Leadership If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more and do more, you are a leader. -- John Quincy Adams Leadership is action. Not position Leadership is transforming the group into a valuable team. The very essence of leadership is that you have to have Vision. You cant blow an uncertain Trumpet. If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct. Confucius Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. The leaders always spread hope Speed of the leader is the speed of the team The best leaders develop followers who will surpass them Create a Vision Mahatma Gandhi created a vision for independence in India and raised the aspirations of our people. When the sea was calm all ships alike showed mastership in floating - William Shakespeare The only safe ship in a storm is the one led by a true leader. Leadership is about making people believe in themselves. It is about making them confident It is about making them achieve miracles It is about dreaming the impossible and helping followers achieve the same. It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive. The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. Henry Kissinger He that would be a leader must be a bridge -- Welsh Proverb XInfluences them by the dynamism of his faith. XDemonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome. XThe leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. XCaptures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. Example is Leadership Leadership is showing the way by ones own example. Value System A vision has to be built on sound, eternal and context to sustain the enthusiasm and energy of people over a long time. Value system is a protocol for behaviour in a community and the individual progress on a sustainable basis. The importance you attach to your value system is reflected in the cost you are willing to incur for that. Compliance to a value system requires people who have high aspirations, self esteem and belief in fundamental values. Walk the talk in demonstrating their commitment to a value system. Leaders have to demonstrate their belief in sacrifice and hard work. Walk your talk Leaders need to set examples and standards to inspire team in the right direction. People follow the example of the best leaders, behaviour, conduct and practice Team Work A really good team is more than the sum of its players Good teamwork is not about togetherness it is about dependence on each other Standards exist to be superseded by better standards The best way out of a difficulty is through it Think... Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm The difference between ordinary and extra ordinary is a little EXTRA It is the attitude that makes the difference