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How to Ensure Better Quality of Work-Life—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—The Father of “Soft Leadership” & International Leadership Guru
“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." —Vincent Lombardi
As every employer wants a good employee, every employee wants a good employer. Then how do we assess whether the employer is good or bad? One of the yardsticks for determining the quality of work-life the company offers its employees is It is the quality of work life that differentiates good companies from poor companies. In this regard, let us briefly know what is all about quality of work life.
Quality of work life is all about the conducive and congenial environment created at the workplace, as it is one of the main reasons for better performance and productivity. Only when the right ambiance is provided to the employees will they be able to deliver their goods effectively and efficiently. Let us succinctly look at the ways and means to ensure the quality of work-life in this regard.
Ensuring Better Quality of Work-Life
The quality of work life of an organization can be ensured through a few factors, such as fair treatment, equality of all employees, building trust and confidence, providing professional support, displaying integrity and ensuring all levels of communication are open, encouraging a 'we' rather than 'I' attitude, and respecting human dignity. In brief, below are the parameters that ensure a better quality of work life.
Provide just and fair compensation to the employees
Ensure hygiene in a workplace environment.
Honor the rights of employees.
Ensure an effective grievance handling mechanism.
Make the workplace free from organizational politics.
Provide opportunities for career growth to employees.
Advantages of Quality Work-Life
A better quality of work life leads to increased employee morale. It minimizes attrition and checks labor turnover and absenteeism. There will be better communication and understanding among all employees, leading to cordial relations. It enhances the brand image of the company as which, in turn, encourages the entry of new talent into the company.
Strategies
There is a need to roll out seamless succession planning as it keeps the employees ready to take up higher positions, as well as to face organizational challenges. Always champion the concept of 'employee first and customer second'. Only the satisfied employees keep their clients satisfied, and that leads to strong bottom lines and more shareholder returns. When we look at companies like Google and Virgin Group, they emphasize their employees first, and it has paid them huge dividends.
The Bottom Line
All over the world, people are craving for their human dignity and respect. Besides, their aspirations and expectations are rising along with rapid changes in times and technologies. There is growing significance attached to human resources. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure quality work life for all-round peace and prosperity.
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Note: I had a brain hemorrhage. I was in bed for five months. My right hand has been numb and paralyzed. I am recovering. Thanks for empathizing with me. With gratitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJrSRLHPUk&ab_channel=ProfessorM.S.Rao
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Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
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Monday, 13 October 2025
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How To Get Sponsors for Your Events?—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”
Are you running short of funds to make your event a grand success? Do you intend to raise funds for your event? Do you want to learn the dos and don’ts while approaching sponsors? Then look at the tips below to get sponsored for your event.
Dos and Don'ts while Approaching Your Sponsors
Write down the list of networks you already have.
Approach the sponsors with an open mind. There could be initial rejections. But you need to pursue your objectives.
Be a good listener. Be mentally prepared for initial rejections. Initial rejections must raise your determination to work harder and smarter in raising the funds rather than getting dejected.
Show them the benefits of sponsoring your event. Sell yourself. Working on such fundraising activities enhances your image and over some time you stand out from the pack.
Tell sponsors about your methodology of projecting and presenting their company.
Take an appointment with potential sponsors and go with a group of volunteers as it demonstrates your credentials.
Approach if you have any references as it makes your task easier and enhances your credentials.
Show your sponsors if there are any tax breaks.
You need to be good at negotiation skills. Getting sponsorship needs a lot of leg work and groundwork. It requires patience and persuasive skills.
Don’t give false information in a hurry to raise funds. Be transparent in your approach as that builds your credibility.
It is not that you are struggling to raise funds. The companies also look for the right events to promote their brands and to have their presence felt in the market. It is a win-win for both sponsors and the event hosts.
Getting sponsorship is more challenging if you don’t represent a big company. Get inspired by previous volunteers who raised funds and move forward. The entire exercise enhances your negotiation and leadership skills. Indeed, it is a great learning experience to raise funds for your event.
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Note: I had a brain hemorrhage. I was in bed for five months. My right hand has been numb and paralyzed. I am recovering. Thanks for empathizing with me. With gratitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJrSRLHPUk&ab_channel=ProfessorM.S.Rao
Life is great!
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
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Vision 2030: https://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com
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Are You a Leader or a Follower?—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." —Dwight D Eisenhower
When you look at leaders like Obama, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King, they all have one common thing. They are all followers of the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. These personalities excelled as leaders as they were good followers. Therefore, you need to be a follower first to excel as a leader. However, people interpret being a follower as a sign of weakness. On the contrary, it is a symbol of strength.
Plato was a follower of Socrates. Aristotle was a follower of Plato. Alexander the Great was a follower of Aristotle. Why did all these leaders succeed? It is because they were all followers of their leaders who learned the ropes and evolved as leaders in their areas.
You frequently hear about leadership. But hearing about followership appears to be strange, right? Followership helps in getting into the shoes of others and empathising with others, thus excelling as a leader. If you want to become a leader, you must first know about followership. Here are some characteristics of good followers.
Good followers never blame their bosses. They rarely blame their tools for non-performance. That doesn’t mean that they are ‘yes men’. They sort out privately whatever the differences and issues they have with their leaders.
They never surprise their bosses. They keep them informed about the developments and the actions taken. They continuously report with feedback and seek directions and solutions.
They don’t bother who receives credit for the good work done.
They take initiative and fix the problems without blaming others.
They are humble.
They are quiet doers and don’t make any noise about their achievements.
They are passionate to learn and growing and are always eager to learn the ropes.
They listen carefully and observe keenly.
