Fw: A Responsible Leader (A Journey through ‘Gita’)

A Responsible Leader (A Journey through 'Gita')

- By G Narayana

 

    A responsible leader continuously engages himself in work although he has no particular work to perform.

Encouraging Leadership – Kaibyam ma sma gama partha…

Encouragement energises even during depression.

    Present reality – ashochya nanva shochaswam…

    Accepting what has happened and not worrying about what has not happened is wisdom.

 Mutual Support – devan bhavayatanen..

Offer and receive

     Leadership by example – yad yad aacharati shreshtah:…

    Leadership is showing the way by one's own example.

Working leader – Na me parthasti kartavyam…

A Leader's sign is his own work

    Gentle teacher – na buddhibhedam janyed..

    The intelligent gently lifts the ignorant through persuasion.

Chaos and emerging leadership – yada yada hi dharmasya..

In chaos a leader emerges through taking responsibility

    Establishing right – paritranay sadhunam..

    A responsible leader corrects wrong and protects right

Knowledge fire – yasya sarve samarambha:…

When work is heat treated in knowledge it is enriching work.

    Learning – tadvidhi pranipaten…

    With knowledge you know the words. With experience you know the meaning.

Devoted master – shraddhvan labhate jnanam…

A dedicated leader gets a dedicated team.

    Doubtless stand – tasmad ajnan sambhootam…

    A doubtless participant is a spotless contributor.

Total concentration – tad buddhaya tadatmanam…

Knowledgeable concentration leads to the realization of excellence

     Best friend – uddhared atmanatmanam…

    Mind the mind and be one's own friend

Emphatic leadership – sarvabhootasthamatanam…

Equality is quality.

    Reassuring leadership – partha naiveh namutra…

    It is better to fail in working for a good cause rather than succeed in working for a wrong cause.

Value adding leadership – mattah parataram nanyat…

Leadership is transforming the group into a valuable team

    Super-vision – Mayadhyakshen…

    Supervision is super-vision 

Roles – gatirbharta prabhu: sakshi…

A job is what is assigned. A role is what is required.

    Welfare – ananyaschintayanto mam…

    Silence and care for people's welfare. 

Effortful offerings – patram pushpam phalam…

With devotion, work is worship.

    Vision – pashya me partha rupani…

    The visionary conceives the impossible. The missionary makes it possible. 

Devotion love – ye tu dharmyamritam..

Dedication creates love and love creates dedication.

    Heartful leadership – jyotisham api tat jyoti:

    Hands + Heels + Heads + Hearts = Happy Harmonious Humility

Empowering freedom – iti te jnanam akhyatam…

Empowerment transforms dedicated team members to responsible leaders.

    Final point – sarvadharman parityjya..

    When there is no way, the leader is the way.

Successful Team – yatra yogeshwar: Krishna:

Direction + Dynamism + Harmonious progress

 

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