Group members: Muganthan, Shahin, Chanuka, Budika, Steve

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What is Leadership and Leaders?
• Leadership
The ability to inspire confidence and support
among the people who are needed to achieve
organizational goals
(Dublin 2007)
• Leaders
Anyone who is influencing the activities of
others towards the achievement of a goal
 Characteristics of a Leader
There are three categories for a good leader
• Personal traits
• Task accomplishment traits
• Motives
• Cognitive factors

• So lets see these categories briefly and what

factors include in these categories for a good
leader
Mahatma
Gandhi
 Introduction
• Born: 2 October 1869
• Died: 30 January 1948(78 years), New Delhi of India
• Born Place: Probandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
• Cause of death: Assassination
• Education: university college London
• Known for: Prominent figure of Indian independence
movement, propounding the philosophy of
Styagraha and Ahimsa advocating non-violence,
pacifism
• Religion: Hinduism
• Other names: Mohandas Karamchand
 Is Mahatma Gandhi Good
leader?
To identify his leadership qualities lets compare
him against the leadership theories in
practice……..
Personal Traits

The personal traits which mahatma Gandhi

practiced in his life
Self confidence Assertiveness Warmth

Salt March
Effective
Leader

Enthusiasm Emotionally stable Trust worthiness

 Extraversion
Continue..

Humility

Effective
Leader

Mentoring
Traits Examples
Self confidence Salt march- where he marched 388 km to the sea at Dandhi,
Gujarat and make salt for himself
Assertiveness Mahatma Gandhi did the all things in a good and a correct way
and achieved his goal of, independence for India in 1947
Warmth Mahatma Gandhi was good with all religions people and
understand their feelings
Enthusiasm In South Africa’s government came to Gandhi to stop the non-
violence and they demanded many benefits to him but he refused
Get the independence from British for India
Emotionally stable From British government many influence can to stop the
campaign but he was very stable in his goal
Trust worthiness He always walked his talk and if he give a promise he will do it
Traits Examples
Extraversion He implemented non-violence 1st in South Africa and the Indians
followed and adapted it as he told
In India when he presented his non-violence the people adapted it
without fail
Humility Stand for the rights to Indians in South Africa and demanding
independence in India from the British emperor.
Mentoring Mahatma Gandhi showed the way to independence for Indians
and took the equal rights for South Africans

According to this Mahatma Gandhi had a good and excellent personal traits within him
so that is the reason the Indians call him as the
“father of the nation”
 Task
accomplishment
traits

The task oriented traits which mahatma Gandhi

practiced in his life
 Courage

Internal locus of control

Passion
Effective
Leader

Emotional intelligence Flexibility and adaptability

Traits Examples
Courage South Africa- Discrimination for black
In the train and Gandhi talked back for his rights, Stagecoach traveling
and beaten by the diver because refusing to make room for a
European passenger
Gandhi was jailed many times but he kept going forward
Emotional intelligence Gandhi had many characteristics as self controlled, self confident,
inspiration, influence, achievement, developing others and many
more.
Passion He had a passion to serve others though he was a lawyer but he gave
his heart to public service
Flexibility and When British invited Gandhi for the war conference in Delhi he went
adaptability for it and actively recruited Indians for the war effort
Internal locus of control He never blamed other for the mistakes he took all of them to
himself.

Gandhi achieved his task by getting the independence to India and by thinking different
Motives
 Power motive Tenacity

Motives

Strong work ethic Drive and achievement

Motives Examples
Power motive Gandhi had a socialized power motive were he could drive
the people towards a goal
Tenacity Gandhi merged the all the people in India as one and spread
the message of non-violence among them and he told the
“for independence non-violence in the tool”
Strong work ethic Mahatma Gandhi never took weapons to hand although his
weapons was the Non-violence
Gandhi’s legal background helped him develop great
strategies without crossing legal boundaries
Drive and achievements Before Mahatma Gandhi nobody ever thought of resisting
the British for the peace but Gandhi had a goal and vision
for the dream of independence and he achieved it.
Cognitive factors

The cognitive factors which mahatma Gandhi

practiced in his life
 Farsightedness &
Insight into people & situations
conceptual thinking

Cognitive factors

Knowledge of the task General mental ability Creativity

Cognitive factors
Farsightedness & conceptual
thinking
Knowledge of the task
General mental ability
Creativity
Insight into people &
situations
Examples
Gandhi had a broad picture about the future of India
and how it will be and how to remake it for a suitable
place to get the independence
Gandhi had good and a was knowledge about the
task of getting the independence this came from this
experience in South Africa and in his law knowledge
He had a good general knowledge and prohibited his
people to see the British as enemies although he told
them they are our friends because he knew the
power of British through the Zula war
He was the first person to introduce
Satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent
protest
Gandhi had a mind set that he could travel deep into
peoples mind
Example: huge campaigns, protest, boycott
 Leadership style
• Mahatma Gandhi practiced servant leadership
Servant leadership qualities
Good Listener
Empathy
Healing
Awareness
Persuasion
Conceptualization
Foresight

These qualities were within Mahatma Gandhi

 Famous leaders who were inspired by
Gandhi
• President Barak Obama
• Martin Luther King
• Steve Jobs
• Albert Einstein
• Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese leader)
• Dalai Lama (Buddhist Leader)
• Nelson Medela
• Al Gore (vise president of US)
• Ceser Chavez (Mexican American farm leader who performed
gandhi style fast for 36 days in 1988)
• Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur's, China)
 Conclusion
• Mahatma Gandhi was a good leader
• He was called as the father of the nation
• His birthday would be declared the
“International Day of Non-Violence”
• The day of his death would be declared
“Martyr’s Day” in India
• He was followed by thousands of followers
and worshiped him as a god
 Reference
• Leadership with you 2008-2012, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed
date:15/11/2012
URL:http://www.leadership-with-you.com/gandhi-leadership.html
• Wikipedia, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed date: 09/11/2012 edited date:
07/11/2012
URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
• BBC, history figures, viewed date: 08/11/2012
URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gandhi_mohandas.
shtml
• Gandhi non-violence, viewed date: 10/11/2012
URL:http://www.socialchangenow.ca/mypages/gandhi.htm
• Garden of praise, Mahatma Gandhi, viewed date: 12/11/2012
URL:http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdgandhi.htm
Thank you…
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