Leadership Lessons from Ramayana
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 15 July 2011, 01:02 IST   |    30 Comments
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Bangalore: What are the primary qualities of leadership? What are the effective management skills? How many of us can answer these questions? Although we have theoretical definitions for these concepts, where did the concept of leadership and management evolve is a billion dollar question? The field of business and leadership has been enriched by learnings from various disciplines of knowledge. It is said that the corporate learnings are driven from our great epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata. So here are a few lessons that we can comprehend from Ramayana and how it can be applied in the corporate world. Lessons of Hindu epics Ramayana have formed part of teaching on leadership, management and governance at prestigious institutions like the Wharton Business School of the USA, the Indian Business School of Hyderabad and many Indian Institutes of Management. Vivek Man Singh, President VTG at Cisco Systems mentions in his book. 'Leading the Ramayana way' that Leadership begins where logic ends, it surely gets lonely out there, but you show the valor, walk the talk, and your teammates are sure to follow you. Leading the Ramayana way

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