In deference organisations, subordinates follow the orders of their superiors, who in turn set examples for their followers and excel as true leaders. However, we find few people in organisations who often blame their bosses and their organisations for all their problems. They rarely introspect and empathise. They prefer to criticise, condemn, and complain about others. Such people cannot excel as good followers.
Followership and Leadership
“The ultimate leader is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability." —Fred A. Manske, Jr.
It is unfair to assume followers as weak individuals. They follow their leaders because of the values and ethics of their leaders. They support because they are moved by the goals and objectives. It is also equally unfair to think that leaders are puppeteers and followers are puppets. In many cases, leaders are also followers as they act according to the wishes of their followers. Followership is a relationship with reciprocal responses from their leaders toward the goals. Both leadership and followership are inseparable. Once the goals are reached, then the leadership separates from followership, where followers carry certain takeaways to try and test as leaders.
As men appreciate women, the leaders appreciate their followers. However, the appreciation between the leaders and followers is that of values and principles and goals and objectives.
However, with the changing global scenario, the role of followers is drastically changing, and they need to collaborate with their leaders in achieving organisational goals. To put it in the words of leadership guru Warren Bennis, "Today's organisations are evolving into federations of networks, clusters, cross-functional teams, temporary systems, ad hoc task forces, lattices, modules, matrices- almost anything but pyramids with their obsolete top-down leadership. The new leader will encourage healthy dissent and value those followers courageous enough to say no."
Conclusion
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on." —Walter Lippmann
Followers are more loyal to their leaders than the leaders are loyal to their followers. In the history of mankind, we rarely see followers letting down their leaders. However, we find a few leaders letting down their followers and falling into the dustbins of history.
To sum up, behind the success of all leaders, there must be someone who laid the leadership ladder for success when they remained good followers. Only good followers can excel as good leaders, as they inculcate the qualities of leadership from their leaders.
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Note: I had a brain haemorrhage. I was in bed for five months. My right hand has been numb and paralysed. I am recovering. Thanks for empathising with me. With gratitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJrSRLHPUk&ab_channel=ProfessorM.S.Rao
Life is great!
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKM
Vision 2030: https://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com
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Professor M. S. Rao’s Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders : Embrace Change to Lead from the Front—Professor M....
Monday, 25 August 2025
Embrace Change to Lead from the Front—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”
“A change leader looks for change, knows how to find the right changes, and knows how to make them effective both outside the organisation and inside it." —Peter F Drucker.
People crave to change their food, clothes, lifestyles, and several other things. However, they resist when there is a change in management, policies, procedures, systems, and structures within their organisations. It sounds strange, right? People resist change when it is thrust upon them. Probably, because anything imposed will be opposed!
Treat Change as a Friend, not as a Foe
Some treat 'change' as a challenge, some as a learning, and some as an obstacle. Everything is there in your mind. You can treat 'change' as an opportunity to learn. You can treat it as an opportunity to grow. There is a need for the right attitude towards 'change' in today's world. And also, there is a need to develop an attitude to treat change as a friend rather than a foe.
The river that goes to sea undergoes several changes in direction during its journey, and sometimes at a slow and a swift pace. So is the case with human life. Throughout human life, man undergoes several challenges such as peaks, valleys, and smooth and rough terrains. The only successful people are the ones who accept and mould themselves as per the changing environment. The truth is that change is inevitable. Change is the mantra for your survival and success. The business scenario is changing rapidly, and organisations need to keep pace with the same and reinvent and evolve accordingly.
Leaders and Change
Leaders find it tough to manage and effect change. Leaders are aware that change is the only thing constant in this world. They are proactive and treat change as a friend rather than a foe. They are aware that change is the key to organisational survival and growth.
Jack Welch cautioned, "If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near." The only thing constant in the corporate world is change and competition. Every change is made for a reason. Nobody can survive without change. Change requires a new mindset, tool set, and skill set.
Unsuccessful Leaders and Change
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." —Richard Bach
Successful people often resist change, while unsuccessful people prefer to change, as the latter tend to think in multiple ways to achieve success. Unsuccessful people are also aware that success comes at a cost. When we look at a leader like Abraham Lincoln, he was unsuccessful several times. He made the world sit up and take notice during his brief tenure as the President of America by preserving the unity of America and ending slavery. He learned the lessons the hard way in his initial failures. He knew what did not work to reach the top, and that helped him become one of the best Presidents of America. Similarly, when we look at Edison, he was unsuccessful several times in inventing the bulb. But he made it possible as he knew what did not work.
Takeaways
“We are not creatures of circumstances, we are the creators of circumstance" —Disraeli
It is a fact that organisations that create change can move more rapidly than those that manage change. Creating change is possible only when there is cooperation on the part of the organisational members to create change constructively. Leaders can change the fate of their organisations with the stroke of a pen. Hence, they must learn to use their pens to create rather than to manage change with the changing times and technologies to ensure organisational excellence and effectiveness.
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Note: I had a brain haemorrhage. I was in bed for five months. My right hand has been numb and paralysed. I am recovering. Thanks for empathising with me. With gratitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJrSRLHPUk&ab_channel=ProfessorM.S.Rao
Life is great!
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKM
Vision 2030: https://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/professormsrao
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See the Light in You: https://www.amazon.com/See-Light-You-Spiritual-Mindfulness/dp/1949003132
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This nonprofit blog will share Professor M.S. Rao’s passion and vision to develop one million students as global leaders by 2030. Please do not cut articles from my blog; redistribute them via email or post them online. The use of this material is free, as long as the copyright is acknowledged and a reference or link is provided to the Blog http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com. Without permission, this material may not be sold, published, or used to offer business services to third parties.
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