Comments on: Where have all the leaders gone?

By: Manoj

Manoj — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:22:47 +0000

After reading the first chapter, I ventured to read the rest of this book. Half way through the book, I felt this guy doesn’t practice what he preaches. He expects a leader to be able to accept his mistakes. But he takes great pain to justify his supportive stand for NAFTA and still tries to convince the readers that NAFTA is a fair treaty and US went out of its way to help Latin america. Also he considers Mother Teresa a saint.

Bunch of baloney man.. Read the first chapter for free and stay away from the rest of the book.

By: Anuraag

Anuraag — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:53:53 +0000

Leadership does not happen overnight. It takes time. As long as we keep electing people like Katara, things will just stay the course. On a positive note, here’s an inspiring story of courage against the odds:

By: hemacandra

hemacandra — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:37:14 +0000

OK let’s get started on measuring up our so-called leaders. But let us also measure the gasbag vela naalaayaks – oops I mean our ‘intelligensia’ – against Iacocca’s checklist. It’s a bit of a stretch but it can be done. How about starting with gasbag extrordinaire – that ‘economist’ knowall – who winters in India and summers out West? Amartya Sen anyone?

By: as

as — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:57:19 +0000

I had dinner with a few of my school friends this sunday and one of my seniors told the group that we were all successful in our professional, business lives but that we needed to take up roles of public service. There was a lukewarm response to that. Why? The best are in the private sector, why will they want to expend effort and time to serve the people? Not at the current time. It the the hideously inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy that is limiting the PPF of India.

By: Vishal Sharma on Startups

Vishal Sharma on Startups — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:54:41 +0000

I wonder what do u have to say about Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi or Communists and others.
It will be good if can find top 10 fitting leaders for India and other 10 who has the potential.

By: Chandra

Chandra — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:52:28 +0000

BTW, given your passion for what you do, I’d put you in the potential leaders category too. Although I don’t know much about you, when you start making things happen for the better, I’d move into the leadership category.

By: Chandra

Chandra — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:48:24 +0000

There are plenty of leaders still around, but no one wants to give them the time to know about them. Even if they rare their heads occasionally, the quest for perfection by cultural gate keepers means good leaders aren’t enough (some of whom are eventually modelled into great ones by circumstances) and get wacked in head.

Things really don’t happen without leaders, in what ever field you look at – one reason things are going so bad politically in India (and one can say in US too). But beyound politics, lot of things are going right, most are being led by non-widely known organizational leaders.