedback. Don’t treat failure as
personal. Learn from failures and change your strategies regularly to reach
your goals and objectives. Remember, never never never give up!
India
Offers Billion Solutions to Million Problems
India is land of several opportunities
but people often fail to identify the opportunities. They look elsewhere for
opportunities. It is true that another’s pasture always looks greener. They
think about threats rather than opportunities within India. People must know
the knack of identifying opportunities from threats to capitalize them. They
must know that India offers billion solutions to millions of problems. Max
Mueller, the German scholar once remarked, “If I were asked under what sky the
human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply
pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should
point to India.”
Keep
a Full Stop, not a Comma
For every problem, there are multiple
solutions. Unfortunately, people often brood over the problems rather than
searching for solutions. You must have an open mind to look at the solutions. You
must have the courage to follow the solutions in spite of several threats. To
conclude, on the eve of New Year, let us all take a pledge to search for
solutions to problems and ensure that we will keep full stop to problems rather
than commas.
“Life can be easy, it is only question
of choosing between solutions and illusions.” — Didier D’haese
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Leadership Consultants India
Recipient
of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
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Sunday, 27 December 2015
“Emphasize on What is Right and Wrong, not Who is Right and Wrong ― A Short Story” ―Professor M.S.Rao
“I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward
anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from
anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth. And
in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
People often emphasize on money power
and muscle power. They forget to emphasize on moral power and brain power. They
think might is right. They often forget
to think that it is the right
matters, not might. At times they
think who is right and wrong, not what is right and wrong. Let us discuss
this in this article.
When we think about who is right and
wrong, we tend to look at individuals. In contrast, when we think about what is
right and wrong, we look at issues without any fear and favor. We look at
issues dispassionately.
Might
versus Right ― A Short Story
Professor Ken served in a private college
for more than three years. He was passionate about sharing his knowledge and
shaping students as leaders. When he
joined the college as a professor, some of his friends asked him reasons for
joining a substandard college which did not have adequate infrastructure,
facilities and with a track record of irregularities including non-payment of
salaries to the leaving employees. He said that he had passion for teaching and
training and he can set the system alright from irregularities. He tried his
level best to set the education system and the college from irregularities. Gradually
he focused more on shaping students and enjoyed interacting with them. Many
students loved and admired his academic leadership. The college served notice
of one month on administrative grounds. He didn’t feel bad when he was served
with notice because college did not have adequate number of students to offer courses.
Additionally, image of the institution was eroding due to weak leadership by
the management. Unfortunately, college stopped paying salary to him before
serving the notice. He decided to meet the owner of the college for asking his
salary. The owner was avoiding him as he had evil intentions to avoid salary. Above
all, he did not have the courage to face Professor Ken directly. The owner was
notorious for not giving salaries to the leaving employees. On the other hand,
he blackmailed the leaving faculty by filing wrong cases when the faculty
demanded their salaries. He had money power and muscle power to browbeat the
employees and intellectuals.
Professor Ken approached principal to
persuade the owner of the college to pay his salary. The principal was also not
taking any interest as she flattered the owner to ensure her survival in the
college. Finally on the day of leaving the college, Ken requested the principal
to pay salary, and give his service certificate and relieving order. The
principal told to Professor Ken, “The owner of the college has money and muscle
power. He won’t give you salary. He is more intelligent than you and he knows
how to trap you.” Professor Ken replied
to principal, “It is not who is more intelligent counts in this matter. It is a
matter of ethics to pay salary to the employees as per the terms of the
agreement. It is not the might counts
but the right counts. As a professor
I cannot cut corners the way owner cuts corners and cheats the faculty. I have
ethics and etiquette. I have to be an example to the students and role model to
the society. Therefore, I will fight through right means and appropriate forums
ethically to get my salary. The owner is noted for cheating every leaving
faculty by not paying salary since there is nobody to question him. Employees and intellectuals are afraid of his
political connections and money power. I will fight to I get my salary and
teach a lesson to unethical owner so that he will not cheat anybody in future.”
The Principal sarcastically smiled over Professor Ken’s words. Professor Ken
felt pity on Principal. Finally, the professor had to leave the college without
taking salary for more than three months and relieving order.
Professor Ken approached appropriate
forums to fight for his salary. The owner used his political connections and
money power in most of the forums. Finally, one forum took up Professor Ken’s
grievance and addressed it earnestly and taught a bitter lesson to the cheating
owner. It was a big jolt to the unethical owner from an ethical intellectual. The
owner realized that there was one professor who taught a lesson in his life. His
colleagues and students praised Professor Ken on his victory. He replied, “It
is a victory for all intellectuals and employees. It is a victory for truth.
Satyamev Jayate!”
Conclusion
The professor had to fight to the
finish to get his salary by focusing heavily on various aspects. He wanted to
change the unethical practices in private colleges. He wanted to reform the
educational system in India. He wanted to create a healthy society by checking
the irregularities and corruption. He dedicated his entire life to the cause of
students and education and became an academic leader and legend.
Message
The message from this story is it is
not who is right and wrong counts but
what is right and wrong counts. One
man who can bring the change in the society is YOU.
“Remember that the greatest crime is
to compromise with injustice and wrong.” ― Subhash Chander Bose
References
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Life is great!
Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR
Leadership Consultants India
Recipient
of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
Vision 2030: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in
Twitter: http://twitter.com/professormsrao
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Success Sutras for Leaders:
Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year (San Diego University) Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI
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Professor M.S.Rao’s passion and vision to build one million students as global
leaders by 2030. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by
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