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IOCL 'Cicero's Senate: Women Achievers Panel Discussion' Held at Intaglio 2005-06 at IIM Calcutta Nina Nagpal, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley, said that leadership is all about dreams and visions. Leaders must dare to dream and strategy is a by-product of vision. Furthermore, leaders must be able to see the need to create more leaders. Farzana Haque, Global Decision Manager, TCS, clarified that leadership is all about execution and not about hierarchy or designation. One who can get the work done is the leader. Also, she compared leadership levels to the layers of an onion because leadership exists and is needed at all levels. She corroborated Jessie's point earlier that the leader must establish his/her credibility and that can only be done by way of a proven track record, expertise and hands-on skills in the given field or subject area. Her punch-line was that when everything goes wrong and plans fall apart, the one who shoulders the blame is ultimately the real leader. Finally, Jayshree Mohanka, Senior General Manager, Eveready Industries, mentioned that leadership is no longer merely transactional but is becoming increasingly transformational. Leadership ability is reflected in the courage with which one fights for one's visions and dreams. As summed up by Prof. Anup Sinha, it is difficult to teach leadership by way of lectures in a course and so the insights provided by the speakers are extremely useful to everyone when exercising leadership in their day-to-day lives. Concluded. Click here to post your views/ comments/ experience on this... Contributed by - |
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