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Peter Drucker, in “The Leader of the Future”, says:

“The only definition of a leader is

someone who has followers.”

Peter Maxwell, in “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”,

says:

“Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.”

"Leadership is the ability to influence, motivate and

enable others to contribute to success of their

organization.“~ GLOBE research project

Could you guess him?

1) He is the only person to have been elected nine

times to the Lok Sabha

2) “You can change friends but not your neighbours”

Goal/

mission

Clear communication

Enabling

Empowering

Encouraging

Self reflection

Self Awareness

Formal

Power

He was the first non Congress Prime minister to have leadthe government full term.

Nuclear tests conducted in 1998 during his reignunambiguously established India as a nuclear state.

His diplomacy and leadership while handling politicalissues during the Kargil War and Kandhar terrorist planehijack .

NHDP & PMGSY were two of his major initiative projects.

It was under his regime that the NDA gained prominence.

TRAIT THEORIES

CONTINGENCYTHEORIES

BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES

TRANSFORMATIONAL/CHARISMATIC

WHERE DOES OUR LEADER FIT IN?

OPENNESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

EXTRAVERSIONAGREAABLENESS

NEUROTICISM

Openness: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was very creative

& flexible in portraying his thoughts through literary

compositions. “Meri ekyavan kavitayen, Kaidi Kavirai

Ki Kundalian, Four Decades in Parliament” are some

of his most famous contributions.

Conscientiousness: He was committed to his visions.

For example his pet project “Golden Quadrilateral

program” helped the NDA govt add almost 50% to NH

roads in just 5 years(23814 km out of 47795 km NH

roads built just during his tenure)

Extraversion: Atalji primarily started his career as a

full time RSS “pracharak”. During the emergency he

was arrested for opposing the move by the then PM

Mrs. Indira Gandhi. He was the political voice of the

BJP during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

Agreeableness: He assumed very high scores on trust,

straight forwardness, altruism, compliance and modesty

(lower level traits of agreeableness under NEO-PI).

Neuroticism: He scored low on this index displaying

high emotional stability. His oration during times of

stress reflected his composure.

Task oriented

People oriented

Since his leadership style was primarily participative rather

than directive he is believed to be a highly people oriented

leader. The same can be justified from the fact that he headed

one of the biggest coalition government(20 parties) in the

history of Indian democracy. Though he initiated a structure

for ruling the country his decisions were highly centered

around collective agreement and motivating his giant work

force/ministries

Situational leadership (SLT) (Followers’ readiness)

Unable & unwilling: During the formative years of

the Jan Sangh, which was the only opposition to

Congress party, Vajpayee spearheaded the party as

the president, structuring the BJP. This motivated his

followers towards forming a strong party.

Unable & willing: Several examples cite situations

where as a leader Vajpayee increased the capabilities

of his followers by displaying high task orientation.

The successful Pokhran test was a significant test

towards vacating the country from a nuclear threat.

Able & Unwilling: Mr. Vajpayee as the Prime minister

chose to break the silence over Indo-Pak relations. The

Lahore summit (1998) launching the Samjhauta express

espoused a fresh start to the diplomatic relations

between the two countries. He was supportive &

participative in his actions to promote the peace. The

Agra Summit was another such attempt.

Able & Willing: Operation Vijay that marked the

victory of the Indian army in the Kargil war under

Vajpayee’s leadership was remarkable.

Atal

Bihari

Vajpayee

In-group

RSS

L.K Advani,

Pramod

MahajAn

Out-group

Other coalition

leaders

High

Interactions Trust

Formal

relations

Idealized Influence: He as a leader has provided India

with a vision & a sense of mission while instilling pride

among its citizens. (Jai Vigyan slogan initiated after the

Pokhran tests)

Inspirational motivation: Communicated high

expectations and focussed his efforts towards their

fulfilment. Sarva shikshya abhiyan, 86th constitutional

amendment ( Right to free education), Telecom

revolution were huge success stories during his regime.

The unexpected defeat of the BJP under Vajpayee’s

leadership was a major setback.

So where did the theories went wrong?

Power distance: Lower power distance amongst

followers could have lead to a defeat.

Individualism/Collectivism

Uncertainty Avoidance

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