There is a need for a new leadership in all spheres of human strivings as the world spins into the most critical and complex phase of its advancements. But the dearth of leadership is being acutely felt in all spheres — political and corporate; national and international. There are much fewer beacon holders than the current complexities of situations demand to lead the enterprise, the nation or the world to a better or a safer tomorrow. To manage the emerging crises and to keep them all from spinning out of control, the ever-growing management institutes are working overtime to churn out managers. These crisis managers, who have learnt it all by rote and trained to deal with micro situations, fall short of the need for a different set of the leaders, who combine both managerial and leadership qualities, and have a larger macro vision of what the current strivings hold for the future. Equally dismal is the scenario on the social front, where the so-called leaders are nothing more than politicians pursuing agenda from within the confines of their party and self-interests.
This lack of true leadership has left the world and its constituent countries rudderless and the fate of humanity in hands of blinkered managers and politicians, who would rather serve their own corporate and political interests than care about the fate of humanity.
This merinews special focuses on the leadership crisis in the political and the corporate areas.
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| Leadership Crisis |
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| Misled by men of straws |
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| Many managers, many politicians, but very few leaders. This is what accounts for the current leadership crisis felt in both the political and corporate realms. The world is paying now for the reductive Ford assembly line system. |
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| Fate of mankind in hands of fools |
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| Where has the humanity been led to and by whom? Is the world safe in the hands of leaders with limited vision? Count on your luck that you have survived the catastrophe so far. |
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| India let down by leadership |
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| Forget the mega national campaigns and take a hard look at India. You will find it plagued with the same problems that have kept it bogged for decades. The singular blame for this goes to the utterly corrupt and self-serving leadership. |
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| India needs Pitrodas, Sreedharans |
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| They have made a difference to India not with their slogans but with their modern outlook and technological leadership. The country needs many more such leaders, who hold the key to change in all dimensions. |
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| INTERVIEW: Long way from quality leadership, says Vimal Kirti |
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| The intricacies of Indian leadership cannot be correctly understood by merely looking at it from outside. There are diverse shades and complex realities at different levels of evolving India. To get an insider’s view, merinews spoke to Vimal Kirti Singh. |
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| Tata ready to walk global ramp |
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| The country’s corporate leadership isn’t as iffy as the political leadership. This is best exemplified by the Tatas’ bid to acquire Corus, which is now in the final stages. Leader Tata is leaving nothing to chance to clinch the deal. |
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| Democracy and good governance |
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| Is a flawed democracy more important than governance at all? Bad governance has led to anarchist responses and negative feelings about the whole democratic setup. It is time to reconsider what we want to achieve as a goal. |
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| Stop press: Too much is amiss |
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| Media has arrogated too much to itself and deviated wantonly to serve their profit ends. The fact is media barons care too little for responsibility that comes with the freedom. |
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| India in Amartya’s eyes |
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| Amartya Sen in his book The Argumentative Indian takes a hard look at India and Indian traditions. The Harvard professor and the Nobel laureate demolishes many myths and puts out the right prescription. A must-read for those at helm of affairs. |
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| 2050 goal: Can India pull it off? |
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| Tata’s Corus takeover affirms the forecast of India becoming one of leading world economies by 2050. But the country still faces an uphill task on many fronts. A lot will depend on the government to realize the 2050 milestone. |
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| Power of godmen |
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| Godmen are power centers. They wield influence over the people and can herd their followers towards a social goal. Godman Bapu recently demonstrated this by persuading his followers not to hunt for endangered whale sharks. |
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| Deviations from secular, democratic Islam |
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| Follies committed in the formative years of the Sunni-dominated Muslim society have led to deviations from true Islamic percepts of secularism and democracy. Dictatorship, monarchy, theocratic, corrupt and intolerant mindset are fallouts of the deviation. |
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| Political leadership: In observers’ eyes |
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| In fast moving India, the real threat to its future comes from the quality of leadership, which is way below the standards the country is rapidly attaining. Some distinguished views on the Indian leadership crisis. |
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| Corporate leadership: In experts’ views |
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| As the crisis in political leadership, the corporate leadership, too, is struggling at the enterprise wheels to steer ahead in the desired direction. Some excerpts from what corporate experts have said on the crisis. |
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