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My leadership style is democratic and people-oriented, and when I thought of who has had the biggest impact on me, I first came up with names like Akio Morita, Narayanamurthy (Founder, Infosys), Bill Gates and several other industry leaders. But on deeper analysis, I realized that, although cliched, my leadership style resulted in no small part from my readings of several works by M. ... Gandhi – The Father of Free India, or “Bapu” as he was fondly called. ...
Gandhiji’s philosophy aims at uplifting one’s self to one’s true inner potential by following the path of truth and non-violence, and leadership is just one amongst the several resultant personality traits. If asked, however, I would say the leadership qualities I imbibed from Gandhi’s experiences include accepting personal shortcomings, leading by example and a belief in democracy and humanism. ... I do, always acknowledge my weaknesses while in a leadership position. ... He was very influenced by Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’, and his leadership style epitomized the lines, “If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch…”.
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