Leadership n Creativity

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Leadership n Creativity

• Rajendra Nargundkar, PESIM

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What a Leader Does

• Prioritises Actions
• Knows His People-S/W
• Has a Vision-at least 10 years
• Has Moral Courage
• Makes Decisions

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Depending on the situation,

• Maintenance Leadership or
• Creative Leadership may be needed
• These are quite different from each other

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Depending on the Subordinates,

• Leaders can be
• Autocratic, or
• Participative
• (Situational Leadership or Contingency theory of
  Leadership)

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Ricardo Semler (Maverick)

• Talks of
• Subordinates Hiring Bosses
• Flexi work and pay
• Long Sabbaticals
• Self Monitoring Teams
• and lots more

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Hiring Motivation

• Hiring is part of a leaders job
• Hiring Correctly can Solve later problems
• Motivation should be work related, to be
  effective
• Perceived Equity also plays a role

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Decision Making

• is an integral part of leadership
• Is there communication?
• Is there an attempt to get information?
• Are options debated?
• Who decides?

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Leaders in Business

• Kishore Biyani
• Sunil Mittal
• Narayana Murthy
• Akio Morita
• Karsanbhai Patel
• Sabeer Bhatia
• Vikram Akula

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CREATIVITY

• Take an Existing Idea Put it in a New Context
• Eg Malls are successful in USA, so bring them to
  India

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Contd

• Develop something from scratch
• -autorickshaw
• People are very creative in breaking rules-
• Traffic, Income Tax, etc.

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Creativity Expert

• Edward De Bono
• -Six Thinking Hats, Lateral Thinking

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Creativity in Business

• Rasna
• Nirma
• NIIT
• Bharat Vijay Mills
• Manipal Group
• IIMK Hughes
• Toyota

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Contd

• Apple Computers-GUI/Mouse/IPOD
• Wal Mart
• Invention of Sustained Release Tabs
• 3M Post it Notes

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• Be Creative !