“Leadership Style” - M S Dhoni

Professional life
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first
class career in the year 1999-2000.
• His one day international debut came
after t-20 match on the 23rd of
December 2004 against Bangladesh.
• Where as on the fifth match which was
played against Pakistan in
Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease
one down and managed to score 148 runs
from just 123 balls.
• On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the
record of highest runs scored by a wicket
keeper by securing 183 runs against
Srilanka which was played at Jaipur
• On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut
against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India
• Dhoni got a contract from the BCCI in 2005 following his
performance as the ‘Man of the Series’ in the ODI series against Sri
Lanka. He surpassed Ricky Ponting to become number 1 batsman as
per the ICC ODI rankings.
• Dhoni first became India’s T20 captain, where he managed to win
the Inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 at South Africa
• Dhoni has led India to numerous other victories – 2011 World Cup,
2013 Champions Trophy, series win in New Zealand and West
Indies to name a few. His captaincy helped India to become the first
team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a test series.
• He took India to number 1 position in the ICC rankings for the first
time.
Leadership Traits Of M.S Dhoni
• Vision
• Positive Attitude
• Faith on team members
• Always had calm mind (Captain cool)
• Leading from the front
• Respect.
 1.VISIO
N
• Great leaders have vision.
They can see into the future.
They have a clear, exciting
idea of where they are going
and what they are trying to
accomplish and are excellent
at strategic planning.

• Having a clear vision turns the

individual into a special type
of person.
2. POSITIVE
ATTITUDE
• There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big
difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is
positive or negative.

• CT FINAL 2013

• Dhoni: Before going in I said, let's first of all get rid of the feeling that it's a 50-
over game. It's a 20-over game, and we have seen in IPL and in T20 formats,
130 runs can be a difficult target to achieve. Secondly, nobody looks to the left of
the pavilion. That's the side that the rain was coming from. So, I said God is
not coming to save us, If you want to win this trophy, we'll have to
fight it out. We are the number-one ranked ODI side, so let's make
sure that they have to fight for these 130-odd runs. Don't look for any
outside help.
3) Confidence on team members
• Dhoni believed that if a player is in Indian team then he has
something in him. It doesn't matters if he is going through a rough
phase, what he needs is a little extra push. We all know if we are
down we just need a pat on the back saying that yes you can do it. If
we have someone in like doing that for us, things will be much
easier.

• The perfect example of Dhoni showing confidence in his team

member is selection of out of form Yuvraj for world cup. Every one
was disappointed about the fact that he was picked up for the 15
member squad, but what was the result of it, he was the Man of the
Series of ICC WC 2011.
 4. CAPTAIN
COOL
Operates unflappably to
ensure that all are
grounded
5. LEADING FROM THE FRONT
Inspirational, instinctive, impulsive, intriguing style gives the winning edge
The fist real thing that differentiates a
good leader from a bad one is how they
understand the concept of leadership
itself.

If you expect your team to work hard

and produce quality content, you’re
going to lead by example. There is no
greater motivation than seeing the boss
down in the trenches working
alongside everyone else.
6.
RESPECT
Humility is at the heart of his leadership
 His Dream
MS Dhoni’s dreams was to become a
solder

MS Dhoni inducted as an
honorary Lieutenant
Colonel

“I would like to serve the Indian

Army after retiring from the cricket ”
-MS Dhoni
Achievements and
Awards
• T-20 world cup 2007
• Commonwealth 2008 series vs
Australia
• World cup 2011
• Asia Cup 2010
• ICC Champion trophy
• NO 1 in test cricket
• CSK won 2 IPL and 2 CPL cups
under his captaincy and
championship
• Only captain to win all Major
ICC trophies
• ICC ODI Player of the Year :
2008, 2009
• ICC World ODI XI: 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010,
2013
• LG People’s Choice Award :
2013
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2007–
08.
• Honorary doctorate degree
by De Montfort University in
August 2011
Thank YOU!